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Rio Ferdinand has claimed that Sir Alex Ferguson failing to bring Karim Benzema to Manchester United is one of the legendary manager’s “biggest regrets”.

Ferguson - more often than not - got it spot on when it came to his transfer dealings. On three separate occasions, across as many decades, the Scot built title winning sides through a combination of academy graduates and shrewd recruitment.

But along with some high-profile misses (step forward Kleberson, Eric Djemba Djemba and Bebe), Ferguson was left ruing some of the deals he never quite managed to get over the line. Ferdinand has recalled how Ferguson told his central defender that he would be signing Benzema, after the Lyon striker had given him the runaround, only to lose out to Real Madrid.

Not quite in the realms of his old adversary Arsene Wenger, Benzema is the lastest in Fergie's unwanted list of names that may still give him some sleepless nights.

Arguably the most famous near-miss of Ferguson’s near 30-year stint in the dugout, Alan Shearer himself admits that upon