Manchester United FANS – who is the best signing Sir Alex has made?
by Mr Comfort on July 16th, 2008 42 commentsSince his arrival at Old Trafford more than two decades ago, Sir Alex Ferguson has gone from strength to strength and is now considered a deity by Manchester United fans and with good reason.
Fergie has a damn good record when it comes to successful signings, but the debate for United fans today is who is the best player he has brought to the club? Whilst Djemba Djemba is unlikely to garner many votes, the genius captures of Cantona, Schmeichel and even a certain Cristiano Ronaldo may be contenders!
Enter your selection in the comment box as well as your reasoning and see what your fellow fans think of your choice.
Good Luck!
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Ken Cheese - July 16th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Massimo Taibi…. or Juan Sebastian Veron
Phil - July 16th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
GOD !!!!
Eric cantona
jivan kumar - July 16th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
mark bosnich
Alex - July 16th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Over the years he has made some great signings, but I feel the most important ones are the ones who made massive impacts on winning seasons:
To name a few:
Cantona
Evra
Vidic
Ronaldo
Larsson
Teddy Sheringham
Terry TOWELLING - July 16th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
NONE! They have all been excrement.
Anonymous - July 16th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
cantona
nistelrooy
ronaldo
rio ferdinand
teddy sheringham
wayne - July 16th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
rooney!
tom - July 16th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
solskjaer
Tomzinkzki - July 16th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Carrick
Marzipan Mynci - July 16th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
yeah – Terry’s right, they’ve all been crap
Stretford Fussilir - July 16th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
If i cud spell it i’d vote 4 smikel
Wolf - July 16th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
veron!!!hahahahahaha
YNWA - July 16th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
OK, great signings…ronaldo, cantona, vidic, roy keane, sheringham. ( World class and not completely proven at the time)- Ferdinand’s and Rooney’s talents were known to the world and he just had the money, so they wouldn’t be his brain childs. Other clubs wanted them too, he was the rich boy who got them.
THe bad signings.
30 million waste on veron
16 mill for carrick, when liverpool buy alonso for 9
Diego Forlan
40 mill for tevez ( we got torres for 25)
Thing is overall, if ferguson wasn’t a rich crackpot, he would be nothing.
Thank You
LFC FAN YNWA
Wolf - July 16th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
sorry, i forgot ’bout djemba-djemba!!!!
John CAMILLERI - July 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
The best signing:
The King Eric Cantona, Evra Vidic. Ronaldo, Rooney, Nani and others which are great players
john311 - July 16th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
roy keane cost little and was pure class .solskjaer same .and as for for ronaldo he has done the stuff for well 3 years anyway they should sell him and profit huge on him no point haveing a player who does not want to be there.i would like see benzma and berbatov as for liverpool fan when last time ye won league title ha barely made top 4
Why are some Liverpool fans fools? - July 16th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Lots of retards here i see, if you have nothing better to say, then don’t say it, i bet your parents didn’t bring you up to be fools. To the brainless Liverpool fan, we’re not buying Tevez for £40m, stop making up numbers, moron.
Do you even know anything about Fergie, check his record at Aberden and tell me if he was a rich crackpot then, he made them out of the little he had. PS: Did you know Liverpool has spent more than United in the last 18yrs and they have no EPL title to show for it, enjoy being in United’s shadow cus history is all you’ll have to look back on.
To answer your question: barring the occasional crappy buys, i’d say in the last decade, Cantona has been the best money spent on any player under Fergie. In the next decade, it might be Anderson, Nani
Roontastic - July 16th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Schmeichel by a mile… no doubt Cantona was class but without Schmeichel, United probably wouldn’t have won 2 of the 3 treble trophies.
pea - July 16th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
dennis irwin, the great dane, eric
Jimmy The Weed - July 16th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Eric Cantona, without a doubt. He gave the club that certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ that we needed to turn us into champions and give the ‘Fergie Fledglings’ the belief.
