#3 Christian Benteke
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The big Belgian is a wonderfully gifted technician, capable of scoring some truly incredible goals; just look at his bicycle kick goal against Manchester United in September 2015. The striker is much more than just the target man he is made out to be, constantly working hard and bringing the whole team into the game with his hold-up play.
Despite all these positives, we still feel that he’s a tad bit overrated in Premier League circles. Joining Aston Villa as a relatively unknown quantity from Genk, his explosive play caught most teams by surprise, as he banged in 23 goals in his first season with Aston Villa, with his goals single-handedly dragging the Villans away from the relegation scrap.
However, once teams figured him out, he had a much harder time of it, with his production reducing to just 11 goals in his second season, partly due to the devastating Achilles tendon injury he suffered in April 2014.
His 3rd and final season for the club saw him score at a rate of one goal in every two games and command a massive £32 million fee upon his eventual move to Liverpool, but once again, at the very top level, he was found out. He constantly slowed down the play and failed to convert chances as Liverpool finished a lowly 8th in the league with Benteke managing a meagre 10 goals in 42 appearances.
The Reds somehow managed to recoup the entire fee, selling him to Palace this season for £32 million. He’s now the main man of the team, but is still quite underwhelming for someone who commanded such a high fee.
