Which summer signing has proved the worst value for money - Grealish, Lukaku or Sancho?
Planet Sport crunches the numbers to see how the three biggest deals of last summer's transfer window have fared in the Premier League.
The former Aston Villa talisman has contributed just two Premier League goals since his move in the summer, while his two assists is one less than former Villans team-mate Matty Cash.
Jack Grealish - £100million
Grealish has made just 20 Premier League starts and three substitute appearance starts since his high-profile move to the Etihad, clocking up 1,728 minutes on the pitch.
It is only one more start than he made in an injury-interrupted 2020/21 campaign with Aston Villa. However, as the Villans' main man, he contributed six goals and 12 assists last season.
Cost per Premier League assist: £50million
Manchester City's finish position last season: 1st
Manchester City current league position: 1st
Romelu Lukaku - £97.5million
This time last year Lukaku was firing Inter Milan to Serie A glory, scoring 24 goals in 36 games. This season he's not even trusted to come off the bench with his Chelsea side 1-0 down to relegation-threatened Everton.
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Romelu Lukaku had only 7 touches vs Crystal Palace today – it's the first time a player had less than 8 touches while playing 90 minutes in a single match in the top 5 leagues in our entire database (since the start of 2015/16).
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Cost per Premier League goal: £19.5million
Chelsea's finish position last season: 4th
Chelsea's current league position: 3rd
Jadon Sancho - £76.5million
You'd be hard-pressed to pin all the blame on Sancho but his contribution to the Red Devils' woes are reflected in an £18million drop in his market value since his Bundesliga peak in 2021.
Brought in to create havoc on the flank, his successful dribble average of 1.6 puts him 22nd in the top flight and some way off leader Allan Saint-Maximin (4.3). He had been fourth in the Bundesliga in 2020/21 with three successful dribbles per game.
Three goals and two assists in the space of six league games between early February and March did suggest he was finally getting to grips with the pace and physicality of the Premier League.
However, he has failed to register a goal involvement in his five games since and has subsequently been ruled out with tonsillitis. Ironic, as United fans are finding his transfer fee increasingly hard to swallow.
Cost per Premier League assist: £25.2million.
Manchester United's finish position last season: 2nd
Manchester United's current league position: 6th