Giggsy as a junior from Man City was a good one too, but Eric gets my vote
Jimmy The Weed - July 16th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
LC FAN YWNA – yes but all those bargains haven’t won you any league titles since your first eleven were all in nappies
Mo - July 16th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Irwin, Ince, Pallister, Schmeichel, Cantona, Keane, Solskjaer, Stam, Yorke, van Nistelrooy, Ferdinand, Ronaldo, Rooney, Vidic, Evra, van der Sar, Carrick, Tevez, Anderson… The list could go on and on. Fergie has made some truly fantastic buys, as well as the odd crackpot, like any manager.
Jimmy The Weed - July 16th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I dont know why i used the cliché ‘je ne sais quoi’ term as clearly i dont understand what it means. It means “I do not know what” as in “I dont know what he have it, but it was good” – i hate english cunts who use french words when they dont understand them! i’m a complete arsehole and i hope i die.
stuart stow - July 16th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
well if youre going on the price too and the impact theyve had its hard id say either cantona or roy keane
RedColor - July 16th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
For YNWA, when you say those all things, why you didn’t mention which team is a better? Or, why you didn’t say who is better, Ferguson or Benitez? Or results of ManUtd vs. Liverpool of past years? Or many many things? Fucking scum, hehehehe.
Roman Shmatov - July 16th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Solskjaer, Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Cantona, Rooney, Tevez, Ferdinand, Vidic, Van der Saar, Sheringham, Ronaldo (Slave), Stam, Kanchelskis, Anderson, Rossi and this slave Ronaldo (hate him)
Bonf - July 16th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Denis Irwin signed for £625,ooo in 1990 & hardly ever had a bad game in his 14 years at United.
roahc - July 16th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
andersooooooooooooooooooooooon
jeremy - July 16th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
C A N T O N A .
ChrisW - July 16th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Can’t deny “Slave Boy” has been a great signing for £12m. But Cantona has to be the best.
Jamal Yousuf - July 16th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Peter Schemeicel
Steve Bruce
Gary Pallister
Cantona
Rio Ferdinand
Rooney
Ronaldo
Van Nistelroy
Carrick
Tevez
Sosjkaer
Irwin
Roy Keane
Veron and Forlan
Jamal Yousuf - July 16th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
United always get the best cream, Sir Alex he aalmost 99% gets what he wants, hope this time we get Bebatov.
devilworshipper - July 16th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
ferdinand, ronaldo, rooney, tevez. carrick big money? of course. worth it? totally.
cantona53 - July 16th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Ralph Milne, clearly.
Stefan - July 16th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Eric “The King” Cantona and close behind him is Ole Solskjær… These players played 4 many years, where succesfull and where bought on the cheap. can´t beat that…
matt - July 17th, 2008 at 12:15 am
funny how you mention the bad players scousers tell me how many of them do not have a premiership winners medal …. ha ha ha
matt - July 17th, 2008 at 12:21 am
guys guys guys, keano yeah, ole’ yeah, schmeic’s yeah, DINNIS FKN IRWIN ANY DAY, and if this is purely about fergies best signing then it has to be ROBBINS if he had not scored againts forest in the FA Cup then the daddy would have been evicted from the theatre of dream that night!!!
marto - July 18th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
surely cant you see all see the hidden capabality of anderson….wow
shabzz - July 31st, 2008 at 9:14 am
eric cantona
van nistorooy
wayne rooney
c.ronaldo
Beannie - August 5th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Best Value for money top 5
5.Edwin Van Der Sar
4.Patrice Evra
3.Roy Keane
2. Eric Cantona
1. Christiano Ronaldo
Worst Value for money top 5
5. Owen Hargreaves
4. Eric Djemba Djemba
3. Diego Forlan
2. Kleberson
1. Juan Sebastion Veron
Top signings (regardless of price)
10Edwin Van Der Sar
9. Andy Cole
8. Ole Gunner Solkjsaer
7. Rio Ferdinand
6. Wayne Rooney
5. Ruud Van Nisterlooy
4. Dwight Yorke
3.Roy Keane
2. Eric Cantona
1. Christiano Ronaldo
MM - August 5th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
DON’T TELL ME YOU ARE A MAN UNT6 FAN
Beannie - August 5th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
MM, who ya talkin to fool??