Manchester United have spent over £1.6 billion since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013. That’s a whole lot of wonga for zero Premier League titles, particularly when you think about what number of Manchester Metropolis have gained in that point.
We have now ranked all 65 signings made for the primary staff post-Ferguson. The quantity within the bracket subsequent to them is the place they positioned when this checklist was initially made in April 2022, with 45 signings accounted for on the time. Any gamers signed since then could have the quantity from once they had been added. Benefit from the drivel.
65) Alexis Sanchez (swap) (45)
The Purple Devils signed top-of-the-line gamers within the Premier League on astronomical wages and he appeared to turn out to be an incompetent footballer in a single day.
64) Antony (£80m) (16)
The Brazilian has been a catastrophic signing and Man Utd shall be fortunate to get £15m for him if he’s put up on the market. £80m was absolute theft. And he was accessible for half the worth two months earlier than he joined. The following time we replace this, he’ll most likely be backside.
53) Andy Kellett (mortgage) (44)
Who? Precisely.
62) Radamel Falcao (£6.8m mortgage payment) (42)
One other participant who joined with an enormous status; Falcao did not rediscover his FC Porto and Atletico Madrid kind throughout his spell with Man Utd after which Chelsea.
61) Jadon Sancho (£76.5m) (5)
Time is up for Sancho at Man Utd. He joined Chelsea on mortgage in the summertime and can be part of completely for someplace between £20-30million, which is a humiliating loss on Man Utd’s half.
60) Angel Di Maria (£67.5m) (43)
Becoming a member of off the again of a man-of-the-match efficiency in a Champions League last, Di Maria flopped at Outdated Trafford. The one saving grace from his stint in Manchester is that the membership recouped £56.7m when he was offered to PSG lower than a yr after arriving.
59) Memphis Depay (£30.6m) (39)
Wearing the No. 7 shirt has become something of a curse since Cristiano Ronaldo left in 2009; even for the Portuguese himself.
Depay got here in as a terrific teen from the Netherlands and took on the well-known quantity. The ahead scored seven objectives in 53 video games and left for Lyon for just a little over half of what Man Utd paid for him.
58) Morgan Schneiderlin (£31.5m) (37)
Schneiderlin was nice for Southampton, so Louis van Gaal introduced him to Outdated Trafford the place the Frenchman was nowhere close to adequate. He left for £20m, so it’s not all dangerous. Bloody Everton.
57) Bastian Schweinsteiger (£8m) (35)
Schweinsteiger is a Bayern Munich legend and a forgettable Manchester United midfielder.
56) Martin Dubravka (£2m mortgage payment) (41)
When Dubravka joined from Newcastle United, many anticipated him to function within the Europa League group stage, however Dubravka solely performed three cup video games earlier than having his mortgage terminated in January. What a pointless switch.
55) Jack Butland (mortgage) (39)
Introduced in for the remainder of the season in January 2022 after Dubravka’s mortgage ended. Butland didn’t make a single look for the membership. His kind for Rangers has been spectacular.
54) Odion Ighalo (£10.8m mortgage payment) (34)
£10m is some huge cash for a mortgage deal, particularly when the participant doesn’t enhance the squad.
53) Guillermo Varela (£2m) (33)
The Uruguayan right-back performed 4 occasions within the Premier League for Man Utd.
52) Paul Pogba (£94.5m) (38)
Pogba left United for Juventus on a free switch in 2012, solely to be re-signed by the Premier League membership for a world-record switch payment, to then return to Turin on a free switch in 2022.
He was wonderful in suits and begins however nowhere close to constant sufficient.
51) Romelu Lukaku (£76m) (35)
He scored a good quantity of objectives however didn’t do sufficient to benefit a £76m switch payment.
50) Donny van de Beek (£35m) (36)
The ache has lastly ended for poor Van de Beek, who’s formally free, becoming a member of Girona within the 2024 summer time switch window.
49) Lee Grant (£1.5m) (31)
Matches the home-grown quota and joined Manchester United for no different motive.
48) Victor Valdes (free) (30)
Each participant and membership may have performed with out this transfer.
47) Harry Maguire (£78.3m) (41)
Typically the scapegoat and all the time mocked, the previous Man Utd captain has put in lots of good shows for the membership. Nevertheless, the dangerous outweighs the great and consequently, he has not even come shut to almost justifying his hefty price ticket.
