Ranking every £40m+ signing Man Utd have made from worst to best - Fernandes 2nd

Manchester United have long had a reputation for being big spenders in the transfer market.

Being England’s biggest club has its privileges and benefitting from a rather large war-chest is most certainly one of them.

Since the emergence of the Premier League era and the explosion of commercial rights deals, Man United haven’t been scared to splash the cash on big money transfers as they bid to sign the world’s finest talent.

The Red Devils have broken the British transfer record on no less than seven occasions since 1992, with the signings named below:

Roy Keane (Nottingham Forest, 1993 – £7.65 million), Andy Cole (Newcastle, 1995 – £8.64 million), Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, 2001- £25.65 million), Juan Sebastian Veron (Lazio, 2001 – £38.34 million), Rio Ferdinand (Leeds, 2002 – £41.40 million), Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid, 2014 – £67.50 million) and Paul Pogba (Juventus, 2016 – £94.50 million).

In fact, despite Manchester City’s recent riches, United are the only Premier League club to have a net spend of over one billion in the last decade.

But monetary investment doesn’t necessarily guarantee success on the pitch, does it?

We saw the perfect example of that on Saturday, as United fell to an abysmal 4-0 loss at the hands of Brighton Hove Albion.

It’s well documented that many of those expensive signings have aged like a bottle of milk left out to dry in the Dubai sun.

So, we thought it would be worth revisiting many of the deals and ranking them from the very worst, to the best of the best.

For clarification, we are ranking the players who were signed by United for a fee of £40 million or more. All transfer fees are courtesy of transfermarkt.

12. Angel Di Maria – £67.50m

The Argentine was widely