Manchester United is close to ending another season without titles after being eliminated from the Champions League by Atletico Madrid last Tuesday;

This means that the "Red Devils" are entering the tenth year and the English Premier League title is absent from their coffers.

United failed to recover from the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, despite investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the transfer market;

The total spending on contracts amounted to more than one billion and 850 million dollars over the past ten years, without providing much in these years.

United continue to invest millions to try to regain glory and win trophies, but their transfer policy has been disastrous over the past decade, winning only two Champions League knockout matches since Ferguson left in 2011.

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These are the biggest mistakes United have made in the transfer market over the past decade:

  • Argentine Angel Di Maria: Manchester United signed Di Maria in 2014 for $79 million and sold him to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2015 and lost $20 million in just 12 months.

  • Frenchman Morgan Schneiderlin: He signed with Schneiderlin in 2014 for $33 million and left after 3 years to Everton in 2017.

  • French Paul Pogba, the most expensive player in the history of Man United: Man United signed Pogba from Juventus for 117 million dollars in 2016 after he left for free to Juve in 2012, and despite the large number that paid to sign him, he could not help restore the club's glory.

  • Dutch Memphis Depay: With the departure of Di Maria, "Almano" contracted with the then-rising Dutch talent for 33 million dollars from PSV Eindhoven, but he left the team after only two years, heading to Lyon, France.

  • Frenchman Anthony Martial: He signed the young Frenchman in 2015 from Monaco in a deal that could amount to $78 million, but the Frenchman failed to prove himself and that he deserved the amount paid for his contract and left in the winter Mercato on loan to Seville.

  • Brazilian Fred: United defeated neighbors City and signed the Brazilian from Shakhtar Donetsk for 62 million dollars. Despite the development of his level with German coach Ralph Rangnick, United fans wondered about the large amount paid for his contract.

  • Englishman Harry Maguire: In this deal, United also outperformed City in including the heart of the England defense for 105 million dollars, and it is described as the worst deal in the history of the ancient team after the disastrous performance of the most expensive defender in the world, and this performance opened a discussion about the possibility of stripping him of the captaincy .

  • English Wan-Bissaka: Man United made Bissaka the sixth most expensive defender in the world after signing him for $66 million from Crystal Palace in 2019. At the time, he was comparing Bissaka to Liverpool full-back Alexander Arnold, but he did not provide the level hoped for.

  • Dutchman Donny van de Beek: United signed De Beek for $53 million in 2020, but he has made only 27 appearances since his move to Old Trafford before leaving in the winter Mercato to Everton on loan.

  • Belgium's Romelu Lukaku: Man United signed the "human tank" for $99 million in 2017, from Everton, and after two seasons, Manchester United sold it to Inter Milan for $86 million.