Man Utd most expensive transfers ranked as club prepare to take huge Sancho hit

Manchester United face the prospect of accepting another massive loss to get a big name signing off the books.

Erik ten Hag's civil war with Jadon Sancho looks like it can only have one winner and so the England international may have to look elsewhere. His difficult two and a half years in Manchester has failed to see him replicate the form that saw United spend more than £70m on him.

And so another recruitment decision looks to have cost the Red Devils, who throughout the past decade have spent big on players, only to see many of them fall short, later selling them on for reduced prices or, in Paul Pogba's case, seeing them walk away for nothing.

Sancho's value has dropped since joining from Borussia Dortmund, albeit he still has time on his side and could resurrect his career elsewhere. United though will be hard pushed to get their money back. The winger is the latest player to fail to hit the heights...admittedly not many have.

Here, we rank United's most pricey arrivals - with the exception of new boys Mason Mount and Rasmus Hojlund, who remain TBC after arriving for £60m and £72m respectively just this summer.

By a country mile the biggest success story of the market in recent years. United took their time getting the deal over the line in January 2020, but the impact was immediate and it came at a time when the team were in desperate need of a spark. Fernandes helped inspire a late-season push - albeit one disrupted by Covid - to finish third.

The following year he inspired the team to second, all while constantly producing in the final third. His first 18 months in England saw him score 40 times in all competitions, landing numerous individual accolades.

His conduct, more so than his performances, have copped criticism