Sir Alex Ferguson's 7 Worst Signings Of All Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- From the signing of Juan Sebastián Verón for a British record fee from Lazio, to Brazilian flop Kléberson, HITC Sevens takes a look at some of the worst signings that Sir Alex Ferguson ever made at Manchester United.
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To me, Veron's signing was the first time that I realized an amazing player joining an amazing team won't always work. At the end of the day, it was hard to break the Scholes/Keane partnership, but what a baller Veron was ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
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Like Schweinsteiger in 2016
@@gokhulmanikandan7689 He was very much on the decline at that point. Veron was amongst the top 10 footballers in the world in 2001 arguably
Juan sebastian veron is superstar player at that year
I really like Bebe's story, not because he was a "nobody" when United signed him but because he was in one of the worst possible situations a child can find themselves in. To make it from an orphanage to being a regular at a professional football club is insane and I hope the kids in these institutions look up to him.
Imagine that. Your parents die and all you have to look forward to is maybe becoming the next Bebe. Poor kids
@@man4437 better then becoming u tbh
@@charliegorham8301 And who are you? Are you better than Bebé? Probably not, probably a complete and utter failure compared to him.
@@bazingacurta2567 when did he say he was. He only said that being Bebe would be better than being ‘MAN’
@@man4437 Everyone's parents die. That is how life work. We all die. LOL.
Seeing some of these transfer fees just goes to show how much inflation has changed football. Nowadays, a lot of fairly average players cost nearly or over £50m.
because modern day football clubs aren’t only paying for the player but the publicity associated with the players too
Andy Carroll 😂
🤣🤣🤣or £80 for Maguire, £74m Sancho (at least not his fault)
Still wanting that "Thats what I call Concacaf" series
I hope you get the video done mate.
What bugs me about CONCACAF is that their patches on the jerseys for WCQ and Gold Cup are always falling of or hanging on threads. I know that’s petty but still, only in CONCACAF
Just to add a bit to Veron's quality:
When older he went back to his childhood club Estudiantes in Argentina but he was still so good and relevant he helped them win a Copa Libertadores and even had a great match in the Club World Cup against peak Barcelona in 2009 when he was 34. He then served as president of the club for 6 years I think, including the recent pandemic.
Estudiantes has had success in the past but is historically a mid table club, so Veron making then win a Libertadores is like Beckham going to a club like Everton at 32 and making them reach a Champions League Final
Whoa, thx for the info
What an amazing player Verón was
Apart from the fact south American football is crap and doesn't compare to the Premier league in any way
@@larrystreak1044 still, going to your childhood club at an older age and making it win an international competition that allows it to play later in a final against the best Barcelona team of probably all time is an achievement in any continent in my books and deserves respect
A documentary on the rise of AFC Wimbledon and the nine promotions in eleven years.
How the club are fan owned and that they have a stadium now.
I was at bebe debut (if I remember correctly) against wolves we won 2/1 Park last double, last minute winner, Hargreaves came back from injury then got injured again, anyway bebe came on, over hit every single cross and pass, then got taken off around 30 minutes after.
Yep. I am a Wolves fan. 2010. We had equalised with Ebanks Blake. Park scored in questionable 93rd min. More Fergie time. And I remember United fans had turned on Fergie. It's what makes me laugh. My one memory of the great manager and only experience is seeing United fans chanting "you arent the real man united" or something.
Bebe wasn't great... He was easily stopped. I mean Stearman block his shots and passes and grew into the game and ended up scoring.... So... In fact Bebe was a sub that ended up being subbed, making it onto that exclusive list... SOOO.... Scholes and Macheda were brought on.
I do remember Old Trafford was filled. Which is better now than most FA cup games. LOL.
But yeah... So
@@razerow3391 @RazerOW we never turned on fergie, not a chant that's ever been created or used either. Old Trafford is always full and the atmosphere has massively improved.
It was far from his debut. He had already played 2 league cup matches against Scunthorpe and Wolves (where he scored), a champions league match against Bursaspor (where he scored) and a league match against Sunderland by the time of the Wolves league game. And he was actually on the pitch for over 60mins, he obviously wasn't supposed to come on so early and wasn't really fit enough to do more than 60mins so while a lot was made of it I suspect it was less to do with his performance and more to do with by that point he was running out of steam.
