Whoever came up with that Amauri "song" has my blessings 4 life. It's been more than ten years and I still chuckle when I hear in my head.
I will only pick players I've actually seen.
GKs: We were blessed by having Buffon for so many years. Hard to pick here. 1. Van der Sar was underwhelming. 2. Rubinho or Manninger maybe, barely remember how they were since they barely played.
RBs/RWBs: 3. Isla, 4. Motta
LB/LWBs: 5. Ziegler, 6. Balzaretti
CBs: 7. Knezevic, 8. Boumsong, 9. Fresi,
CDM/CMs: 10. Tiago, 11. Athur Melo, 12. Paredes, 13. Aquilani, 14. Paredes
RM/RWs: 15. J. Martinez, 16. Marchionni
AMCs: 17. Hernanes (although he was more of a regista), 18. Diego, 19. O'Neill
LM/LWs: 20. Elia, 21. Kapo
S: 22. Amauri, 23. ZAZA, 24. Bendtner, 25. Anelka
This was more challenging than I imagined. We have so many wildcards to draw from too. Ramsey in some sense especially given the expectations. Rabiot, Bernadeschi, Esnaider, Borriello, Bohzinov, Ruben Olivera, Zenoni, Cassani, Baiocco, Athirson, Sissoko (except his one good season), Pogba v2, F. Melo (he had one good season but...) and De Ceglie. Alex Sandro could be argued to fit the bill too.
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Jorge Martinez and Christian Poulsen as big money flops.
Forgot about Poulsen. lol
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lol tracing back the thread, so many names I forgot about