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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.
Roy Keane (2R) played with some legendary figures at United... but also his fair share of flops
He named his best ever Manchester United XI this week... but who would make the worst?
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.
Massimo Taibi cost United £4.5m but was once dubbed the 'blind Venetian' by a newspaper
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 club, Varela was a complete dud.
It is little wonder Varela, David Moyes' first signing as United boss in 2013, made just four appearances in four years at United, where he spent more time on loan than at Old Trafford.
He eventually returned home in 2017 - four years too late for many United fans. Varela is still playing in Russia for Dynamo Moscow.
Centre-back - William Prunier
Prunier has the unwanted tag of being perhaps the worst United signing of all time. Ferguson is lauded for his work in the transfer market but this French 'defender' is living proof he did not always get it right.
He joined from Bordeaux as a trialist in 1995 and was not expected to feature in the first team too often, but an injury crisis forced Ferguson's hand.
It actually started well for Prunier, but he has been held responsible for the four goals United shipped to Tottenham Hotspur in his second and last appearance for the Red Devils. A complete disaster.
William Prunier has been widely labelled as the worst signing Sir Alex Ferguson ever made
Centre-back - Marcos Rojo
By far the longest-serving Red in this highly-coveted side, the bullish Argentinian somehow managed to cling on at United for seven years and remarkably only left last summer.
You could only watch Rojo on the ball from behind the sofa, and that is ignoring his tendency to fly into tackles without a care in the world. Erratic does not do him justice.
Rojo played in more than 120 games for United and won three trophies - if, like Jose Mourinho, you count the Community Shield - during his time
