English football is a graveyard as much as it is a stage for promising talent. The pressure to pick up points is fixed at such an extreme setting that one slip-up, costly error or howler in front of goal can cast a player to the reserves, resigned never to see the light of day again.

If players can be dubbed egotistical nightmares then so can managers, who are often guilty of player preference or holding a grudge way beyond all realms of comprehension. With this in mind I have collated the top 15 players who can only dream of playing a cameo role in the Premier League this season.

Click on Alan Hutton  to get the ball rolling

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