However, given the money spent on the Brazilian last summer when he signed from Shakhtar Donetsk, and the weight of expectation which therefore surrounded his arrival, it was a debut year to forget for the 26-year-old. For a creative, dynamic midfielder, a total of one goal and one assist for the entire season is somewhat shambolic. After Jose Mourinho tried and toiled with Fred, he struggled for consistent minutes under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and has not yet featured for the Red Devils this season, with Scott McTominay, Paul Pogba and Andreas Pereira preferred in a midfield trio. Despite showing glimpses, the highlight of his one-and-a-half-year stay being a man-of-the match performance in the Europa League against FC Midtjylland, the midfielder was criticised for a lack of fitness and creativity on the pitch. Although the midfielder eventually returned to first-team action — his minutes came solely in domestic cups — he was released from his contract in March 2017 and joined MLS side Chicago Fire, where he still plays. Given his legendary status at both club and international level before his move to England, Schweinsteiger's reputation took a hammering as his impact simply wasn't felt at Manchester United. 6. The unknown Portuguese winger moved as a 20-year-old from Vitoria de Guimaraes, but he made only seven appearances in his debut season before going out on loan for three consecutive years. A move to Monaco curtailed his ascent before a loan move to Manchester United gave the Colombian the opportunity to reignite his career... but what happened next was quite the opposite. Falcao failed to perform, was dropped to the Under 23s, and United unsurprisingly decided not to take up the option to sign him permanently at the end of the 2014-15 season. The gamble didn't pay off, and even Jose Mourinho couldn't get the best out of the striker at Chelsea a year later. The explosive midfielder admitted he found the relentless nature of Premier League football a shock to the system, and despite initial reluctance, Ferguson gave the green light for Veron to move to rivals Chelsea in the summer of 2003. After a man-of-the-match performance in the 2014 Champions League final for Real Madrid, the acquisition of Di Maria seemed like a great move for both club and player. It started well, with Di Maria's high point coming in September with a beautiful chipped finish over Kasper Schmeichel against Leicester. But, after an injury ruled him out for seven games in December, Di Maria never recaptured his form and was unsettled in Manchester following an attempted burglary of his house. The diminutive forward quickly fell down the pecking order with both managers preferring options such as Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial in attacking positions. With a staggering £560k-a-week in wages being forked out for a player on the bench, and after missing pre-season due to his international duties at the Copa America, it was clearly best for all parties that Sanchez made the move to Italy, where he first burst onto the European scene for Udinese. Oh, and Sanchez inherited the No 7 shirt... who will dare wear it next? Related: Southampton v Manchester United: Combined XI [Read Sport]
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