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7 Biggest Manchester United Flops Of All Time
Here are 7 Biggest Manchester United Transfer Flops Of All Time: Sancho, Pogba, Maguire, Antony, Alexis Sanchez, Veron, and Memphis Depay.
#Sancho #ManUtd #Pogba Alexis Sanchez is just one of the worst signings Manchester United have made but we’ve easily managed to list 6 more flops at Old Trafford.
These days, Man United are a shadow of their glorious selves from the nineties and noughties. But could that be because of some disastrous moves in the transfer market? Of course there have been SOME successes, but there have been a whole boat load of DISASTERS, meaning United have seen good.
1. Sancho: Man United Greatest Transfer Flop Of All Time
Man Utd trio ‘told’ Sancho to ‘end feud’ after £73m flop was given clear ‘ultimatum’ by Ten Hag
According to reports, three Manchester United players have ‘told’ Jadon Sancho to ‘swallow his pride’ and ‘end his feud’ with manager Erik ten Hag.
The winger is facing an uncertain future after he butted heads with Ten Hag earlier this month.
After omitting him from United’s squad to face Arsenal, Ten Hag claimed that his absence was due to his poor training performance. Sancho did not respond positively to this claim as the England international took to social media to suggest that he has been made to be a “scapegoat”.
Money go out of the window for very little in return.
It’s not gonna end this soon, but at least I wanna see a Manchester United that’s a joy to watch. Seems like Ole was on the right path, but he had been given too much to deal with. Signing players is one thing, but he needed to build a team of the players he has. All these signings showed one thing – qualities don’t matter if the teamwork is out.
Antony is another flop, he has had his fair share of bad games but as said eth can develop all our players and we will see mutiple improvements in Antony’s game.
2. Memphis Depay – £25m from PSV, 2015
Signed for £25m, big things were expected of Memphis Depay, but he failed to deliver upon his promise during his short spell at the club.
Given the famous No.7 jersey, the shirt weighed heavy on Memphis’s shoulders, and he scored just two Premier League goals in his only full campaign at the club.
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Amid complaints of a lack of entertainment he was dismissed and replaced by Jose Mourinho” That’ll sort that problem 😂
Okay now you’re overstating things. Sancho and anthony are flops a little overpaid and even AWB is has gotten much much better now. Sancho just had a few great games and this is only anthony’s first season and he’s young
Di maria is an overrated flop at man unitd; and then went to farmers league and people compare him to ozil. Ozil came to arsenal and ended their trophy drought and won 8 trophies with arsenal. While dimaria farmed his trophies at psg
3. Alexis Sanchez – SWAP from Arsenal, 2018
Involved in perhaps the worst swap deal in history, Alexis Sanchez arrived in Manchester as one of the Premier League’s biggest talents, and left as a failure.
Beloved at Arsenal, Alexis never produced the same form after making his long-awaited move to Old Trafford.
Biggest Manchester United flop Sanchez, Getty Images/
He scored just three Premier League goals in his 18 months at the club, and joined Inter on a free transfer, after his loan spell there, in 2020.
Di Maria also failed to impressed due to Van Gaal’s lack of ability to adapt to the kind of players he has. He did the same thing with Riquelme at Barcelona and so many more, wanting to play them in positions they never have before. Is not strange he never won any big titles as a coach (don’t tell me Wining Bundesliga with Bayern or La Liga with Barcelona are big achievements)
4. Antony – £85 from Ajax, 2022, Man Utd Big Transfer Flop Of All Time
Antony joined Man Utd in the summer of 2022, representing a signing that Erik ten Hag had tried really hard to push through.
Ajax did not want to sell, so the price for the winger was raised and Man Utd ended up spending a little more than they bargained for.
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The only manager that was capable of bringing United to the top & compete with Guardiola (because he’s proved it before) was Mourinho and ironically he got the LEAST backing. Was getting pelted by the media and the final straw was a narrow defeat to Liverpool.
Ten Hag ironically who is getting the most praise hasn’t won away from home against the top 10 and lost 7-0 to liverpool and conceded 6 to City. Ten Hag also trys to play the same counter attacking style that Mourinho played, but seemingly doesn’t have the tactical strength to pull it off.
They defend and when they have the ball they don’t know how to transition unlike Mourinho’s team.
Only 2 managers have ever beat Guardiola to a league title: Klopp & Mourinho, one manages your rival, and the other you sacked after you failed to back him. Unbelievably incompetent board.
5. Harry Maguire – £80m from Leicester, 2019
Harry Maguire became the most expensive defender – and centre-back – in football history when he joined Man Utd from Leicester in the summer of 2019.
