Hard to think of another player who flopped as badly while costing us so much. I'm sure some will mention Veron but he did have some good games in the CL at least, whereas I can't think of a single good game Sanchez had.
Was Sanchez our worst ever transfer?
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Yes.
for the excitement we had compared to his performances, he's been pretty awful.
I don't think the club used him correctly to be fair, he was always better as a striker rather than out wide - but you'd still expect better.
for the excitement we had compared to his performances, he's been pretty awful.
I don't think the club used him correctly to be fair, he was always better as a striker rather than out wide - but you'd still expect better.
Money to performance ratio - yes absolutely.
Veron wasn't a real flop. He was disappointing overall, but he had some great performances. The biggest issue was we didn't really need him, Sanchez on the other hand...
Veron wasn't a real flop. He was disappointing overall, but he had some great performances. The biggest issue was we didn't really need him, Sanchez on the other hand...
Definitely up there.
Two assists in the 3-2 comeback win vs City at the etihad.
Goal vs Spurs in an FA Cup semi.
Not much else. Not the worst for me, but still an absolute disaster.
Sad really because a season or two beforehand he was as close to being the best player in the league.
Worst one that I can remember. Di Maria comes close, but at least we managed to draw a line under it after 1 season and seemed to get back the majority of what we paid for him.
But take away the finances of both, and look at it in terms of hype and excitement versus the version of the player we actually got, they were both massively disappointing.
Though I think a major difference was that Di Maria was a very good player who just seemed to down tools and sulk is way through the rest of the season after a good start. With Sanchez, he was very poor and kept getting worse, but the effort was always clear when he was on the pitch. He often looked desperate to prove a point, and it didn't come off. No United fan has any positive feeling about Di Maria now, I'm sure. I doubt I will have any ill-feeling towards Sanchez moving forwards.
But take away the finances of both, and look at it in terms of hype and excitement versus the version of the player we actually got, they were both massively disappointing.
Though I think a major difference was that Di Maria was a very good player who just seemed to down tools and sulk is way through the rest of the season after a good start. With Sanchez, he was very poor and kept getting worse, but the effort was always clear when he was on the pitch. He often looked desperate to prove a point, and it didn't come off. No United fan has any positive feeling about Di Maria now, I'm sure. I doubt I will have any ill-feeling towards Sanchez moving forwards.
I’d probably put it as:
1. Sánchez
2. Di Maria (although much of this fee was recouped)
3. Schweinsteiger
Honourable mentions to Depay, Falcao, Veron.
1. Sánchez
2. Di Maria (although much of this fee was recouped)
3. Schweinsteiger
Honourable mentions to Depay, Falcao, Veron.
He's up there. He did have Mourinho too though, which didn't help. I sometimes wonder how Di Maria and Sanchez might have been for us if Ole had managed them from day 1. Their mood and attitude might have been different and it may have transcended more on the pitch.
Doesn't matter anyway, Sanchez is definitely up there. I trust Sancho to revive the 7 shirt
Doesn't matter anyway, Sanchez is definitely up there. I trust Sancho to revive the 7 shirt
It wasn't a permanent transfer but I was more disappointed by Falcao at the time. He offered nothing.
Yes, I would say so. Not only did he struggle to play well, but his huge wages were a massive burden for us and ultimately bred discord in our ranks. He is showing he is still a talented player at Inter and I’m sure they will pleased with their acquisition, for us, despite having the ability, he wasn’t the right fit for us.
The peak goes quickly away. Rooney was great as well 2011, 2 or 3 years later he was almost useless.
If he'd cost a transfer fee there would be no contest. His wages make him right up there though.
He has to be possibly financially the worst transfer in football history
He did cost a fee though.
Based on the (Expectations + Money) to Performance ratio, I can't think of any other worst.
That isn't true at all . Rooney scored around 50 goals in those 3 seasons after 2011
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.
I wish him all the best. Honestly can't say the same for many ex-players of ours.
Harsh considering he only cost around £6million. Seeing an all time midfield great in a United shirt for that price was wholesome enough to excuse his forgettable time here.
I forgot Falcao played for us to be honest. Schneiderlin and Bailly are up there for me, might not be as high expectations but they weren't cheap either.
He did, which is why this is a free transfer.
