Sir Alex Ferguson made some amazing signings during his 26 years at Manchester United – but he didn’t get it right every time.
The manager may have signed the likes of Eric Cantona and Roy Keane at the start of his reign, but there were plenty of flops as well.
We’ve looked back at Ferguson’s first 10 signings following the inception of the Premier League in 1992.
Pat McGibbon
Ferguson’s first signing in the Premier League era, McGibbon was sent off on his one and only first-team appearance for the club.
The centre-back joined Wigan in 1997 in search of regular football and later began his coaching career back in Northern Ireland.
He has also founded the ‘Train to be Smart’ football coaching centre, which aims to increase mental health resilience in young people while also improving their sporting skills.
Dion Dublin
Dublin only spent two years at Old Trafford but enjoyed successful spells with Coventry City and Aston Villa before hanging up his boots in 2008.
Away from football, the 53-year-old invented a percussion instrument called The Dube and is now presenting Homes Under the Hammer on BBC One.
“It was a surprising move for a footballer, I suppose,” Dublin told the Daily Mirror in 2018.
“I got a bit of stick off my old team-mates, who said things like, ‘What do you know?’ and, ‘I can’t get rid of you, you’re there every time I turn on my TV.’
“Even now, people still Tweet occasionally and say, ‘What is Dion Dublin doing?’ But most of it’s been in good humour.”
READ: Dion Dublin: Wayne Rooney said I was the best centre-back he’d faced
Eric Cantona
The arrival of Cantona proved the catalyst for a new era of success at Old Trafford, with United winning four league titles in five years.
After retiring from football in 1997, the Frenchman went into acting and starred in and co-produced Ken Loach’s film Looking For Eric in 2009.
He has also played The King in the music video for Liam Gallagher’s single ‘Once’ and completely perplexed Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at a UEFA shindig.
Wins the 2019 UEFA President’s Award… Gives bizarre cryptic speech to confuse everyone in attendance.
Eric Cantona, ladies and gentlemen 😂 pic.twitter.com/qNgZB0cFoW
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) August 29, 2019
Roy Keane
Keane turned out to be one of Ferguson’s most successful signings before his acrimonious exit in 2006.
He later had spells in charge of Sunderland and Ipswich…
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