Swansea City's £800k Jason Scotland replacement was a huge bust: View | OneFootball

Jason Scotland fired Swansea City to the Championship in the 2007/08 season and wrote himself onto a list of legendary Swans strikers that now boasts the likes of Lee Trundle, Wilfried Bony, and Michu.

Former Trinidad & Tobago international Scotland scored 26 goals in 46 games in all competitions for Scottish second-tier side St Johnstone in the 2006/07 season, where they won promotion to the Scottish Premier League as champions.

According to the BBC, Birmingham City, Southend United, Hibernian, Dundee United and Heart of Midlothian were all interested in the striker, but it was Swansea manager Roberto Martinez who convinced him to join the South Wales club.

"Jason Scotland is an exciting player who always entertains and attracts the crowds - and players like that are a rare breed," said Martinez to the BBC after completing the transfer.

Scotland scored on his League One debut against Oldham Athletic, and continued that form for the rest of the season, finishing as the division's top goalscorer with a huge 23 goals as his club won the league and promotion to the Championship.

Continuing to impress the following season, Scotland scored 21 Championship goals for the South Wales outfit, including a brace against eventual champions Wolves, and finished the season as the second-highest goalscorer.

After scoring 52 goals and assisting 19 in 105 games, according to statistics from Transfermarkt, Swansea's talisman left for Premier League club Wigan Athletic, and was replaced by Scottish striker Craig Beattie.

Craig Beattie struggled for Swansea City as Jason Scotland's replacement

Craig Beattie was signed for a club record fee of £800,000 from West Bromwich Albion, according to the BBC, in August 2009. However, he found filling the boots of Scotland a big issue.

The 25-year-old arrived in South Wales with plenty of top-level experience. After signing his first professional contract with Scottish giants Celtic, he made a total of 47 Scottish Premiership appearances and scored 13 goals. He also made Champions League appearances against Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Copenhagen, and AC Milan.

The Scotland international made the move to West Bromwich Albion in 2007 but failed to establish himself in the Championship or Premier League for the West Midlands club and was sent out on a series of loan moves to Preston North End, Crystal Palace, and Sheffield United before leaving the club permanently for Swansea.

Beattie was unable to impress manager Paulo Sousa in his first season and managed only 1009 minutes of league action in which he scored just three goals. The Scotsman's only highlight came when he scored the winner against his former club West Bromwich Albion in a 1-0 win at the Hawthorns.

The following season was incredible for Swansea City as they won promotion to the Premier League for the first time in the club's history under Northern Irish manager Brendan Rogers.

Beattie however managed even fewer minutes that season and played no part in the Swans' successful playoff campaign.

After Swansea City won promotion, Beattie never made another first-team appearance and was released from his contract by mutual consent in January 2012, meaning that the club received nothing on their significant investment.

Craig Beattie and Jason Scotland's careers both fizzled out after leaving Swansea

Roberto Martinez took Jason Scotland with him as he made the move to Wigan Athletic, but he struggled in the Premier League and scored only one goal in the 2009/10 season as the top division proved to be a step too far for him.

The Trinidadian made two more moves to football league sides, Ipswich Town and Barnsley, where he achieved some success, before moving back to Scotland with Hamilton Academical and then Stenhousemuir, where his professional career ended.

Beattie meanwhile rarely showed the form that made him Swansea City's record signing and became a journeyman since leaving the Welsh side. He made unsuccessful moves to Heart of Midlothian, St Johnstone, and Barnet before an international move to Maltan side Żebbuġ Rangers.

Beattie returned to his native Scotland with Ayr United, Stirling Albion, Edinburgh City, and Elgin City before retiring.

Swansea committed to some very smart buys in that time period when they were on the rise towards the Premier League, but Beattie definitely wasn't one of them.