Aston Villa 10 worst signings in the Premier League era ranked: big-name pundit 2nd; Liverpool disaster 6th

Aston Villa have made some tremendous signings in recent years, but for every good one, there have largely been a few bad ones alongside. Dean Smith and Tim Sherwood have been two of the worst culprits for adding bad players to their Villa squads in recent history, but there have been others, too.

Here, we have looked into the 10 worst signings made at Villa during the Premier League era. But if you want a look at the sunnier side of life,last week we ranked Villa's 10 very best.

Bjorn Engels Engels had experience both in the Europa League and the Champions League when Villa paid around £7million for him in 2019 - following promotion back to the Premier League.