10 Players Sir Alex Ferguson Was Completely Wrong About

8. Eden Hazard

Another Chelsea player Sir Alex Ferguson was wrong about is Eden Hazard. Manchester United were interested in signing the skilful winger in 2012 during his days playing for Lille but baulked at his valuation, with Ferguson believing he wasn't worth the money. The Blues paid a reported £34 million to beat United to the punch in landing Hazard two years ago, and since then the attacking midfielder has gone on to shine for the Blues, scoring 14 Premier League goals last season and being named as Chelsea Player of the Year for 2013€“14. However, astonishingly, Ferguson didn't think he was worth the money. He said shortly after Chelsea's capture of the Belgian international: "There is a borderline in terms of what you would think is a good signing for United. I see some values on players, like Hazard for instance. To me it was a lot of money. He's a good player, but £34m?

"In the Hazard deal, Chelsea paid the agent £6m. The (Samir) Nasri situation was the same. It's all about what you think is value for a player. I am not envious of those deals at all. We placed a value on Hazard which was well below what they were talking about."

Even more astonishing is the fact that United ended up signing Shinji Kagawa instead, with Ferguson saying at the time that he thought the club were better off signing the Japan international over Hazard. He continued: "So if it doesn't work, well we're not worried about that. We think we've got good value in (Shinji) Kagawa."

Kagawa of course has been something of a flop since moving to Old Trafford and has been used sparingly by both Ferguson and his successor David Moyes, making only 18 Premier League appearances last season. United paid a reported £17 million for Kagawa and in hindsight, surely it would have been worth paying that extra few million to land Hazard instead.