Players Utd were regularly linked with but never signed XI

[Ajax Treesdown]

Usain Bolt - I win

 

[Kazi]

Thiago? Or was that only one year?

That was just one Summer. And what a Summer it was.

 

[Long Ball]

Karim Benzema once claimed we went in for him every summer, even after he went to Madrid

 

[Colombian Mancunian]

Thankfully we never signed Gaitan, he is crap

 

[AbusementPark]

manuel neur - gk
fabio contraeo - rb
hummels - cb
sergio ramos -cb
alessandro nesta - cb
baines - lb
ronaldinho - lw
gascoigne - cm
bale - rw
alan shearer - fwd
gabriel batistuta -fwd

subs
hazard
greizmann
lucas moura
fabregas
miguel nadal
patrick kliuvert

 

[MetoTTT]

Wesley Sneijder is the winner hands down.

 

[manutddjw]

Who was that Italian defender who we used to get linked with years ago?

During Moyes tenure we were linked with Davide Astori quite heavily.

 

[golden_blunder]

Buffon

Stuart Pearce
Varane
Terry butcher
Thuram

Bale
Gazza
Strootman
Robben

Ronaldinho
Batistuta

 

[RedNed77]

We've been linked with pretty much every decent footballer on the planet regularly for the last 30 years, so I've gone for the ones who were my favourite players and who we were regularly linked with, regardless of how tenuous. Good team though. Eboue aside

GK: Neuer
RB: Eboue
CB: Miguel Angel Nadal
CB: Paolo Maldini
LB: Dani Alves
RW: Nedved
CM: Gattuso
CM: Ariel Ortega
LW: Ronaldinho
ST: Shearer
ST: Batistuta

 

[Geelong Devil]

Or maybe he wasn’t Italian but played for an Italian team?

Phillipe Mexes?

 

[jesperjaap]

Buffon

Stuart Pearce
Varane
Terry butcher
Thuram

Bale
Gazza
Strootman
Robben

Ronaldinho
Batistuta

You ruined that with Strootman

 

[MikeKing]

My mom told me United had signed Ronaldo, i didn't care about football that year. I was laughing at her, that ship has sadly sailed now mom. We both was right. Anyways, Im not sure we was ever actually linked to Ronaldo Lima but he should be on there for sure along with Zidane too

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

Phillipe Mexes?

It was Simon Kjaer!

 

[golden_blunder]

We've been linked with pretty much every decent footballer on the planet regularly for the last 30 years, so I've gone for the ones who were my favourite players and who we were regularly linked with, regardless of how tenuous. Good team though. Eboue aside

GK: Neuer
RB: Eboue
CB: Miguel Angel Nadal
CB: Paolo Maldini
LB: Dani Alves
RW: Nedved
CM: Gattuso
CM: Ariel Ortega
LW: Ronaldinho
ST: Shearer
ST: Batistuta

Alves is a RB
You could throw in Roberto Carlos

 

[golden_blunder]

You ruined that with Strootman

I needed a sitter and I could only think of one more - Andy Townsend

 

[golden_blunder]

English XI - missing a RB. Not 100% but weren’t we linked with rob jones before he joined Liverpool?

Shilton

RB ?
Wright
Butcher
Pearce

Barnes
Gazza
Platt
Anderton

Shearer
Hirst

 

[Xeno]

Batigol

 

[Geelong Devil]

It was Simon Kjaer!

Sorry, I didn’t see your follow up post. I remember Kjaer being linked with us too, and everyone being surprised when he only signed for Wolfsburg, given his potential. It was a bit like when Van der Vaart signed for Hamburg - underwhelming.

 

[Lay]

I remember when all I would read on ceefax was (Salas close to Man Utd move)

Never happened

 

[::sonny::]

Hart

Marquinhos
Garay
Varane
Baines

Strootman
Sneijder
M.Veloso

Bale
Gaitan
Griezmann

 

[Schmiznurf]

We've been linked with Schmeichel a few times over the years too.

 

[Needham]

Pearce, Gascoigne, Zidane, could keep going and make a decent 90s team.

 

[RedMilo]

1.Manuel Neuer 2. Javier Zanetti 3.Ricardo Rodriquez 4. Gennaro Gattuso 5. Miguel Angel Nadal 6.Allesandro Nesta 7. Darren Anderton 8. Arturo Vidal 9. Gabriel Batistuta 10. Juan Roman Riquelme 11. Pavel Nedved