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The rise - and very rapid fall - of Michu: Swansea's £2m cult hero won praise from Sir Alex Ferguson and inspired Erling Haaland as he lit up the Premier League... but after winning a single Spain cap, the injury-prone star faded into obscurity

Remember Michu? Swansea's bargain cult hero who took the Premier League by storm, only to swiftly fall into obscurity and retire at the tender age of just 31?

'A first-class piece of business,' Sir Alex Ferguson opined of the striker, admitting he'd 'never really heard of him' before he moved to south Wales in the summer 2012. That's fair enough, Fergie - most hadn't.

You could no longer say that after his barnstorming first season, in which he scored 22 goals, helped his side win the League Cup and won plaudits for his flamboyance and skill.