Paul Scholes has given his take on Manchester United’s worst-ever signing.
Scholes had a glittering career under Sir Alex Ferguson winning 11 Premier League titles with the Red Devils.
In his time at the club he witnessed many new arrivals including big names likes Juan Sebastian Veron who had a terrible time at the club.
On a recent episode of The Overlap it was put to the former England international that the Argentine is United’s worst-ever signing but he choose a completely different player and explained why.
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He said: ‘Veron was a great player, a talented player. Don’t really know why it didn’t work for him but what a footballer.
‘I go back to the goalkeepers, when you had to try and replace Peter Schmeichel, which is always going to be difficult.
‘We had a few. I was thinking [Massimo] Taibi, Mark Bosnich.
‘I thought he was a good keeper at Villa, Mark. He came to us, he was so unprofessional. Honestly, it was ridiculous.
‘In shooting practice, you normally have like 15, 20 shots. After three shots, he’s knackered, ‘oh no, get someone else in’.
‘I never realised, he couldn’t kick a football. I’ve never seen anything like it. We played Everton away in first game of the season, and none of us picked up on it, he couldn’t reach the halfway line.
‘There was no wind, it was a perfect day. But when you look at his feet, size 14s, honestly he was just kicking the floor all the time, big flippers. Honestly, it was disappointing.’
Bosnich joined United on a free transfer from Aston Villa in June 1999 as Peter Schmeichel’s successor and at the time looked a shrewd bit of business.
But, the Australian lasted just 19 months at United, and following the arrival of Fabian Barthez he ended up leaving Old Trafford to join Chelsea on a free transfer in January 2001.
