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Sir Alex Ferguson's worst ever XI at Manchester United

Monday, 14 November 2011

Goalkeeper - Massimo Taibi
It was always going to be hard following Peter Schmeichel however not quite as hard as Taibi made it look. United paid �4.4m for him in 1999 which in the end worked out at just over �1m per first team appearance. Taibi had a disastrous opening four games for the club, flapping at a free kick on debut and allowing Sami Hyypia to score as well as conceding five against Chelsea and committing one of the worst goalkeeping blunders of all time as he allowed a tame Matt Le Tissier shot to roll straight through his legs - something he blamed on his spikes. They were to be his only four games for the Red Devils.

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Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated 25 years in charge of Manchester United this month, an incredible length of time in which he has accrued countless trophies and a knighthood for services to football.

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He is the longest serving manager in world football and during those years has nurtured some of the finest footballing talent to hit the world stage. However, Sir Alex hasn't always got it right.

Here, we present a 'Worst XI', a selection of United players that even Ferguson couldn't make the best of.

Do you agree with our selection? Who would be in your 'Worst XI'? Leave your thoughts and comments below...

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