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Stoke City have had their fair share of signings that haven't lived up to the original expectation set for them by the club's supporters.  

The Potters are currently playing their football in the Championship under the management of Michael O'Neill, and will be eager to build on a relatively strong start to this year's campaign.

Football League World's Stoke City fan Elliot Yates gave us his TOP-TEN worst-ever Stoke City signings.

Disclaimer: The views cast from various supporters in the Fan's Voice series do not represent those of Football League World.

Find out who kicks us off on the list at number ten, on the next page....

Edu arrived at Stoke in the summer of 2012, along with Jamie Ness, after financial problems at Rangers. Edu joined an American revolution at Stoke in which fellow internationals Geoff Cameron and Brek Shea (more on him later) joined the club.

But his time at Stoke ultimately proved to be a waste of time, registering one Premier League appearance against Liverpool before loans to Bursapor and Philadelphia Union who Edu would sign permanently for in 2015. Ending a rather pointless time in the Potteries.

Another American international Brek Shea came to the Potteries from FC Dallas with a lot of promise from fans after seeing compilations of him on YouTube in which he looked more like Ronaldo. However, there is a big difference between the MLS and the Premier League, which Shea found difficult to adapt to.

Loan spells to Barnsley and Birmingham were unsuccessful and Shea went back to the MLS to join Stoke’s sister club Orlando City after a two year stay.

The Barcelona and Chelsea star Eiður Guðjohnsen came with a big reputation, but within a few minutes of his debut against West Ham coming on as a sub everyone could see he was past it.

Guðjohnsen only played three more games after that being loaned out to Fulham for the rest of the season, before being sold permanently to AEK Athens on a free. A strange and bizarre signing from Tony Pulis.

A popular arrival with Stoke fans as we’d just signed a former Ballon d’Or winner, fans flocked to the club shop to get their ‘Owen 10’ shirts upon his arrival.

However, Owen would ultimately go on to disappoint registering one goal in eight appearances for the Pottters and Tony Pulis forcing him into an early retirement. Owen has gone on to state that ‘Tony Pulis’ training sessions finished me off. I hated it’.

Jakob Haugaard arrived at Stoke with little to no experience. Danish international Thomas Sorenson’s departure saw immediate comparisons and Haugaard took the number 29 shirt which Sorenson used to don. Jack Butlnad’s injury for England saw Haugaard thrown into the spotlight early on and he was out of his depth.

Throwing away a two-goal lead against Swansea before shipping four past a make shift Liverpool side at Anfield, conceding a late penalty against Sunderland before losing a lead to Crystal Palace in which he was responsible for one of the goals. Haugaard never made a league appearance again after that, which persuaded us to go in for Lee Grant the season who won Player of the Year that year.

Forcing the Dane out of the side. Haugaard is now trying to rediscover his form for Swedish side AIK and it’s looking likely that he won’t make another appearance at the top level

Stoke had splashed a club record £5.5m for Kitson’s services after just being promoted in 2008. Kitson failed to score in his first season at Stoke and was shipped back on loan to Reading in the Championship, leaving the club to rely on his replacement James Beattie to keep us up.

He came back to Stoke the following season and was again shipped out on loan to a Championship side (Middlesborough) after more disappointing performances. Kitson ended his horrid time in Staffordshire in 2010 with him and Liam Lawrence being used in a swap deal for Marc Wilson from Portsmouth.

Brought in to replace Steven N’Zonzi at a substantial figure of £18m. The signing of Imbula was meant to be a statement of ambition fighting off Arsenal to get his signature. Imbula started off brightly with a goal against Bournemouth on his much-anticipated debut to being named man on the match on his home debut against Everton.

But Imbula only disappointed after a promising start, with poor performances the season after and his attitude being a constant downfall.

He failed to attend any English lessons the club put on for him and in preseason he decided to sub himself because Charlie Adam didn’t pass him the ball. Unsuccessful loans to Toulouse, Rayo Vallecano and Lecce tried to run his contract down. But Lecce had enough of Imbula which led us to terminate his contract early.

To this day, Kevin Wimmer is still our record transfer at £18m which for someone who only made 15 appearances for Spurs in total is quite barmy.

Wimmer contributed to our relegation season in a big way through his shocking performances at the back shipping in goals left right and centre; 7-2 against Man City, 5-1 against Spurs and 5-0 against Chelsea away then 4-0 against the blues at home. After relegation Wimmer was sent on loan to Hannover and Royal Excel Mouscron across two years.

He is still at Stoke, rotting in the reserves as we wait desperately for the phone to ring so someone can pick him up and take him away.

A high-profile name, Jese excited many Stoke fans upon his arrival. Given his track record you could understand why; Real Madrid academy graduate, Champions League winner, PSG paying £20m to sign him. We were all full of optimism and he couldn’t have got off to a better start, netting the winner against Arsenal on his debut.

However, things turned sour after that with Jese’s family troubles that season and he accepted compassionate leave which meant Jese missed the majority of the season. But he failed to tell the club where he was and failed to report back when expected. On his return, Jese caused friction in the dressing room and on the pitch.

For instance, he caused a massive brawl between his teammates when Charlie Adam was given the responsibility of taking a penalty against Brighton and his attitude led to the loan being cut short.

A controversial arrival after a terrible end to his West Bromwich Albion career, stating he wanted to leave the club on Twitter. Berahino arrived at Stoke the season after for £12m in a bid to revive his career and become the 20-goal striker Stoke had craved for years. 585 days later he registered his first goal, displaying a poor attitude throughout his time at the club.

Former Stoke right back Glen Johnson stated on TalkSport that ‘he just seemed to have a vendetta against the club and always went against the grain’.

Berahino played the last of his 56 appearances against West Brom and a drink driving allegation shortly after meant the end for Berahino at Stoke. A striker who ultimately disappointed through his attitude and performances on a regular basis.