Yeah I’m not saying Larsson wasn’t good, he had a good career for sure, just nowhere near the level of Cesc in ability or achievements. The hype around Merida was crazy at one point but he never got close to the level of someone like Larsson even, that was my point.

Came here for this. Often touted as the next Fabregas, but ended up not even being the next Seb Larsson. Jon Toral even more so.

Rami Shaaban is another random one, such a weird signing. He had no pedigree whatsoever when he came to Arsenal, having played 8 seasons of professional football across 6 different clubs in Sweden and Egypt. He went on loan at West Ham and then moved to Brighton, managing a massive 9 appearances in 4 years of English football.

I just remember Wenger going on about him being a French International…then we saw him play

Went on to become a Prussia Munster legend, probably between him and Gnabry for the ‘one that got away.’