10 Players You Didn't Know Man Utd Almost Signed

As yet another transfer window swings open, the rumour mill and the gossip mongers are preparing to go into overdrive as stories surface about who's going where, why and how much for. And that certainly will be the case at Manchester United, as we prepare ourselves for a busy summer of activity following a dreadful season last term which saw us finish 7th - our worst finish for 24 years. With Louis van Gaal set to be named as our permanent manager any day now, we're almost guaranteed a fresh sea of faces to follow him through the doors, and already we've been inundated with transfer rumours, with Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic definitely leaving, and speculation swirling as to who's going to come in and replace them. But it's important we cut the fact from the fiction - after all, there have been some truly outlandish transfer rumours surrounding the club down the years, with some of the world's greatest players touted to join the Old Trafford club only to wind up elsewhere. Some of these players never had any intention of making the move to Manchester, while others came tantalisingly close to playing in the famous Red shirt. And with that in mind, here we take a look at 10 Players You Didn't Know Man Utd Almost Signed.