46) Tom Heaton (free) (29)
See Lee Grant. However Heaton was a free switch.
45) Dan James (£16m) (24)
James was by no means adequate for Man Utd and was most likely solely signed as he was seen as Younger And Hungry. One of the best factor to return from his transfer is that they turned a uncommon revenue once they offered him to Leeds United.
44) Eric Bailly (£34m) (22)
Erratic and amusing, Bailly was signed for giant cash and was extra of a comical than he was convincing at defending. Accidents didn’t assist him, to be truthful.
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43) Mason Mount (£55.4m) (22)
Mount’s first yr at Outdated Trafford was suffering from accidents and his begin to 2024/25 has been the identical.
He price an absolute fortune with solely a yr left on his Chelsea contract and even when match, he has been very underwhelming.
Everyone knows the power Mount possesses however now we have not seen it since 2022, which is kind of some time in the past.
42) Tahith Chong (free) (17)
Having paid no switch payment for the younger Dutch winger, Man Utd seemed like they did fairly properly. He didn’t get a lot of an opportunity and was offered to Birmingham Metropolis for £1.5m after a profitable yr on mortgage earlier than getting his probability within the Premier League with Luton City, who he did fairly properly for.
The Purple Devils had been proper to promote Chong however undoubtedly may have gotten extra for him.
41) Timothy Fosu-Mensah (£342k) (28)
Fosu-Mensah was fairly low cost and the membership turned a revenue ultimately. He made 30 first-team appearances and was fairly helpful because of his versatility.
40) Matteo Darmian (£16m) (27)
The Italian was bang common for United and was solely offered for £2m.
39) Marcos Rojo (£18m) (25)
Typically erratic, Rojo was field workplace at occasions however had a median spell at Outdated Trafford.
38) Wout Weghorst (£2.6m mortgage payment) (23)
Weghorst got here in to fill a spot between January and June 2023 and was signed for peanuts, in contrast to Ighalo. Even nonetheless, it was a weird spell for everyone involved.
37) Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£37.8m) (21)
The opposite half of the worst deal on this checklist, Mkhitaryan joined with lofty expectations having supplied 90 purpose contributions in 140 video games for Borussia Dortmund.
He scored in a Europa League last victory for United. He additionally scored a scorpion kick (that will not have counted within the VAR period). Something good he did for the membership was eclipsed by the woeful swap deal which noticed him go to Arsenal.
Mkhitaryan with a tremendous Scorpion Kick purpose! Aim of the season? 🔥 pic.twitter.com/zKlridRt3V
— Soccer Cvlture (@FootballCVLTURE) December 26, 2016
36) Hannibal Mejbri (£9m) (18)
Purchased from Monaco in 2019, Mejbri spent the 22/23 marketing campaign on mortgage at Birmingham and wasted the second half of final season on mortgage at Sevilla. He’s now at Burnley within the Championship.
35) Nemanja Matic (£40m) (23)
Man Utd signed Matic four years too late.
34) Facundo Pellistri (£7.6m) (20)
There was loads of religion in Pellistri to return good at Outdated Trafford however not sufficient apparently. He joined Panathinaikos for round £5m in the summertime.
33) Tyrell Malacia (£13m) (15)
Malacia rapidly shifted Luke Shaw out of the beginning XI earlier than generously giving his spot again to the England worldwide. He didn’t make a single look final season and is but to seem in 24/25.
32) Joshua Zirkzee (£36.5m) (26)
Zirkzee has had a horrible time of it since transferring to Outdated Trafford from Bologna final summer time. Ruben Amorim hung him out to dry with his first-half substitution against Newcastle and given his already extraordinarily low confidence, the younger striker may be damaged for the remainder of the season.
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31) Daley Blind (£15.7m) (16)
Blind was a helpful participant to have. Versatile, constant, hardly ever excellent. He performed over 140 occasions in 4 years at Outdated Trafford and is at the moment thriving at Girona.
30) Alex Telles (£13.5m) (14)
Telles was respectable when known as upon however Erik ten Hag despatched him out on mortgage to Sevilla in his first summer time at Outdated Trafford. He joined Al Nassr completely final July and is now taking part in for Botafogo.
29) Marouane Fellaini (£29m) (26)
Fellaini was the primary signing post-Ferguson after David Moyes purchased him on deadline day for a higher price than the release clause that was active earlier in the window. He made 177 appearances for the Purple Devils earlier than leaving for Shandong Taishan in 2019.
