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

#3 Andreas Cornelius (Cardiff City)

Cornelius' time at Cardiff was curtailed by a recurring ankle injury

It was the beginning of the 2013-14 season and Cardiff Fans had every reason to be excited. The club had secured promotion to the coveted Premier League after having spent 51 seasons away from the English top flight and while they were touted to be amongst the weakest units in the league, that did not deter the club’s fans from being optimistic.

That optimism perhaps hit its heights when the club decided to splurge a club record £8 million to acquire the services of Danish striker Cornelius from FC Copenhagen. After all, the striker had played a crucial role in his side’s title-winning 2012-13 campaign and the move to the Premier League was believed to be a natural progression in his career.

However, when clubs like Cardiff splurge on you, they expect goals so as to ensure their status as a Premier League club but that was not the case with the Danish striker. A spate of recurring injuries meant that he did not find the requisite game time to establish himself as a regular in the Cardiff side and was allowed to return to FC Copenhagen in the winter transfer window of the same season after failing to score in the 8 games that he featured.

The return of the player to familiar surroundings might have helped him regain his confidence but Cornelius is no longer the player that he was touted to be with injuries disrupting his development as a footballer.