Alex Ferguson’s top 5 transfer mistakes

2. Spending Huge Money on Rio Ferdinand

In his day, the former England international was average at best, but the former Manchester United boss thought it would be justifiable to spend a mammoth fee on the then Leeds United centre-back. Juventus and AC Milan picked up Fabio Cannavaro and Alessandro Nesta for a combined fee of less that what United spent on Ferdinand. What was Ferguson thinking?

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