Manchester United is one of Englands most successful teams, with 38 trophies - including 13 Premier League titles and two Champions League crowns - being won during a glittering 26-year period for the club. Boasting an iconic stadium that houses 76,000, and a trophy cabinet crammed with every major honour in the English game, its easy to see why so many world class players want to ply their trade for the Red Devils. Some of the games household names have represented United Eric Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo, George Best and more and while they enjoyed stellar careers at the club, there are others who have found the self-styled Theatre of Dreams more of a nightmarish experience. For every Cantona there has been an Obertan and for every Ronaldo a Kleberson moving to United does not guarantee instantaneous success. With that in mind, here we take a look at 10 players who probably regret joining Man Utd.
10. Massimo Taibi
In 1999, Massimo Taibi joined the eighth club of his career when he signed for Manchester United from Venezia. The Italian shot-stopper had gained something of a reputation for being a 'journeyman' at the time having also spent time with Milan (twice) and Trento. Nearly all of his previous clubs had been short stays, and this one was no different. Taibi's time at United was a disaster. He played just four games for the Red Devils, one of which took in a match against Southampton in which a Matt Le Tissier daisycutter bobbled harmlessly toward him, through his legs and in - a gaffe the keeper would become synonymous for. He didn't stick around long after that. With his reputation in tatters, and one tabloid cruelly nicknaming him 'the blind Venetian', Taibi was loaned out just four months into his stay at Old Trafford and was sold after a single season to Reggina.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