Also personally I don't think he was as bad as people like trying to make out, he was raw having had very little formal training plus he was playing with players that he largely couldn't communicate with and it saw him have issues but its almost like every mistake he made has been edited in peoples minds as happing in a single game and the flashes of the raw talent he had such as the goals ignored
we need a story of "the forgotten 1996 ballon d'or winner" Matthias Sammer ASAP
He's a legend in Germany tho, just that his career was moreless over the next season
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Sammer
Whos forgot about Sammer?? Guys a legend, and not just in Germamy either.
Still hoping for a "What on Earth is Going on at Sunderland?
Sunderland til I die showed our relegation to league one and failed attempt to get promoted back to the Championship, but a detailed look at the Premier League years before our relegation would be great, also looking at how things went after STID. The amount of bad luck and awful decisions and from board level down to the pitch is staggering. In the Ellis Short era, and then the Stewart Donald era.
-England losing against Iceland essentially resulting in us losing Allardyce, a great manager for us at the time, only for him to be sacked by England after 1 game.
-At one point having the 6th highest wage bill in the Premier League with nothing really to show for it.
-The purchase of Ricky Alvarez, not playing him, trying to back out of signing him, losing a lawsuit to Inter Milan and still suffering financial implications to this day.
-Signing the appalling Jack Rodwell and being financially crippled for years again
-Signing a completely past it Emmanuel Eboue who was then released 3 weeks later as he was banned from football for unpaid agent debts
-Playing Adam Johnson when the execs knew he was under investigation for sexual activity with a child.
-Well known drinking culture among players, general poor professionalism.
-Darron Gibson getting arrested for drink driving after a car crash. Gibson also filmed on social media off his tits bad mouthing the team and manager whilst still a player.
-Letting our top scorer leave in January in our Championship relegation season
-Selling our top scorer in January in our first League 1 promotion push
-Replacing him with Will Grigg for 3 million quid on a league 1 budget because our owner at the time wanted to be a big shot. Grigg was a failure since and never even wanted to come.
-Losing twice at Wembley in League 1 including in the playoff final in the 95th minute.
-Missing out on the playoffs after the season was cancelled due to COVID
-Losing again in the playoffs last season
-Losing last season's top scorer with 30 goals (Wyke) and our Captain (Power) to Wigan for free in the summer.
We've made a solid start to this season and made some decent signings under our new owner, but the whole story of the last 10 years is an absolute car crash worth a deep dive.
Copy and paste this everyday until it happens haha
@@vndx22 ill keep trying
Our history recently is canny shite but I'd definitely watch a full video about it, quite interesting really.
And still Newcastle fans will say they're the most hard done by and deserve to have the richest owners in football.
Not even going to be a rival fan here. As a football fan Sunderland should be a premier league side. A good size ground! And decent fans! You don’t deserve the downfall sunderland have had.
Problem with advanced flair players like Veron and countryman Juan Roman Riquelme is that they are amazing with the ball at their feet. When the rest of the team is good enough to bypass the player by making chances of their own, they become essentially ineffective.
This is usually something the deep lying playmaker types like Xavi and Pirlo do better at, because they have far more room and time to pick a pass.
Hey Alfie! Paranaense supporter here. Our club went through a redesign in late 2018, and since the we have a new emblem, different from the one you used in the thumbnail. Also, it is a fairly big joke among our supporters the joint announcement of Kleberson and CR7!
I prefer the old one, the new one is oddly uncomfortable for me
Ralph Milne, an alcoholic, ended up working in a pub after retiring. Such a sad state of affairs.
That dundee utd team he played for was fantastic . N thats coming from a celtic fan . Narey was best centre in Britain at one point
Milne was a flawed genius, what an absolute waste of sheer talent, I had the pleasure of watching him back in the 80s
Best player who was relegated from the premier league every season since 92'
Love this idea come on Alfie you know what to do
would you include players who left the relegated club to stay in the league or would it only be players who stayed and went down with the club?
Great idea.
whichever suits Alfie best👍. I would prefer both, maybe in a part 1 part 2 format.
