Top 5 money minded players in EPL history

Modified Dec 14, 2013 06:36 GMT

1. Asamoah Gyan

I used to like Asamoah. Who didn’t? You couldn’t help but feel sorry for him when he missed that penalty in the World Cup Quarter Final. Maybe it was his infectious dancing celebrations or the sensational yellow boots. Either way,Sunderland fans thought they had a ready-made replacement when Darren Bent left, a man to fire them to mid table glory.

Ah, not quite the case. It shocked me to hear then, that he’d secured a loan move to little known Al-Ain for the rest of the season. Maybe he’d fallen out with Steve Bruce, much in the same way Tony Pulis and James Beattie had a naked changing room brawl over a Christmas Party. Or a need to be near relatives like Carlos Tevez’s supposed excuse for leaving Man City.

Wrong. Gyan’s excuse was, “I’m here to see how Asian leagues are.” A valid reason for swapping one of Europe’s top 5 leagues for something possibly akin to the League One. That and £200k a week.

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