5th.
Juan Sebastian Veron
Veron was a highly talented superstar who joined United from Lazio.
Named as the next big thing in football, he was introduced to a very well established
United midfield at the time.
But he never really could adapt to the pace of premier league and was sold of to Chelsea
two years later.
Sir Alex later on went on to tell his side of Veron's failure in his autobiography stating
that the player never really made an effort with the other players, was difficult to manage
because of his flamboyant attitude and the fact that he refused to learn English.
He was such a talented acquisition, that had it worked, it would have allowed United to
reach levels which they were only able to achieve 5-6 years later with Ronaldo.
4th. Anderson
Anderson was highly regarded by Sir Alex Ferguson as one of the most talented and inspiring
young midfielders coming through the ranks.
He was signed for £19mn from Porto.
But, Anderson's excessive weight due to irregular eating habits and inability to grasp the English
language and a string of average performances would never have made him an obvious choice
under LVG.
And hence was offloaded by United through a free transfer in 2015.
He has then ended up playing in his home country for Internacional and has been transferred
to Adana Demirspor on July 30, 2018.
3rd.
Memphis Depay
One of the better signings of United under Louis van Gaal, Memphis (didn't want 'Depay'
to be associated with him due to his history with his father) had been assured of a very
promising career at United.
His physique was well appreciated by the everyone around him and it seemed like LVG had played
a master stroke by signing him from PSV in 2015 for £25 million.
He had all the skills in his armory, blinding pace and world class technique.
His poor performances were what caused his doom at United, he fell out of favour with
LVG very soon and even though came on as a substitute in many matches and provided those
super sub performances, he never really caught the manager's attention on the pitch.
He was offloaded to Lyon in January 2017 by Jose with a buy back clause, but that, it
seems was just wishful thinking on United's behalf as he has yet to prove himself over
there as well.
Second.
Owen Hargreaves
Sir Alex signed him from FC Barcelona for £17m in 2007 even though he had spent most
of the season on bench due to a fractured leg.
His first season proved that Ferguson had made a good move due to his decent performances
but the plethora of injuries to Owen soon turned out to be his nemesis.
Succession of injuries led him to have operations on both his knees and this made him miss out
majority of the matches during his time at Manchester United.
He failed to impress during his three comeback attempts and was never really in favor during
the later stages of his career at United.
His dismal fitness records forced United to release him and he later went on to join City
before retiring at the age of 31 due to prolonged injuries.
He is fondly remembered for the match winning free kick against Arsenal.
First.
Angel Di Maria
Considered the best player signed by LVG, but not the best signing.
Di Maria came from Real Madrid when he had already proven his mettle at the top level
of football and was considered as the player behind whom United would achieve greater successes.
United smashed the British transfer record for him and everything looked bright from
there on along with Falcao, Memphis, Schneiderlin and others.
However this story was short lived due to many reasons.
LVG's playing style never really suited Di Maria's and this made him confined to a very
concrete style of play where none of Angel's tricks and skills could work.
This conservative approach to football did not agree with Di Maria.
And to add to that, off field incidents like the burglary at his place, never really allowed
him to get settled in Manchester.
It was in the latter half of his first season were he was restricted to the bench most of
the time, that it was visible that Di Maria was not here to stay.
And it was confirmed that the tensions between the Gaffa (LVG) and Di Maria were growing
immensely when Di Maria failed to join the United squad on a pre season tour and eventually
moved to PSG two weeks later.
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