In the first summer of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson years at Manchester United, a new midfielder was a priority. The club wanted Cesc Fabregas but saw three bids rejected by Barcelona.
Thiago Alcantara was on the market, but David Moyes didn't fancy him. In the end, on deadline day, the first major signing of a new era was unveiled.
Welcome to Old Trafford, Marouane Fellaini. Maybe that was the moment that everyone realised life after Ferguson wasn't going to deliver the same riches as the previous 26 years.
It was a chaotic and disastrous transfer window and with a few months of it ending Fellaini was being rated by one national newspaper as the worst signing of it.
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