Was Sanchez our worst ever transfer?

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Not only post Fergie, can you remember a player during Sir Alex ternure which was worst?
The only one that compares is Bebe. The transfers are so different, it’s difficult to compare, but Bebe was a complete failure on every sense of the word, we paid £7.4m for a player who was transferred months earlier for around £300k, and he was quite frankly barely a footballer. We all know it was some sort of scam/ or favour which means that’s it is up there with Sanchez.
 

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Definitely, and it could have been so much worse, too.

Had José stayed, this would've been the final nail in the coffin for Martial's career here, and we'd be stuck with Sanchez and Lukaku whilst Martial would've been killing it elsewhere.
Just imagine at that time if we had gone ahead with the Martial-Willian swap. Credit where it’s due to Ed for telling Jose to f*** off with that.
 
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Definitely, and it could have been so much worse, too.

Had José stayed, this would've been the final nail in the coffin for Martial's career here, and we'd be stuck with Sanchez and Lukaku whilst Martial would've been killing it elsewhere.
Poor Inter Milan. Serie A must be very very poor if Lukuku and Sanchez are playing key parts in a team challenging for the league. Both average players (time caught up with Sanchez), and in Lukuku’s case an appalling professional.

Imagine those two stinking up Old Trafford. Instead we have Martial, Rashford, Greenwood and hopefully Sancho. Exciting times. Well done OGS.
 
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Certainly wouldn’t put Schweinsteiger in there. I could name 10 worse transfers that that. Bloody hell, let’s find 10!

Bebe
Taibi
Lukuku
Depay
Darmian
Valdes
Rojo
Kleberson
Falcao
Zaha
Bosnich
Djemba x 2
Liam Miller
Tosic

I don’t think those are too debatable, I’d also add Veron and Lukuku.

The first two of Sanchez and Di Maria are the biggest mistakes we have ever made.
:lol::lol: Made me laugh that you first misspelled his name, then forget that you mentioned him in the first place, and then misspelled his name again. Truly a forgettable player:lol:
 

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Sanchez is top for the complete disregard he had for playing for united. Complete cock
 

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I would consider Di Maria to be worse. I don't really despise or dislike Sanchez at all. He always gave his best and I'll always have that feeling that he could've been given more chances through the middle. However, we bought a declining superstar on mega wages and played him out of position. We only have ourselves to blame for this saga. He could've done a Bale and sat out his contract or made us pay him a golden handshake to leave the club. But he chose to prove himself at Inter and has done well for himself.

I wish him all the best. Honestly can't say the same for many ex-players of ours.
Some pretty good points there.

I kind of agree regarding Di Maria. That was like an ugly banker getting to date a supermodel for three weeks and bragging about it, then after the supermodel left still not getting that she only dated him for the money. And then not understanding that people were starting to snicker at him behind his back for it and not only that but making plans to similarly take advantage of him.

Yes, but as I’ve said before, it was ultimately the transfer that forced the club to wake up, whereas they learnt nothing for the Di Maria debacle.

So in a way it was a transfer so bad it was good.
You seem like a man (or woman) who would write a story about some dude with a precious ring not killing this other dude who really wanted the ring too and in the end the ring needs to be destroyed and it turns out this other third dude couldn't do it but because the first dude spared the second dude's life all these years ago the ring gets destroyed in the end.
 

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Certainly wouldn’t put Schweinsteiger in there. I could name 10 worse transfers that that. Bloody hell, let’s find 10!

Bebe
Taibi
Lukuku
Depay
Darmian
Valdes
Rojo
Kleberson
Falcao
Zaha
Bosnich
Djemba x 2
Liam Miller
Tosic

I don’t think those are too debatable, I’d also add Veron and Lukuku.

The first two of Sanchez and Di Maria are the biggest mistakes we have ever made.
Don't agree on most of those names. NO way Lukaku was a worse signing than someone who just was a washed-up mascot for most of his time here whom the lcd among our fanbase was still stroking themselves silly over. I'd say Rojo, Darmian also contributed more. Younger punts get a pass compared to ageing past-it players who come with a lot of pomp and fanfare like Zaha, Miller, Tosic, Depay.
 

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I think Sanchez cost us around 100m (including salary for 4.5 years of his contract and sign on fees etc).
So, with contribution of near to nothing so far, he has to be our worst signing ever.
 

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Might be the worst transfer in football history let alone Utd.
Coutinho? Dembele? Kepa? Then there are lesser expensive ones like Morata, Lemar, James Rodriguez or one of many players in China on bigger wages than Sanchez.
 

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Yes , when you add In financial as well as what did on the field he’s certainly at the top.

Although the Bebe transfer can’t be forgotten about either £7.5 million was a lot of money back then. Throw in the fact he just previously transferred for pennies just before it
 

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Coutinho? Dembele? Kepa? Then there are lesser expensive ones like Morata, Lemar, James Rodriguez or one of many players in China on bigger wages than Sanchez.
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He may only be the worst because of wage and fee inflation meaning the most recent disaster is always the worst. Inflation adjusted Sanchez was still awful though.

Owen Hargreaves was pretty bad, though he did have a season of being good first. He was the one that you knew would have been world class, so it hurt more.
Hargreaves wasn’t that bad, injuries and him being a wanker just make it seem that way
 

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Yeah he's the worst I've witnessed. Especially considering the statute of the signing /wages and his absolutely torrid perfrmances.
 

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He wasn't the worst player we have had - but he was the worst in terms of value for money.
 