That’s a great shout
Christ, I'm going to comment on every player. I must be the only United fan to get "Tosic 14" on a shirt... I've still got it but will never wear it in public 😂
Good thing that you didn't ask for Ljajic, otherwise you would have looked a right Tosic
Tos er
Could you make an outside case for Jones? He can't be blamed for his injuries but the fact the club have had him contracted for almost if not a decade now the loss in wages to performance must be horrific
IT'S THE PINK BOOTS MARCUS!
Good video. Nostalgia overload
Phil Jones should be seriously considered for this list. I know he's helped them win a couple trophies but he cost £17mil back when that was a hell of a lot and you then have to consider how they've basically been paying him to not play for like 5 years now. He signed for United the same week Liverpool signed Henderso and Henderson has played 177 games more in that time. And bare in mind Henderson has had some real injury problems himself
Poor Phil. Or maybe not so poor, cus he’s still living off elite wages.
I also believe Phil has won more trophies in that period, let's not forget what he's done in the past as he started well and had some good moments, done more than someone say baily has for us (i know fergie didn't sign him) also Jones cost 16 million not 30.
@@jhaych correction, his TEAM won more trophies in that time. Jones did fuck all but stand on the shoulders of much better players. And I stand corrected on the price
@@CaptDeadpool32 well he will retire with him them medals and go down in history with them wins. He deserved the first league title and I genuinely can't remember the rest like if he did or didn't, I believe he contributed to fa Cup and league Cup possibly.
@@jhaych I've actually just looked it up and he hasn't won more than Hendo. He's won 1 league title, 1 fa cup, 1 europa league and 2 community shields. Compared to Hendo, 1 league title, 1 champions league, 1 league Cup, 1 super cup and 1 club world cup. They've won 5 trophies each but Henderson won bigger trophies and played a larger role
A mention for Dong Fangzhou (who was ineligible to play for MUFC for three years because of work permit issues), who made one league appearance, and was basically a desperate attempt to increase the club's appeal in China. This excellent (as usual) cast has a theme of good players who just couldn't adapt to the PL, plus Ferguson's bias towards players who had one or two excellent performances against United
Honestly dude, your journalism is brilliant, but, your occasional banger of a joke is a fucking quality, thanks for for the info and the laughs!
15:24 - is that...no, it can't be! He's never been...well, he must have been once upon a time...is that a young Claudio Ranieri?!
Of course it is. He always looked the same tbh.
Djemba-Djemba played on the French 5 tier not the Swiss. Great video as usual👍
Yeah!! We love Bebe at Vallecas. Maybe not United level but a great player for our club for many years. And for now you are right we are above Barcelona on the table.
Veron was a success look at his performances in Europe, he ran games.
Utd gave Juventus a footballing lesson at the Stadio Deli Alpi on 2003 with Veron running the show
Did you even listen to anything he said in the video? Worst SIGNINGS not players.
@@TiNRiB It’s just his opinion, bro. Chill. Just like how this list video is just Alfie’s opinion.
One or 2 games does not make him a success ... there was a reason he was given to Chelsea in 2 seasons
@@TiNRiB Veron was underrated at United though. The reality is was most Veron performances that season were of a high level - he just got unlucky with injury. Without him United would not have won the league that year. His performances vs Chelsea and Arsenal that year were crucial to United winning the league.
@@tris421 again i say... Did you guys listen to what he said in the video? Worst SIGNINGS not players. No ones doubts Veron was an awesome player, but he was a bad signing for United.
Veron had some really good games for us, occasionaly you'd see what he was possible of, but nobody takes Scholes's spot in the united team of the 2000's.
Oh Juan Sebastian Veron. I remember him because that was the first full season I watched the premier league.
Veron just wasn’t suited to English football because everywhere else he was world class
That sentence doesn't make sense tho does it?
Djemba Djemba, so good they named him twice 😂
Bebe's story is great, he went from being abandoned by his parents as a child to being at a profession and a football club that put an arm around his shoulder.
Next : Jurgen Klopp worst signings of all time
Loris "Lord" Karius
@@rengeiz3568 maybe
Was Ciro Immobile signed by Klopp? If so, he definitely one of them
@@thejamesonthestreet ya Klopp signed him
Chamberlain
Talking about EPL football managers and others, have you found the BBC podcast from BBC Scotland called "Sacked in the Morning".
