Blackpool are just underway in their second year back in the Championship following their promotion from League One via the play-offs in the 2020-21 season.

The Tangerines got a solid 16th place finish last season under the management of Neil Critchley although following his departure this summer, Michael Appleton has returned to the club in the hope of taking them forward.

The boss has been working on adding to his side throughout the summer although the start of their season has been somewhat inconsistent with three wins, two draws and three losses under their belts so far.

Nevertheless, the Seasiders currently find themselves sat 11th in the league and will be hoping they can continue sitting in the top half of the table.

Despite some off the pitch troubles in recent times, Blackpool are a side that have been in the top tier of football and had some top players in their ranks.

With that in mind, here we take a look at Blackpool's ten most expensive signings ever and see what they're up to now.

During his time with Leicester City, DJ Campbell had two loan spells with Blackpool and eventually signed permanently for the club in 2010.

He spent a season with the club in the Premier League before being signed by Queens Park Rangers.

A permanent move to Blackburn Rovers followed before he dropped down to non-league with Maidenhead United where he played for free until 2015.

Since retiring from football he's been fairly quiet although he has since set up a football management agency.

Despite costing the club a record fee, Grandin didn't make many appearances in total for Blackpool.

His first season with the club was fairly stop start due to suffering with hamstring injuries and the Tangerines suffered relegation to the Championship in the 2010-11 season.

He started in the Championship for Blackpool although suffered an injury the led him to miss 17 games.

A loan spell to Nice followed although they opted not to sign him permanently meaning he returned to Blackpool.

However, boss Ian Holloway spoke out questioning the player's attitude and he was released after the 2012-13 season.

Grandin returned to France although failed to settle anywhere.

He made a handful of appearances for Grimsby Town recently although is now an EPL TV consultant.

Blackpool signed Chris Basham from Bolton Wanderers but the player spent most of his first season on the bench or injured.

However, following the Tangerines relegation to the Championship he managed some more appearances with 21 under his belt.

Despite many injuries, by the 2013-14 season, the defender started to establish himself in the side and was offered a new contract by the Seasiders.

However, Basham opted to join Sheffield United instead where he has remained ever since.

He has three league appearances under his belt so far this season.

Tom Ince spent three seasons in the Championship with Blackpool and racked up over 100 appearances in all competitions during that time.

Moves to Hull City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City followed which allowed him to play in both the Premier League and Championship.

However, last season he signed for Reading where his dad Paul is manager and has so far made eight appearances for the Royals and scored a goal too.

His side sit third in the league and he will be hoping for a good season ahead.

Lawrence-Gabriel joined Blackpool on loan from Nottingham Forest in October 2020 and made 29 League One appearances for the Seasiders.

The right-back returned briefly to Nottingham Forest although made the permanent move to Blackpool last summer and went on to make 21 league appearances for the Tangerines under Critchley.

He remains a Blackpool player and has six league appearances under his belt so far from eight games.

At 23-years-old, the player has his career ahead of him and will be hoping he can develop himself at Bloomfield Road.

Blackpool signs Ferguson from Birmingham City in 2011 and he spent three seasons in the Championship with the club.

Following his time with the club he moved home to Scotland signing for Clyde although made just one appearance as he became player-manager.

He has since managed Kelty Hearts and Alloa Athletic although resigned from his job at Alloa in February due to the side struggling in the league.

As it stands, he's not currently working at a club.

Cathcart spent one season in the Premier League with Blackpool and then a further three in the Championship and was a regular player for the club throughout his time.

In 2014, the defender joined Watford where he has remained ever since and played fairly regularly every season in both the Premier League and the Championship.

Despite being 33-years-old, he has made seven appearances for the Hornets so far this season and will hope to have a part to play as his side look for a return to the top flight.

Blackpool signed Owen Dale from Crewe Alexandra last season.

The 23-year-old made 15 appearances under Neil Critchley last season and was also able to contribute two goals to his team.

However, this season Appleton has opted to send the young winger out on loan to League One and he has joined Portsmouth for the season.

So far, Dale has made five league appearances for the club and contributed one goal so he will be hoping he can have an impact in the league below so he can come back to Bloomfield Road ready to fight for a place in the team.

Charlie Adam initially joined Blackpool on a loan move from Rangers before he signed permanently and he spent three seasons with Blackpool, his final year in the top flight.

In 2011, he signed for Liverpool before then going on to spend six seasons in the top flight with Stoke City and a year in the Championship.

A move to Reading followed and he most recently played for Dundee, making 27 league appearances last season.

He is currently without a club although has done some commentary work on talkSPORT.

Davies joined Blackpool from Bristol City and spent his first two seasons playing fairly regularly for the Tangerines.

However, in the second half of the 2014/15 season, he was loaned out to Sheffield United who were down a level in League One.

Loan moves to Bradford City and Rochdale followed for the next three seasons.

Davies made two league appearances for Blackpool before joining Hamilton on a free transfer in 2019.

According to Transfermarkt, he is now playing for Runcorn Town.