There are few clubs that polarise opinion like Manchester United. Love them or loathe them, you can never ignore them. United have been one of the biggest clubs in the world for decades and are one of the best supported clubs in the world. Naturally, a club of United's stature are nearly always linked with players from all over the world. For a club that has always looked to its youth ranks for talent, United have never been shy of bringing in star players. Even back in the 1960's George Best and Bobby Charlton, graduates from the youth team were joined by Denis Law, whose transfer from Torino was a British record. Fast-forward to the Alex Ferguson era, and the like of Giggs, Beckham, Scholes, the Nevilles and Nicky Butt found themselves rubbing shoulders with Eric Cantona, Juan Sebastian Veron and Ruud van Nistelrooy. However, for every signing, big or small, that United have made, there have been a fair few players that got away. The likes of Paul Gascoigne, Patrick Kluivert and Ronaldinho all looked set to join United, but for one reason or another ended up elsewhere. Heres a look at ten more World Class players who slipped through the Old Trafford transfer net.
