5 World Class Players Man United Have Bought Over 30

5. Bastian Schweinsteiger

Fee: £15million from Bayern Munich, 13th July 2015 (as per the Guardian)

Age: 30

Signing the World Cup winning captain has stamped a serious statement of intent from United. A proven winner with bags of experience, Schweinsteiger could well provide what the club have been missing since the departure of Roy Keane all that time ago. 

He has 69 goals in 535 appearances and his major honours list is simply staggering: 8 Bundesligas, 7 DFB Pokals, 1 Champions League, 1 Club World Cup 1 World Cup. He represents a risk well worth taking.

The Impact

Uncertain so far, but if his career to date is anything to go by, there's good reason to be excited.