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#3 Harry Maguire - £33.30 million difference
Manchester United have surely been the biggest Premier League club from a global scale point of view. They have a huge fan following and have been generating great revenue figures as well. Since Sir Alex Ferguson's departure, the Red Devils have not won a Premier League title.
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In their attempts to close the gap on the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool, Man United have splashed a great load of cash to bring in players. But it was really brave of them to make Harry Maguire the costliest defender in football for £78.30 million.
His performances have consistently divided opinion among fans and pundits and when you overpay for a player by £33.30 million you do not want that to be the case. Maguire hasn't been that bad either, but he has had the tendency to commit the odd mistake which often sees Premier League fans and England supporters turn against him.
This is another example of how good Leicester City are at negotiating in the market and making a profit. The England international was only worth £45 million in the market when he was being sold. He has lacked pace at times and has easily been outrun in one vs one situations.
It's not been the easiest of rides for Maguire at Old Trafford, but he has tried his best to be the leader United want him to be. At the back, aerially he has been quite commanding and offers to keep the backline in sync. It is just one of those cases where the price tag is too heavy to carry.
#2 Andy Carroll - £34.65 million difference
Liverpool were desperate for a striker and they made a mistake. Meet that mistake, Andy Carroll. This Liverpool blunder will definitely go down in Premier League history as one of the worst signings. He was signed on the back of the 2010/11 season in the English top flight, where Carroll managed 11 goals and 10 assists in just 19 appearances for Newcastle United.
Liverpool broke the British record fee and agreed to a £36.90 million transfer for a player valued just over £2 million. Let that sink in. He never really took off at Anfield in the Premier League. The striker felt the odd one out quality-wise for the Reds and the injuries only worsened this transfer tragedy.
In 58 appearances he only managed to score 11 times and after a loan spell with West Ham was permanently sold to them for less than half the transfer fee. The only saving grace for Liverpool in that January transfer window was the signing of Luis Suarez, who arrived at a much lower fee.
As far as Carroll is concerned, the less said, the better.
#1 Jack Grealish - £47.25 million difference
No surprises here, just Manchester City doing what Manchester City do, splashing loads of cash to sign the man of the moment. Jack Grealish is undoubtedly one of the most talented English footballers playing in the Premier League. However, Pep Guardiola would desperately hope that signing him for triple figures (£100m) does not turn out to be a waste.
In previous seasons, the former Aston Villa player was the best in his team. He single-handedly drove attacks, attracted fouls, scored goals, assisted teammates and you wouldn't dare take your eyes off him. But things are just so much different at the Etihad.
Every other player is top quality and most of them have proven themselves time and again. So a verdict on Grealish's Man City days is too early to pronounce right now. But, we can't forget how good he was at Aston Villa and the fact that City paid £100m for a player worth £58.50 million.
In 23 appearances in all competitions, the winger has only managed three goals and three assists, two each in the Premier League and one each in the Champions League. Pep Guardiola has not experimented with Grealish and has played him on his preferred left side.
If the player fails to up the ante for the remainder of the season, he might start being judged harshly by fans and media.
