Where are they now? The last 10 Man Utd players sold by Sir Alex Ferguson
While Sir Alex Ferguson made some incredible signings during his reign at Manchester United, he also knew when to let players leave – some notable exceptions aside.
Ferguson wasn’t afraid to sell some of his big-name stars and could be ruthless towards players that failed to meet his high standards.
We’ve looked at the last 10 players sold by Ferguson to see how they’ve fared after leaving Old Trafford.
Berbatov was deemed surplus to requirements by Ferguson following Robin van Persie’s arrival at Old Trafford in 2012.
The striker was sold to Fulham but was released midway through their relegation season and joined Ligue 1 side Monaco in January 2014.
After brief spells in Greece and India, he officially announced his retirement in September 2019.
Park spent seven years at United before joining QPR in 2012 but injury problems plagued his time in west London.
After hanging up his boots in 2014, he studied at Leicester’s De Montfort University and graduated with an International MA in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport.
And, in December 2021, Park rejoined QPR, coaching the under-16s under the guidance of technical director Chris Ramsey.
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De Laet mainly featured for United’s reserves and made just six first-team appearances for the club before joining Leicester City in 2012.
He went on to claim the unique honour of winning the Premier League title with Leicester and promotion from the Championship with Middlesbrough, where he had been loaned out, on the same day.
The 33-year-old was released by Aston Villa in 2019 and is now playing for hometown club Royal Antwerp in Belgium.
Another Premier League winner, Drinkwater joined Leicester in 2012 and