Roy Keane (£3.75m, 1993) Keane wasn’t just a United record signing, but a British record, surpassing the £3.6m Blackburn paid for Alan Shearer a year earlier.
Joining after Nottingham Forest’s relegation, Keane did everything that could have realistically been asked of a United midfielder and captain in more than a decade at the club.
After finishing his career at Celtic Keane went into coaching, managing Sunderland and Ipswich before spells as Martin O'Neill's assistant with Ireland and Nottingham Forest.
Keane also assisted Paul Lambert at Aston Villa in 2014. Keane is currently without a coaching job and is a regular pundit for ITV and Sky Sports. Andy Cole (£7m, 1995) Another new Premier League record, United signed Cole for £7m (broken