Many saw Arsenal's £16million signing of Danny Welbeck as a shrewd bit of business last summer.

The former Manchester United striker was always seen to be a player who had the potential to do great things in the game if you could get regular game time.

Arsenal offered him that opportunity and, at first, it looked as if Welbeck was about to embark on an exciting future as the Gunners' goal-getter.

But just four goals in 22 Premier League outings suggest otherwise. Yes, he's had injuries to deal with and also the resurgence of Olivier Giroud to contend with, but you'd expect a £16million rated striker to find the net more than once every 5.5 games.

He loves a goal for England, that's for sure. But for Arsenal he continues to be a shadow of the player everyone hoped and expected him to develop in to under Arsene Wenger.

And the Guardian have gone some way in backing up the suggestion that the striker could turn out to be a waste of money for Arsenal in their findings below.

Welbeck has scored with just 9.76% of his shots on goal for Arsenal this term, which is the third worst conversion rate behind Bafetimbi Gomis of Swansea and Sunderland's Conor Wickham.

To put that in to perspective, teammate Olivier Giroud has a shot conversion rate of 31.71%, which is the fourth highest in the Premier League. Stoke's Jonathan Walter's is statistically the Premier League's most prolific striker with 38.89%.

But perhaps he can take some comfort in knowing he's joined by the likes of Daniel Sturridge, Edin Dzeko and Romelu Lukaku in the Premier League's worst 11 strikers based on goal conversion (minimum three goals).

So there. Danny Welbeck was a complete waste of money...

Arsenal - Danny Welbeck

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