Preston North End have got more right than wrong over the last decade, but as is the nature of football and the transfer market in particular, some deals just do not work out.
Plenty of the players on the below list had success elsewhere in their careers and are good footballers, but for differing reasons their time at Deepdale was far from the best. Some generated plenty of excitement when PNE secured their services, while others offered promise but faded away and certain names just never got going at all.
5. Tyias Browning
A short-term loan deal, hampered by a knee injury which ruled him out for two months. Has been playing in China for the last four years and is known as Jiǎng Guāngtài
6. Connor Simpson
PNE reportedly saw off competition from plenty of big hitters to sign the young Hartlepool striker, but he barely got a sniff of first team action
7. Kevin O’Connor
The hope was that another Irish recruit could thrive at Deepdale but O’Connor wasn’t fancied by Alex Neil and spent the majority of his Preston career out on loan Photo: CameraSport
8. Michael Crowe
A difficult period for the back up goalkeeper, whose one appearance came against Doncaster in the FA Cup and was an afternoon to forget