10 Most Expensive Manchester United Transfers Ever

7. Rio Ferdinand

FILE - A Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 photo from files showing Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand during their English Premier League soccer match against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England. Rio Ferdinand says he is leaving Manchest
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Rating: £29.5m

A defensive stalwart and a hugely gifted leader on the pitch when he signed from Leeds in 2002. You don't become one of the world's most expensive defenders twice without being seriously good.

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