The worst Manchester United XI in the Premier League era

There has been lots of talk this week about legendary players at Manchester United after Roy Keane named his all-time Premier League XI.

It is fair to say there have been more than a few greats to have donned the famous United colours. Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Keane himself to name just a few.

But United have had their fair share of total flops, too. They may have the 'Class of 92' to look back on, yet there was the infamous summer of 2003, where Alex Ferguson seemingly lost the plot in the transfer market.

Three of the 'Class of 03' feature in our rundown of the worst XI to grace the United team in the Premier League, as well as an infamous Italian goalkeeper, a centre-back who stayed at the club for seven years and a striker whose transfer remains as baffling now as it was back in 2008. 

Here, Sportsmail takes a look at the players who are remembered for all the wrong reasons.

Goalkeeper - Massimo Taibi

If you were to ask United fans for the worst goalkeeper they have ever seen in the shirt, almost everyone would plump for this hapless Italian. He was the outstanding candidate for this prized role.

Taibi, who cost £4.5million, had a torrid time at Old Trafford and was once dubbed the 'blind Venetian' by an Italian newspaper.   

His name has become synonymous with the infamous howler he made against Southampton in 1999, where he let a meek, weak shot from Matt Le Tissier comically slip under his legs and into the net. Taibi only ever played one more game for the club, a 5-0 defeat to Chelsea. Ouch.

Right-back - Guillermo Varela

Who, you might understandably ask? The Uruguayan was meant to follow in the footsteps of South American counterparts the Da Silva twins but, while they were a ray of sunshine at the