5 players who left their club too soon?

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#2 Eric Djemba Djemba

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Eric Djemba-Djemba celebrates

When the quite awesomely named Djemba-Djemba displayed his robust box-to-box skills at Nantes, Sir Alex Ferguson saw a natural heir to Roy Keane in the Cameroonian. And he wasn’t really wrong to think that Djemba-Djemba had the potential to replace the volatile former Manchester United captain.

Simply because he did. Djemba-Djemba had the talent to make it big. The explosiveness that he displayed during his time in France was enough to convince anyone that he had talent to make it big.

However, the timing of the move wasn’t well thought out. For starters, he had only played in 42 league games at Nantes before moving to Old Trafford. The jump from Ligue 1 to Premier League is a huge one and he should have gathered more experience before migrating to England.

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