10 Players Who Rejected Man Utd
6. Karim Benzema
Before his £30m move in 2009 to Real Madrid, Benzema was one of the hottest prospects in the world after headline grabbing performances for Lyon, and United were favourites to sign him.
Inter Milan and Barcelona were also interested but the Red Devils led the way looking for a replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo and with £80m burning a hole in their pocket. However, Sir Alex Ferguson's stalling over the £35m asking price allowed Real to steal in with an offer (more of that sort of thing later). United settled for Michael Owen and Gabriel Obertan instead.