Yes, he was by far the worst transfer.
His performance was terrible for such a great player. He was paid by far the biggest wage in league, his contract messed up contract negotiations of other players. It was shit transfer.
His performance was terrible for such a great player. He was paid by far the biggest wage in league, his contract messed up contract negotiations of other players. It was shit transfer.
Sanchez scored plenty fo goals a couple of seasons after as well. It wasn't meant as he was useless immediately a year after, but Rooney in 2014 wasn't half as good as in 2011.
I take it he'll be available if we have to pay Inter in the europa...can we trust him to have a horror. Have to admit, when we signed him, I really thought we'd done another Van Persie. Still trying to work out what the hell happened and did Arsenal send us his twin brother...
Did we pay rest of his contract money for next 2 years ?
We swapped him for Mkhitaryan.
Based on the expectation, cost and anticipation.....this is not just our worst signing. It is the worst signing in Premier League history based on factors above.
It is more shocking the fact that there isn’t even a reasonable explanation as to why he fell off a cliff so badly. Sanchez and Hazard were regarded as the two best players in the league at the time.
He was already used to the league and came into a better team than the one he was at. I know he wasn’t in his best form at Arsenal near the end of his stay there. But even that out of form player at the end was a million times better than what we saw from him at any time at Man Utd. It’s just mind boggling. He started off poorly and just got worse.
I believe he lost his dynamic and explosiveness which was a major part of his game. He started losing this at Arsenal but it just looked like poor form from the outside. Sanchez was always famous for being a high intensity player who was constantly pressing from the front. He lost his key attributes.
anyhow, good riddance. I’ve never been so excited to see a player leave our club. It genuinely felt like the same feeling you get when you welcome a new player into the club.
It is more shocking the fact that there isn’t even a reasonable explanation as to why he fell off a cliff so badly. Sanchez and Hazard were regarded as the two best players in the league at the time.
He was already used to the league and came into a better team than the one he was at. I know he wasn’t in his best form at Arsenal near the end of his stay there. But even that out of form player at the end was a million times better than what we saw from him at any time at Man Utd. It’s just mind boggling. He started off poorly and just got worse.
I believe he lost his dynamic and explosiveness which was a major part of his game. He started losing this at Arsenal but it just looked like poor form from the outside. Sanchez was always famous for being a high intensity player who was constantly pressing from the front. He lost his key attributes.
anyhow, good riddance. I’ve never been so excited to see a player leave our club. It genuinely felt like the same feeling you get when you welcome a new player into the club.
Nope. This is a free transfer because we want his wages off our books. He's earning less at Inter. There have been instances where the selling club also had to make up for the salary differential for the remaining part of the contract. Don't think that's the case with us.
If his wages weren't a problem, then there is no way we would be selling him for free. Case in point is Fellaini.
He was already on the decline in 17/18 playing for Arsenal. But I genuinely thought, it was because he was disillusioned with life at Arsenal and needed a change. Simply the worst transfer of all time.
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.
No we didn’t. That’s nonsense. Why would we do that? It would make no sense at all.
What we did do is sacrifice a transfer fee for him. He had 2 years left so we would normally expect a fee from Inter. But we decided to cut our losses and let him go for free because we would save over 60m in wages for his last 2 years. It makes financial sense. Sometimes you have to cut your losses and minimise the damage.
Di Maria was the worst imo
Huh? Why do people suddenly think we paid his 50 mil or so in wages? We would be better off loaning him if that was the case?
He probably is. Trading blows with Di Maria
I think we got enough of the Di Maria money back for it to not be him.
By far. Stalled the progress of Rashford and Martial, played like crap, was on unnecessarly high wages, and was the reason why De Gea got that ridiculously high contract.
I will never question Sanchez's application in being determined to be a success here. He really did run himself into the ground but his key footballing attributes/skillset just seemed to escape him completely.
Much like Rooney I guess.
Much like Rooney I guess.
We paid him to leave on free transfer, so he took pay cut, we made pay out and Inter committed 3 year wages to make this deal happen.
Woodward wanted 20m for him in July, then 15, now he is leaving for free.
Inter can't match his wages at United so his valuation at 15m is used to make up the wage difference. This isn't rocket science.
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.
So in a way it was a transfer so bad it was good.