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The recruitment towards the end of SAF’s era was subpar. Many talented players who could have had successful careers at Old Trafford, such as Silva and Aguero, ended up at City. Additionally, there was a persistent reluctance to invest in a quality central midfielder during that period. While Scholes was exceptional, Manchester United had the resources to acquire one or even two replacements but chose not to do so. Also, when Gill departed along with SAF, it resulted in Woodward taking charge.
6. Sebastian Veron: Another worst Manchester United Transfer Flop Of All Time
It pains SportsFila to include Seba in this list.
He has now retired at the age of 37. He is one of the most sublimely talented footballers I have ever seen in 55 years.
7 Biggest Manchester United Transfer Flops Of All Time/ Veron/ Getty Images/
Fergie and I have an Achilles heel. We love such players. Imagine what it is like being able to own and manage one even for only a few yea
Mourinho criticized United’s transfer policy over 6 yrs ago and proved to everyone how terrible it was And yet absolutely nothing has changed since then. It’s comical how random lower league teams have more through transfer planning than a multi billion dollar club
He had the best season and highest points tally post sir Alex and Yet he is still hated
Solskjaer could’ve had better results had he been trusted more and had better transfers. He took one of the weakest United sides in the 19-20 season to a respectable 3rd place against a very strong Liverpool and city teams. His caretaker period was also quite impressive with over 14 games undefeated with a bunch of underperforming players.
7. Pogba – £89m from Juventus, 2016: Most Expensive Manchester United Transfer Flop Of All Time
After leaving United on a Bosman in 2012, Paul Pogba developed into one of the best midfielders in the world at Juventus.
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Four years later, the Red Devils brought him back to Old Trafford at the age of 23 for a then-world-record fee of £89m.
It was hoped that Pogba would be the man to make Man Utd the dominant side in England and beyond once again after three miserable years since Ferguson’s retirement.
Getty Images/Paul Pogba Flop At Juventus?
One thing that is so important is recruitment and the motto of the culture within a club. At city the hierarchy needed almost 10yrs to set the foundation and finally had Pep as the final piece to their puzzle. For every Ruben Dias there was a Mangala but the City hierarchy had a long-term vision and style of football culture that was gonna define city, mainly also because most of them were already with Pep during the prime Barca era as well.
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But now City has a great youth academy that runs through to the first team where all coaches are being made to play a certain way so when they reach the first team, they are already programmed to fit inside the system. Just take Rico as an example. So yea, investment and money for sure but it needs to gel well with the culture and vision of the club.
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‘Compelling title race a relief for Premier League’
This weekend will be the 10th time that the Premier League title has been decided on the final day of the season.
But rarely before will those in charge of the competition have been so grateful for a captivating conclusion to the campaign.
Liverpool’s challenge ultimately faded, scuppering their fans’ dreams of a triumphant farewell for departing manager Jurgen Klopp and the prospect of an unprecedented three-way battle going the full distance.
But Manchester City or Arsenal will be crowned champions in the final act of what has been a classic duel.
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Sunday may not provide the unforgettable drama of 2012’s last day, which saw massive fans’ participation at MT online sportsbooks, when Sergio Aguero’s stoppage-time winner sealed a first Premier League title for City. But whether it ends with a record fourth consecutive title for the champions or a first in 20 years for Arsenal, league bosses, broadcasters and neutrals will have the special finale they hoped for.
Off the field, however, these have been troubled times for the top flight.
The points deductions handed to Everton and Nottingham Forest this season for breaching financial rules have been hugely contentious, the punishments – and subsequent appeals – leading to uncertainty over the league table, resentment by fans and fears that the relegation battle could be decided by the rulings of commission panels.
While both teams have ultimately stayed up, the controversy surrounding the profit and sustainability regulations (PSR) is not going away.
Newly promoted Leicester City have been charged with breaking spending rules when they were in the top flight (and are now taking legal action against the league), while Chelsea have also been under investigation.
And 16 months after City were charged with more than a hundred rule breaches, a hearing in their case is not thought to be scheduled until the autumn, contributing to the mounting scrutiny of the league’s governance and processes.
While City deny wrongdoing, a sixth league triumph in seven years would only intensify questions over the fairness of how they assembled their squad over several seasons, the time the case has taken, and whether the club’s wealth has distorted the competitiveness of the league, alongside admiration for the team and their coach.
Meanwhile, a split has emerged between clubs over plans to introduce a new spending cap, and the Premier League is facing the threat of more legal action from one of its members over amended rules around associated party transactions.
As if all that was not enough to contend with, the league’s chief executive Richard Masters has also warned of the “unintended consequences” of the forthcoming independent football regulator, amid mounting criticism of the failure by his clubs to agree a new financial settlement with the English Football League (EFL).