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Hargreaves wasn’t that bad, injuries and him being a wanker just make it seem that way
Hargreaves had a great season when he played - and he was a key in us winning the C.L That alone made him worth the money. Hargreaves and Webb are probably the 2 biggest disappointments I have experienced in my time as a United-fan - because they were so unbelievably good at their previous clubs. Webb was a central midfield at Forest with a scoring record that was almost as good as Frank Lampard at Chelsea, and he did it while playing for a worse team than Lampard. And Hargreaves for England and Bayern was superb - I would say he is the best player I have ever seen at closing opponents down quickly - maybe with the exception of Kante in his prime.

They both would have been legends here if they had stayed injury-free for 4-5 seasons - but it wasn't to be
 

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For the cost, wages, profile of the player and expectation levels, then I would say, he probably is the worst/least successful transfer we have made in my time. Notable mentions to Taibi, Bebe, Prunier and Veron.
 

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Poor Inter Milan. Serie A must be very very poor if Lukuku and Sanchez are playing key parts in a team challenging for the league. Both average players (time caught up with Sanchez), and in Lukuku’s case an appalling professional.

Imagine those two stinking up Old Trafford. Instead we have Martial, Rashford, Greenwood and hopefully Sancho. Exciting times. Well done OGS.
I'm not sure that it's that simple. It's really a case of horses for courses in my view. I don't think that Martial or Greenwood might be very competitive against a Serie A defense.
Alexis Sanchez head was just screwed up all wrong. He showed in Arsenal that he could play at a high level in England. He just completely lost his way and form when he came to us.
 

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I thought juicy peaches were expensive in Japan; the Sanchez variety from the top of the tree is probably a record.. so much juice promise, Is dried peach still in the cupboard? Not a united issue now..
 

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Assuming Sánchez is now eligible to play against Utd in the Europa, best we hold back on the slating should we meet Inter in the final.

As bad as he was for Utd, he could well bite us on the arse.
 
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Dont think he is. How many expenses did he really cost us in total? Was it really that much?
 

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For the cost, wages, profile of the player and expectation levels, then I would say, he probably is the worst/least successful transfer we have made in my time. Notable mentions to Taibi, Bebe, Prunier and Veron.
This. It's a combination of everything that makes him the worst.
We've had worse players.
We've had other expensive flops.
We've had players who failed to meet expectations.
I don't think any player has hit all 3 of those to quite the same extent as Sanchez. Veron did contribute some quality moments and we got some money back. Same with Di Maria. Bebe and taibi were terrible but ultimately pretty harmless.
 

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Hargreaves had a great season when he played - and he was a key in us winning the C.L That alone made him worth the money. Hargreaves and Webb are probably the 2 biggest disappointments I have experienced in my time as a United-fan - because they were so unbelievably good at their previous clubs. Webb was a central midfield at Forest with a scoring record that was almost as good as Frank Lampard at Chelsea, and he did it while playing for a worse team than Lampard. And Hargreaves for England and Bayern was superb - I would say he is the best player I have ever seen at closing opponents down quickly - maybe with the exception of Kante in his prime.

They both would have been legends here if they had stayed injury-free for 4-5 seasons - but it wasn't to be
Hargreaves just broke his leg before we bought him, we knew he was a high risk transfer back then. Bayern lower his value to 17m because of that injury, but he was worth the money though.
He played a huge part in the amazing run of 2008 team. It was like Roberto Baggio's transfer from Juve to Milan.
 
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Dont think he is. How many expenses did he really cost us in total? Was it really that much?
£15m for Miki
£unknown signing on fee
£agents fee
£350k per week for 18 months = £26.6m
£200k per week contribution whilst at Inter = £10.5m
£5-10m pay off to get rid of him.

That’s approaching £70-80m.
 

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I'm sad about people mentioning Veron. He was a marquee signing in a different time in United's history. Getting a world class player from Serie A at that time was a major statement.

Veron's problem is that he was before his time at United. It's completely Fergie and the team's fault rather than Veron. United were still haunted by the success of the 4-4-2 (greatest midfield in history™) and how Madrid dismantled it in 2000.

Veron in a 3 man midfield would have been pure poetry. Alas Seba was the right player at the wrong time.
 

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Yes, horrible ratio between transfer fee/wage and performance/titles.

Horrible.
 
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I'm sad about people mentioning Veron. He was a marquee signing in a different time in United's history. Getting a world class player from Serie A at that time was a major statement.

Veron's problem is that he was before his time at United. It's completely Fergie and the team's fault rather than Veron. United were still haunted by the success of the 4-4-2 (greatest midfield in history™) and how Madrid dismantled it in 2000.

Veron in a 3 man midfield would have been pure poetry. Alas Seba was the right player at the wrong time.
Time has been favourable to Veron. He was a complete flop.

He really was one of the best players in the world before Utd and failed. There’s some blame for the club, as we weren’t sure where to play him and in what system. We lost 50% of his transfer fee, and only got that because suddenly Chelsea had money, he failed there as well.

If I remember he had to move due to to issues with his passport, and if question whether he really wanted to come to Utd?
 

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When taking all the factors in combination yes, absolutely.

Ageing, injury prone, ridiculous salary, questions around temperament, destabilising the dressing room (particularly Martial) right down to the ridiculous reveal video and that fecking moustache he had at one point.

Piss poor business by everyone involved.
 

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Sanchez by a distance. Once you factor in he seemed nailed on to have an impact, the huge wages, nobody comes close to being a bigger let down imo.
 

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Yeah he was....Not even close,Sanchez was probably the worst transfer in the history of the club....