In the summers between 2014 and 2016, there was one striker in the Championship that everybody wanted to get their hands on. 

That striker was Ross McCormack.

He shot onto the scene with Leeds United during the 2013/14 season when he managed to score a remarkable 28 league goals.

It was that season that got him his first big move away when recently relegated Fulham came in for him in the summer of 2014 and took him to Craven Cottage for over £10million.

Another two impressive seasons followed with the South London side, scoring 17 and then 21 goals in the 2014/15 and 2015/16 season respectively.

As a result, he was on the move again in the summer of 2016 and for another big fee, this time to Aston Villa.

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Having just been relegated from the Premier League, Roberto Di Matteo had brought in the striker in order to fire the club straight back into the top tier and he looked like a very safe bet.

Even though he was now in his 30s, McCormack's signing still sparked excitement amongst the Villa fans and there was also plenty of praise for then-owner Tony Xia.

Life at Villa got off to a steady but unspectacular start for the striker.

In his first six games, he scored twice. Not bad, but not amazing either. But he had just moved clubs. He probably just needed time to settle in, right?

Well no, not exactly. The Scotsman's next Villa goal did not arrive for over three months eventually taking his tally to three against Burton Albion on Boxing Day.

In the time between the goals McCormack's once guaranteed place in the starting line-up had become increasingly under threat and he was often benched in favour of Rudy Gestede or Jonathan Kodjia.

That goal against Burton was to be his last for the club.

The striker was shipped out on loan to Nottingham Forest on transfer deadline day in the January window where he added one more goal to his season's underwhelming tally.

He played just twice more for Villa in the 2017/18 season, racking up just over an hour of game time in the League Cup before heading out on loan to Melbourne City in January.

When you talk about players not living up to the hype in the Championship it is now hard to look any further than McCormack's spell at Villa as a benchmark.