28) Anthony Martial (£54m) (12)
Martial joined as the most costly teenager in world soccer, scored a beautiful purpose on his debut and was being in comparison with Thierry Henry. He scored 17 objectives in 32 Premier League matches in 19/20 and seemed like he was coming of age. After that terrific yr, he seemed gradual and poor in entrance of purpose.
After an underwhelming mortgage spell at Sevilla, Ten Hag gave Martial one other probability together with his health letting him down. He joined AEK Athens on a free switch in September.
27) Sofyan Amrabat (£8.5m mortgage payment) (24)
If Amrabat performed like he did in his final month at Outdated Trafford all season, he could be rather a lot larger.
26) Victor Lindelof (£31.5m) (11)
One other costly centre-half, Lindelof has not been a foul signing. However ‘not dangerous’ doesn’t actually reduce the mustard for Manchester United. In spite of everything, This Is Manchester United We’re Speaking About.
25) Rasmus Hojlund (£64.7m) (17)
There stay huge expectations for Hojlund after a disappointing debut marketing campaign. Given his inexperience, you possibly can forgive him for utilizing his first season to settle in.
It’s some huge cash for a younger participant. Endurance is a advantage, people. It’s vitally vital to do not forget that.
24) Manuel Ugarte (£42.3m) (23)
A signing that appears wonderful on paper, Ugarte is lower than pace but.
23) Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£49.5m) (40)
Wan-Bissaka is one in all Ten Hag’s greatest success tales at Man Utd. The appropriate-back loved a really productive 22/23 marketing campaign however was by no means in a position to usurp Diogo Dalot and his switch payment will all the time look very foolish.
22) Matthijs de Ligt (£38.4m) (24)
Ajax, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Manchester United. Matthijs de Ligt has a powerful CV. A powerful CV is one factor, acting on the pitch is one other. The very fact he has failed at a few huge golf equipment will not be an awesome signal however he can’t be any worse than what the Purple Devils have already got.
21) Raphael Varane (£36m) (7)
Varane did not persuade everybody that he’s in reality a four-time Champions League winner in his time at Outdated Trafford. Accidents completely didn’t assist however what a disappointment he was.
The Frenchman joined Cesc Fabregas’ Como in the summertime and has since retired.
20) Amad Diallo (£19m) (19)
After a garbage mortgage spell with Rangers, Diallo was being written off by many (myself included). Nevertheless, his time with Sunderland was very good with the younger Ivorian rising his switch worth and staking a declare for minutes within the Premier League.
His switch payment may rise to £37m, which nonetheless appears to be like like a poor funding even when he has confirmed loads of promise since Amorim’s arrival.
19) Marcel Sabitzer (mortgage) (21)
So far as half-season emergency loans go, this was successful. Ten Hag determined towards signing Sabitzer on a everlasting foundation, which appears to be like a bit foolish now.
18) Sergio Romero (free) (8)
And so far as back-up goalkeepers go, Romero was fairly good. And he price bugger all, which is all the time a bonus.
17) Jonny Evans (free) (38)
It’s hilarious how excessive Evans is right here. Genuinely astounding.
The 36-year-old didn’t count on to play a lot however accidents have pressured Erik ten Hag’s hand. When known as upon, he has truly been fairly good. Significantly better than anybody anticipated, at the very least.
16) Leny Yoro (£52m) (12)
Yoro’s potential is astronomical and that’s the reason he’s so excessive.
15) Andre Onana (£45.2m) (11)
Upgrading on David de Gea ought to have been Ten Hag’s high precedence when he took over and it took him a yr to grasp the Spaniard wanted to get replaced. Don’t be blinded by his 22/23 Golden Glove.
Onana is a big upgrade on De Gea however has not been pretty much as good as we anticipated. He makes far too many errors and his distribution is shaky, regardless of being well-renowned for that facet of his recreation.
14) Juan Mata (£40m) (15)
David Moyes’ second main signing after Fellaini, Mata joined from Chelsea with excessive expectations. The Spaniard performed 285 occasions for the Purple Devils, with recreation time exhausting to return from the beginning of 20/21 up till his departure in June 2022.
13) Fred (£53m) (10)
A number of years in the past Fred was in the identical bracket as Lukaku, Pogba, and others because the big-money flops. However the Brazilian midfielder massively improved in his final two years on the membership.
