Eric Djemba Djemba? Or Angel Di Maria? As Alexis Sanchez finally departs Old Trafford for Inter Milan on loan... is the £560,000 per-week flop Manchester United's WORST ever signing?
* How many Manchester United flops can you remember down the years?
* Sportsmail take a look at the top 10 after Alexis Sanchez left for Inter Milan
* Names on our list include Bebe and Juan Sebastian Veron but who else makes it?
Manchester United have had their fair share of flops down the years.
There have been some atrocious bit-part players under Sir Alex Ferguson and big-money disasters under the tenures of Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho.
Alexis Sanchez, who cost United £560,000 a week (£300,000 base salary, £100,000 a week in image rights and £160,000 in other bonuses), finally departed for Inter Milan after a nightmare 18 months at the club that returned just five goals in 45 games.
Sportsmail have taken a look at United's top 10 WORSE ever signings following Sanchez's exit, but does the Chilean bag the No 1 spot?
10. Fred (£52m... but has time to prove doubters wrong)
After just one season in the Premier League, it is perhaps a tad harsh for Fred to be involved already in an 'all-time flop list'.
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.
Fred has struggled to make an impact at Old Trafford since his £52m move last summer
9. Eric Djemba Djemba (£3.5m, so bad they named him twice)
Remember him? In the summer of 2003, Sir Alex Ferguson swooped for unknown Nantes midfielder Eric Djemba Djemba, seeing enough potential in the Cameroonian's combative style to tout him as a potential successor for then-captain Roy Keane.
What followed was underwhelming to say the least – Djemba Djemba couldn't break into the team, and made just 39 appearances in two seasons.
Severely out of his depth, he was sold to Aston Villa in 2005 for a measly £1.5m, where he did little to restore his reputation in the Premier League. Since then, his career has taken him to Qatar, India, Indonesia, Serbia, Denmark, Israel and Scotland with St Mirren.
There were high hopes for unknown quantity Eric Djemba Djemba but he failed to perform
8. Memphis Depay (£25m)
Arriving with high hopes in 2015 from PSV Eindhoven, Dutch winger Memphis Depay was handed the No 7 shirt on his arrival in Manchester.
Yet Depay couldn't handle the heavy Premier League workload and struggled for form and fitness. 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.
He was sold in January 2017 to Lyon, where he has rediscovered his form and is showing signs of the potential which made United spend £25m on him.
Memphis Depay failed to live up to the No 7 shirt billing at Manchester United
7. Bastian Schweinsteiger (£6.5m)
Germany World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger arrived for a fresh challenge in the summer of 2015, having previously worked with Louis van Gaal at Bayern Munich.
Despite being a regularly used squad member in his first season, Jose Mourinho's arrival saw Schweinsteiger unceremoniously dropped, and he was told to train with the Under-23s in pre-season.
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.
Bastian Schweinsteiger's stalwart status at Bayern Munich wasn't matched at Old Trafford
6. Kleberson (£6m)
Tenacious Brazilian midfielder Kleberson rose to prominence after playing a starring role in Brazil's triumph at the 2002 World Cup, where a standout performance in the quarter-final against England caught the eye of numerous European clubs.
In the end, it was United who paid £6m to Atletico Paranaense for his signature in 2003 (he put pen-to-paper on the same day as Cristiano Ronaldo), but his two-year stay at Old Trafford was blighted by an injury picked up in his second appearance for the club.
Brought in as a replacement for flop Juan Sebastian Veron (more on him later), Kleberson himself makes the list at No 6 after a total of two goals in just 30 appearances for the club, before his offloading to Besiktas in 2005.
Kleberson (L) signed with Cristiano Ronaldo, but their fortunes couldn't have been more stark
5. Bebe (£7.4m)
Sir Alex Ferguson famously admitted he hadn't seen Bebe play before signing him in the summer of 2010... maybe he should've done.
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.
By the time of his permanent departure to Benfica in 2014, United fans were none the wiser as to the talents of Bebe. He is now playing consistently at Rayo Vallecano, who were relegated from La Liga last season.
Bebe was signed at Carlos Queiroz's recommendation but was sent out on loan after a season
4. Radamel Falcao (£6m loan fee)
There was a point when Radamel Falcao was one of the most sought after strikers in Europe, scoring at a regular rate with Atletico Madrid.
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.
Radamel Falcao scored just four goals in 29 appearances for Manchester United
3. Juan Sebastian Veron (£28.1m)
The clamour surrounding Juan Sebastian Veron's move from Lazio to United in 2001 had rarely been seen before – Veron's signature was the most expensive deal in English football at the time.
But despite an impressive start, Veron largely didn't live up to the hype, as he struggled with an Achilles injury in his second season.
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.
His one goal in seven appearances at Stamford Bridge though exemplifies Veron's status as one of English football's most expensive flops.
Juan Sebastian Veron was one of the world's most in-demand midfielders when he signed
2. Angel di Maria (£59.7m)
Remember earlier when Memphis Depay failed to live up to the No 7 shirt billing at United? Well, Angel di Maria was the shirt holder before Depay, and his one-season stint at United was nothing short of disastrous.
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.
He moved to PSG after failing to report for pre-season training in the summer of 2015.
Argentine winger Angel di Maria never settled in Manchester after his move from Real Madrid
1. Alexis Sanchez (swap deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan)
With Alexis Sanchez's move to Inter Milan all done, the Chilean can be regarded as Manchester United's biggest ever flop.
After such an impressive three-and-a-half year period at Arsenal, and with neighbours Manchester City courting his signature, United fans could not believe their luck when they signed Sanchez in January 2018 as part of a swap deal for out of favour Henrikh Mhhitaryan.
Bizarrely though, Sanchez's form completely and utterly plummeted at Old Trafford. First under Jose Mourinho, and then under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. 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?
Alexis Sanchez's goal ratio is a shocking one goal every nine appearances for Man United
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