5 players who left their club too soon?

#4 Alexander Hleb

Hleb won the Champions League with Barca

Another one of those players that left Arsenal earlier than they should have. Indeed, the Belarusian later admitted that his decision to leave Arsenal was the single greatest regret of his footballing career. The midfielder flourished at his time at Arsenal and was a popular figure among the fans there.

However, after Pep Guardiola joined the Catalan club’s first team in 2008, Hleb was among his first signings. After joining, the current Manchester City manager used him as a bench player which prompted him to claiming that he would join Bayern Munich should the Bavarians come for him the next summer.

As it turned out, they never did and he went on loan to Stuttgart the following season. Since then, he is been a journeyman traveling around Europe and playing football Russia, Belarus and now Turkey.