£53m remains to be fairly bloody steep, thoughts.
12) Edinson Cavani (free) (9)
Seventeen objectives in 39 video games in his first season was an awesome return from a participant signed on a free switch. He was rewarded with a brand new contract earlier than Man Utd purchased Cristiano Ronaldo, which screwed the Uruguayan over.
11) Christian Eriksen (free) (4)
A whole lot of us fancied Eriksen to be the discount of the 22/23 marketing campaign and his switch payment – or lack of – is doing a whole lot of heavy lifting. He has been fairly common. We nonetheless love you, Christian.
10) Noussair Mazraoui (£12.8m) (17)
One other former Ajax participant signed by Ten Hag, Mazraoui has already confirmed to be a helpful signing, thriving at right-back below the Dutchman after which doing properly as a wing-back below Amorim. He’s comfortably one of the best signing Man Utd made final summer time.
9) Lisandro Martinez (£50m) (5)
Martinez is a advantageous footballer who tailored to Premier League life in a short time regardless of being written off earlier than kicking a ball due to his peak. The Argentine World Cup winner attracted curiosity from Arsenal earlier than becoming a member of the Purple Devils and it’s clear to see why. His return from damage on the finish of 23/24 helped Ten Hag win the FA Cup.
8) Ander Herrera (£32m) (6)
Herrera was named Manchester United Followers’ Participant of the Season in 2017 after he helped them win the League Cup and Europa League. He performed 189 occasions for the Purple Devils and was a fan favorite because of his ardour, tireless work charge, and man-marking strategies; simply ask Eden Hazard.
7) Cristiano Ronaldo (£13.5m) (4)
There’s not rather a lot to say that has not already been mentioned. £13.5m for probably the most marketable footballer on the planet isn’t too dangerous on the finish of the day. Even when it ended up turning into the biggest circus in world football.
6) Casemiro (£61.5m) (3)
After spending the entire 2022 summer time switch window chasing Frenkie de Jong, Man Utd realised that Casemiro was sitting proper there prepared to fit straight into their midfield.
That is such a bizarre one now. In his debut season, Casemiro was excellent and the principle motive Ten Hag was in a position to finish the membership’s trophy drought and end third within the Premier League, which is why he’s so excessive right here.
In his second season, the Brazilian was terrible. He seemed remarkably off the tempo and Man Utd prayed a Saudi Arabian membership would bail them out in the summertime.
At this stage, the Purple Devils shouldn’t be too bothered about what switch payment they get; it’s all about getting Casemiro’s monstrous contract off the books.
5) Luke Shaw (£33.7m) (3)
He has been criticised for his health and defending throughout his Man Utd profession, however he’s one in all few to really reside as much as his switch payment.
Shaw is among the greatest left-backs on the earth and somebody Ten Hag relied on. It’s a disgrace he struggles to remain match.
4) Diogo Dalot (£19.8m) (13)
Dalot’s time on the membership seemed up in the summertime of 2021 with Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma circling, nonetheless, he has since established himself because the membership’s first-choice right-back forward of Wan-Bissaka, earlier than it turned the flip of a coin for Ten Hag.
He’s now the membership’s most constant performer.
3) Alejandro Garnacho (£400k) (10)
What a discount. Man Utd have performed extraordinarily properly right here. A damaged clock is true twice a day and all that.
2) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (free) (2)
That is arguably the primary signing on this checklist which was/has been an enormous, unqualified success at Outdated Trafford. It solely took 63 gamers to get right here however at the very least we did.
Zlatan scored 28 objectives and supplied 10 assists in his solely full season, helped the Purple Devils win the Europa League and scored a brace within the last of the League Cup as they beat Southampton 3-2 at Wembley. In 17/18, he struggled for health and left for LA Galaxy, for whom he scored 22 objectives in 27 video games in the identical marketing campaign.
1) Bruno Fernandes (£56.7m) (1)
Though his performances are not so good as they had been in the course of the behind-closed-doors days, Bruno Fernandes has been a revelation at Outdated Trafford. In his first season and a half, Fernandes supplied 65 purpose contributions in 80 video games and was one of the best participant in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s aspect by a rustic mile.
He is among the greatest midfielders within the Premier League and a uncommon little bit of nice enterprise by the Purple Devils. It’s going to take rather a lot to bump him off high spot.