5 of the worst signings in Arsenal's recent history

#4 Marouane Chamakh

Marouane Chamakh – A target man who rarely found the target

Another striker to be signed from France and another whose record didn’t really fill one with optimism. Marouane Chamakh was signed on a Bosman from Bordeaux in 2010 and no wonder – after watching him in action in the red half of north London, Wenger would’ve been embarrassed at having to pay a penny for him.

His 56 goals in 230 games in the French league should’ve raised the alarm bells long before pen was put to paper. With the greatest of respect, even then the French league was nowhere close to the Premier League, and here we had a distinctly average marksman looking to become the new darling of the Emirates Stadium. It was never going to happen.

A touch that was appalling, to say the least, was at odds with many of his team-mates, and it was noticeable how many stopped passing to him after a while. Had he weighed in with his quota of goals, then his lack of ability may have been overlooked.

Chamakh had spells with three different English clubs, including a loan move while he was contracted with Arsenal, and unsurprisingly, he failed everywhere.