15 Worst Ever Man Utd Premier League Signings

6. Kléberson

Having set up two goals in the 2002 World Cup final, Kléberson was brought to Old Trafford as a replacement for the departed Juan Sebastián Verón and as somebody who could shine in the middle of United€™s midfield for years to come. Brazil manager Phil Scolari described the then-24-year-old Kléberson as being the driving force behind the national team€™s World Cup triumph. Not bad considering that was a team that included the likes of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos and Cafu. Fending off interest from the Barcelona and Newcastle, Kléberson would sign for Man Utd for a fee of £6.5 million from Atlético Paranaense after the World Cup. Arriving in Manchester with his 15-year-old bride-to-be in tow (clearly a forerunner to Adam Johnson€™s recent shenanigans), Kléberson would see his Old Trafford career get off to the worst possible start when he was injured in only his second appearance. Kléberson would go on to make 20 appearances during his 2 years at United, and the reasons for his failings range from injuries to homesickness to quite simply not being good enough. The midfielder€™s career would only drop after leaving the Theatre of Dreams, although he did get a national team recall in 2010, and he currently finds himself seeing out his days playing for Indy Eleven in the North American Soccer League, which is a rung beneath the MLS. Fun fact of the day: Kléberson signed for Utd on the very same day as a young whippersnapper named Cristiano Ronaldo. Wonder whatever happened to him€
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