The picture says it all. That's Madrid legend, the late Alfredo Di Stefano, at the presentation of Julien Faubert in January 2009. West Ham loaned out this unfamiliar face to Real, where he spent most of his loan period on the bench. When he eventually returned to Upton Park, he proved he couldn’t even cut it at West Ham, never mind with the Spanish giants. Real sorted out their transfer dealings by the summer with the purchases of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Kaka and Xabi Alonso.
If ever there was a signing that epitomised the depression of the Wenger years post-Invincibles and pre-FA Cup double, it's Park Chu-young.