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#9 Martín Cáceres instead of Bebé
In the Summer of 2010, Manchester United signed an unknown, former homeless Portuguese teenager for £7.4 million just five weeks after signing for his club at the time.
After a tip from Carlos Queiroz (former assistant manager), Fergie paid the buy out clause for Bebé, and that summer, he arrived in Manchester. It's still hard to believe this transfer really happened. Unsurprisingly, Bebé didn't have the quality to play for a team like United and has since spent his career on short-term loan spells, unable to find stability anywhere.
That £7.4 million would have been better spent on virtually anyone. However, a sensible suggestion would have been to look at the problematic right-back position in 2010. Gary Neville's career was winding down and nobody in the squad had really staked a claim for the position on a long-term basis.
The £7.4 million may have been enough to tempt Barcelona into selling Martín Cáceres, a player with potential but infrequently used by Barca.
A part of the third-place finishing Uruguay squad at the 2010 World Cup, Cáceres is quick, composed, and versatile, and would have been a good addition to United's defence at the time, where he could have learnt alongside the experience of Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, and Rio Ferdinand.
Cáceres' career didn't reach the heights it should have. Not being able to establish himself in a top team, and now in his thirties, Cáceres won't get another big move. But he would have been a fine alternative to the £7.4 million spent on Bebé.
