5) David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain to Newcastle – £2.5m)
An extremely talented midfielder, with bags of skill, the Frenchman was a breath of fresh air when he first arrived on Tyneside, helping the Magpies mount an unlikely title challenge in the 1995/96 season.
However, Ginola left Newcastle just two years later, going on to win the PFA Players’ Player of the Year with Tottenham in 1999.
