15 Worst Ever Man Utd Premier League Signings

Injuries, culture shocks, loss of form, and just simply being pants all led to these being some horrendous signings

by Andrew Pollard
Every football club, no matter how successful, has their share of great signings and total duds. For every £22.8 million Luis Suarez, there€™s a £50 million Fernando Torres, and for every £1.5 million Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, there's a £9.5 million Albert Luque. Truth be told, some players thrive at certain clubs, under certain managers and alongside certain players. Other players are maybe not quite the player they once were when they do make the jump to another club, whilst some may be the victim of a nasty, career-changing injury. Then there are those who simply need time to adapt to a new league, a new language and a new culture. Even the very best of teams have made some absolute stinkers of signings over the years, and Manchester United are no different in that regard. Despite being a club in transition at the moment, the Red Devils are the most dominant team in Premier League history. Since the Premiership began in 1992, the Old Trafford club have won 13 League Championships, 2 Champions Leagues, 4 FA Cups, 3 League Cups, 10 Community Shields, 1 FIFA World Club Cup and 1 Intercontinental Cup. Quite the impressive collection of silverware, anyone would agree. Regardless of some of the great players who have contributed to this trophy haul, there€™s plenty who added nothing to the side, were merely passengers in successful teams, or were an embarrassment to the turf at the legendary Theatre of Dreams. Names like Mark Bosnich, Nani, Manucho, Phil Jones, Karel Poborsky, Roy Carroll, and dare I say the loan signing of Falcao all came under consideration but ultimately missed out. Let€™s look at 15 players who for one reason or another stunk up Old Trafford with their performances or lack thereof.
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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.