The Premier League is also known to be deeply concerned about the increasingly congested calendar, with Masters recently warning of a “tipping point”, after criticism following the scrapping of FA Cup replays. The league has also admitted that the VAR system must improve after a series of controversies.
With the title race going right to the wire, Sunday’s final-day drama will provide a welcome distraction from such matters for Masters and his colleagues – but, one suspects, only a temporary one.
Clock ticking for Commonwealth Games
A few weeks ago in Birmingham, Katie Sadleir, the head of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), told me that any further delay beyond May in announcing a host for the 2026 event would be “very problematic”.
Since then Glasgow has emerged as a possible back-up option if no replacement is found for Victoria in Australia, which pulled out last year, plunging the event into crisis.
But there has still been no official announcement by the CGF.
Insiders claim they remain hopeful a host will be confirmed in the next two weeks, but the clock is ticking.
Super League heading stateside?
The National Rugby League (NRL) season kicked off in the US for the first time in March, with a Premiership double-header staged at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas as part of a multi-year deal designed to grow the sport in the US.
So could Super League clubs follow suit?
Talks have taken place over the Club World Challenge being staged in the US, and some Super League bosses are keen on regular season matches being part of the tie-up too.
Wigan and Warrington played each other in Milwaukee 35 years ago, albeit as an exhibition match. And with rugby league currently ‘re-imagining’ itself as part of a 12-year deal with agency IMG intended to boost its appeal, anything seems possible.
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The fact that Southgate is on that list tells how serious you should take it
No manager on earth could do anything with Manchester United until Someone takes responsibility for the club and has a viable plan for the future.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS group, the club’s new partial owners, are exploring options to assume the role. According to Team Talk, the Red Devils are considering the 41-year-old as a candidate for the manager position.
After achieving success as a player with Barcelona, Inter, and Paris Saint-Germain, winning numerous titles, the two-time Champions League winner transitioned to coaching at the senior level.
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ESPN loves ManUtd. As much they say that they hate talking about ManUtd they can’t stop talking about ManUtd 😅😅. They have spend 15 mins speaking on rumours – Hypocrites.
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It’s not Ten Hag fault when players like rashford do not put in all the effort after signing a new contract. Also ten hag had to deal with incredible amount of injuries which ESPN deliberately overlooks. So getting another manager isn’t going to solve anything.
It’s so funny how the English media fails to realize that the structure & the players is the problem at united…..but they trying to sack ETH who is an elite manger under a proper management structure 💯
The best manager that seems to be being overlooked shouod be n1 on the list for bayern utd liverpool is someone inzaghi. Hes done great things with Lazio and inter. Loads of experience and has got to european finals and won domestic leagues.
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It is very different getting an underdog /dark horse to perform vs going to an environment where the spotlight in on you everyday from day 1. The same thing happened at Bayern with a couple of their coaches…
Afcon 2024 victory is well deserved for Ivory Coast they left no stone unturned and they dominated throughout. If there is a one person who deserved to win the AFCON it was Sebastian Haller. In 2022, he was diagnosed with cancer but he recovered and he returned to play football in 2023 only to bottle the Bundesliga title on the final matchday to Bayern but here we are in 2024 where he scored the winner in the AFCON final to win Cote d’Ivoire AFCON title so congratulations🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🏆
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FT: Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast
But Ivory Coast won fair and square. They played better. Congratulations champs.
What Adingra did in the African Cup of Nation was phenomenal. Nigerians will remember him as a nighmare forever. The boy has a great future ahead of him.
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Haller beats cancer, then comes to the AFCON and scores the most important goal in the final, the winning goal what a beautiful story for that man and Ivory coast, congratulations to them👏👏
Congratulations to Ivory Coast from cameroonian👏👏👏you organized and won the most beautiful AFCON in story, unbelievable achievment when we look how things went for you.
One of the best tournaments I’ve seen.
Almost every team demonstrated that they were not afraid of their opponent and played above expectations.
Congratulations to Côte d’Ivoire who never gave up and believed and implemented their progress towards goal as much as possible until the last second in this tournament. Kudos to Nigeria for high yield and quality.
Thank you for making the spectators so emotional and congratulations and best wishes to the Ivory Coast and the Ivorian people.
FT: Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast
Afcon 2023 is over. What a remarkable end to a tournament dripping in drama.
Thanks for your company.
The night has only just started in Abidjan.
Congratulations to Ivory Coast for winning the Africa Cup🏆! The team showed strength and desire to win and to not give up until the end. And the fans were absolutely amazing
P.s Haller deserved it the most, since he suffered a lot.
The story of Côte d’Ivoire’s victory in the African Nations is one of the most beautiful stories in the history of football. We sympathized with this team’s version a lot and we will tell it to our children in the future 🧡
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