5 World-class but ineffective signings for Manchester United

#4 Anderson

Anderson was famous for his antics off the pitch rather than on it

Anderson was highly regarded by Sir Alex Ferguson as one of the most talented and inspiring young midfielders coming through the ranks. He was signed for £19mn from Porto.

"Anderson has been absolutely superb. The boy has definitely got something special. There was an urgency to get him once we'd scouted him, even though he'd broken his leg and had been out for four or five months" is what Sir Alex said about him when Anderson was asked to replace an injured Paul Scholes in the midfield in 2007."

But, Anderson's excessive weight due to irregular eating habits and inability to grasp the English language and a string of average performances would never have made him an obvious choice under LVG.

And hence was offloaded by United through a free transfer in 2015. He has then ended up playing in his home country for Internacional and has been transferred to Adana Demirspor on July 30, 2018.