I have to disagree with you on your assesment of Veron. IMO his time at United is misunderstood by people who did not watch those seasons closely. His first season was a mixed bag - Our biggest issue that year, however, was selling Stam so Verons form coincided with the team just not being solid enough. His second season however, not only in the UCL in which he was (along with RVN) genuinely United's best player, he really picked up form in the Prem. He ran the show vs Arsenal and Chelsea and was really picking up to the pace of the Prem around xmas that year. If I remember correctly he got injured vs Leeds and although Ferguson put him back in the team over Beckham vs Real Madrid in the QTR final - he never regained his fitness nor his place in the team. In any case, if you watch the games he played I really don't see how he can be considered bad. Did he live up to his massive expectation? No, maybe not. But I still would not consider him a terrible signing and without his contribution to United in the 03 season I really think they would not have won the title. Injury and circumstance shortened his career at United. I think it was a mistake selling him to Chelsea.
The tragic death of that former Manchester United player really made me to be in tears even though,he was not the best signing for them but a nice footballer nonetheless,good friends!!!:'(
Milne was a brilliant player when Dundee United were a European force. It’s a tragedy that alcohol got the better of him.
@@toph8298 I remember him scoring an absolute worldie for my beloved Bristol City. We were amazed when Utd came in for him, his reputation wasn't a secret.
Respect to Verón elsewhere but Manchester United;however the plan was for him to replace Roy Keane (quite a task ). Keane with half his legs lead captained that team to 5? more titles.
Think Keane is one of the most underrated players of all time along Claude Makelele.
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Alfie, can you please do Sam Allardyce's 7 best and worst signings?
“A bit Yikes” needs to make more appearances
I wanted to make an Adam Johnson joke, but I feel as though it'd be a little old, unlike his taste in women
Haha
Forlan was pretty good
Inflation has changed a lot over the years
I remember Sjemba Djemba and Liam Miller from the danish league they were both relatively sucessfull allthough Miller was only on loan (alonside Scott Sellars from Bolton) with AGF in Aarhus RIP Liam Miller
Taibi was a bit of a car crash at United but was a good gloveman, ask anyone who was into Italian football back in the day. He genuinely was one of the best 3-4 Italian keepers over several seasons, hence United (like AC Milan before) paying serious money for him in the first place.
Can't help but wonder if he'd been given a few months to acclimatise and learn fluent English, could it have ended differently.
Mark Bosnich? He was signed to replace SchmeicheL Tiabi was signed as he wasn't up to the job.
Well in the end he was signed to be the new schmeichel and he was even worst
Commenting before watching. Massimo Taibi.
If any of you wonder, what kind of player Veron was at his best, just think of Jorginho, but much much more talented.
But he definitely couldn't do it in the prem!
Nothing like jorginho veron was a playmaking attacking midfielder. Jorginho is a holding midfielder who sits
I don't think it's accurate to say Utd we're not big spenders prior to 2000. Their 1990 FA Cup winning squad was the most expensively assembled squad in history at the time. They regularly broke transfer records with likes of Hughes and Ince and Keane and Cole etc. Money wasn't the problem for Utd prior to '93.
Rodrigo Possebon....need I say more
Thanks!
Thanks Alagie!
Next do Wenger's best/worst signings?
Yaya Sanogo is my no.1 worst
Stepanov?
Veron was there one season…he was good.
Anderson was there maybe a few years to long, but those first 2-3 years, he was amaszing.
7 best players in porto who won 🏆in 2004
Even the Goat of managers can make mistakes
Day 5: Who would win modern day West vs East Germany
It's not even a question
Kroos is the only world class player from East Germany
Day 2: 7 best individual prem performances in a season, that didn’t win him the POTY award.
Thomas tuchel best xi of all time
Kleberson's story is a bit "what the fuck"...
The veron signing worked. Both Keane and Scholes upped their game to keep their place in the squad
Eric Djemba-Djemba should have been No:1
More bank accounts than decent performances 😂
Arsene wengers worst 7 signings, should be a challenge considering he signed a number of duds
Oleg Luzhny at number one
Hm, no Dion Dublin? And I am a fan of Dion's too, but he didn't fit at Man U (old-fashioned battering ram forwards haven't worked there since the time of Matt Busby!)
Kleberson.lol. looked Dynamite at 2002 World Cup,HILARIOUS he was so bad at Utd.
