8-9 years on and despite transfer fees being massively inflated in that time I still doubt he is worth the 6m we paid for him.

To me he goes down as our worse transfer, at the time 6m was a hell of a lot more than it is now. That was a huge chunk of a big budget having just been promoted. The one thing we needed after promotion was a proven striker so to take a punt with a huge transfer fee for a long term project was nothing short of disgraceful. Yes if your Man City and you think he can develop for a few years in the youth team and then sure take a punt. We needed a striker for there and then, we certainly didn’t need a project at that cost.

History shows it was a huge mistake not that Malky would ever admit it.