5 world class players who struggled in the Premier League

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Robinho spent just two seasons in England

3) Andriy Shevchenko, £30.8 million to Chelsea 2006

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Despite his talent, Shevchenko never held up in the Premier League

Shevchenko twice finished third in the Ballon D’or in 1999 and 2000, won the Champions League in 2003 and finished Champions League runner up in 2005, there was no doubting that Andriy Shevchenko was a world class player.

With 127 goals in 208 league games for AC Milan, Chelsea thought they had bought a gem, but the Ukrainian never performed to a similar standard in the Premier League.

His most memorable moment in the Premier League was a thunderbolt top corner strike against Aston Villa, but that is just one of very few fond memories Chelsea fans have of Shevchenko.

He showed sparks of form with a few great left and right footed strikes, but he lost his confidence and natural ability to finish in the Premier League.

It did not help he had Didier Drogba to compete with as centre forward and he was sometimes pushed wide, but he still never re-ignited the form he had at AC Milan as the Ukrainian struggled throughout his three years in the Premier League.

Shevchenko spent a lot of time on the side-lines

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Edited by Anuradha Santhanam
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