10 of the worst strikers to have played in the Premier League

#7 Helder Postiga (Tottenham Hotspur)

Postiga endured a tough 2003-04 season with Tottenham Hotspur.

Helder Postiga, who was a regular feature with the Portuguese national team for a large duration in between 2003 and 2014, came through the ranks at Porto and was believed to be a striker of proven pedigree even before he signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 2003.

The striker had scored 31 goals in 87 appearances for the Portuguese club since breaking into the first team at the beginning of the 2001-02 season, which was a healthy scoring rate for a player in the early stages of his career. Tottenham believed they had brought one of the most exciting attacking talents on the English shores in the form of Postiga but it proved to be a move that failed to breathe any life into the club’s position on the pitch.

The former Portuguese international featured just 24 times for Spurs and failed to help them improve on their previous season as the Lilywhites finished 14th and it goes without saying that Postiga’s inability to find the back of the net for long spells made him a subject of immense scrutiny.

Postiga departed from the English shores at the beginning of the 2004 season, rejoining his former club Porto but never really managed to hit the peaks that many believed he would.