#10 Odion Ighalo
Another player who successfully made the step up from the EFL Championship into Premier League action – for one season at least – Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo lit things up at Watford during the 2015-16 season only to lose form entirely in the following campaign.
Signed from Italian side Udinese in the 2014-15 season, Ighalo scored 20 goals in 35 matches in the Championship as the Hornets were promoted, and then scored on his Premier League debut in August 2015 in a 2-2 draw against Everton.
By the end of October, after 11 matches had been played, the Nigerian was leading the race for the Premier League’s Golden Boot after finding the net seven times, and December saw him add a further five goals to his ledger, taking his tally to 13 and winning him a Premier League Player of the Month award.
Following that however, Ighalo only scored another two league goals that season – and then managed just one in 2016-17 despite making 18 appearances. January 2017 saw him sold to Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai, and he’s since found his shooting boots again – albeit at a much lower level than in his lone fantastic Premier League season.