Oh come on worst signings where was the signing of the 45 year old scottish keeper in Andy Goram or burger boy mark bosnic
What do you mean liam miller as an honourable mention??
class
Top premier league scorer over the age of 35 every season. Sure Kevin Phillips will top that league
Cr7 might have summin to say lol
Just realized Ruud looks like Jerry Seinfeld
In honour of Davies’ beauty of a goal against Panama, the seven hardest working goals since 2000.
Bebe come outside, we just want to talk 🤣
Can you do an episode of the seven worst signings made by my Sunday league footy manager?
i would like to see a list like "best english players that thrived outside UK"
Sancho is right up there
Steve mcmanaman would probably top that list
Sancho is quite obvious even if we need some time to validate our opinion
Jonathan Woodgate 😆
_- Beckham_
_- Owen_
_- McManaman_
_- Keegan_
_- Lineker_
Need I go on?
Can yo make a video on if a 48 team WC every 2 years would actually help the growth of the game in Africa and Asia , as FIFA claims it would ?( regardless of whether you like the idea or not)
In defence of Kleberson for the discussion at least. £6.5mil (£10.5 in todays money) for a World Cup winner - who started in the final - isn't too bad. Plus they got near 50% of their fee back after 2 years so all in all not too bad a punt for one of the richest clubs in the world.
Respect to Bebe
Straight off the bat I can think of
Diawara
Chamahk
Frannie Jeffers
Richard Wright
I was crying laughing everytime he said Jemba Jemba lmao
Why? Its not that funny.
All these dont actually look so bad when you compare it to the load of tripe signings that happened post Fergie
A non league documentary on how Sutton united won the league last season and how the league started in October 2020 last year.
Before finishing video, I'm guessing Nick Powell and Wilfred Zaha
Who you personally think should have won the ballon dor for each year
Yes
It’s Mikel SilvesTRE. Not Silvester :)
Even Ferguson is only human.
Veron was brilliant when he was played in centre midfield, the problem was Ferguson didn't no how to fit him in..
HiTC sevens most random video ever about 10 years too late 😂
These signings are amazing compared to post fergie years. Maguire, wan bissaka spring to mind
Jumped ship when he saw city coming
It just goes to show no matter how good a player is,he might not be any good at a club whose just signed him,especially with foreign players they have to settle in learn the language and integrate into the team at the same time,for a lot of players it just doesn't work out for a multitude of reasons,every signing is a gamble many people in football have said that
Veron was class. Ferguson just played him in the wrong position, on the left, when he had no pace.
He was a footballer, not an athlete.
Sadly, our current squad has far too many of the later.
Isn’t varon colour blind and can’t see red properly. So struggled to see the difference between his teammates and the opponent in games
About Kleberson.!!! 32 caps and a word cup for Brazil but he says " it's not a fair fight "competing for a place at Utd. Not saying he's better or good as Scholes ect but surely he could fight for a squad role? ???
Day 5: Best non-FIFA affiliated ant, teams eg I’ve had Martinique are quite good
Does Catalonia count?
Yeah I guess if they are clawed a national team but not affiliated by FIFA I guess their eleiglibr
Could be a great shout! I understand the Scottish Islands have their own national teams that play against Monaco, Bonaire etc
Veron is world class player. But British football just didn’t suit him.
You should do 7 most under rated signs by sir Alex
Cantona 1.2 million!
"which is a bit yikes" mildly said :D
Rudy Van Nis was an amazing signing!
He doesn't say Moyes!
Football business is crazy because owners don't make money. Alan Sugar repeatedly said he wasted his time and energy be the owner of Tottenham for ten years, which means Mike Ashely is a very strong man owns Newcastle United for about 15 years.
I’m old enough to remember when both Michael Stewart and later Eric Djemba-Djemba were tipped to be the next Roy Keane 😵💫
Come up to Edinburgh, if you hang around the west end you’ll find Michael Stewart still acting like he IS Roy Keane (without the humbleness)
Michael Stewart was at Forest on loan.
Didn't look decent at Championship level.
Michael Stewart was at Forest on loan.
Didn't look decent at Championship level.
Southampton fc worst signings
I can't decide his worst signings ever, between Bebe and Moyes
Veron was such a let down. 11 year old me was over the moon at the time he came to OT
Perhaps there could be the worst next big thing player.
Angel Di Maria and Alexis Sanchez not even mentioned??.