The Red Devils are no strangers to a transfer stumble, with a number of players sold too soon or simply never delivering at Old Trafford

Paul Pogba's turbulent time in a Manchester United shirt perfectly epitomises the club's struggles to get the best out of some players.

The Red Devils' inability to stop Pogba going to Juventus in 2012 cost them dearly when they eventually brought him back to Old Trafford and it's a transfer misstep the club is familiar with.

Gerard Pique, who will return to Old Trafford on Wednesday night in the Champions League with Barcelona, is another player whose career really took off after swapping the Red Devils for the Blaugrana in 2008.

Getty1Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace, 2015)

Man Utd arguably pounced too soon for Wilfried Zaha in 2013 when they paid Palace £10 million for the attacker.

Making just four appearances for the Red Devils, Zaha was never given the chance to impress and was ultimately sold back to Palace for £6m two years later.

Since then, the 26-year-old has become a star for Palace – with numerous clubs linked to big-money moves – and Zaha is now valued at around £30m.

AdvertisementGetty2Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City, 2012)

Having joined Man Utd’s youth academy at the age of nine, Danny Drinkwater would never make a senior appearance for the Red Devils before being sold to the Foxes for a reported fee of £810,000 in 2012.

Once in Leicester, he helped secure the club's promotion to the Premier League before playing a regular role in the Foxes' stunning title win in 2015/16.

On the back of that success, Drinkwater sealed a £35 million move to Chelsea in 2017 as Leicester netted a huge profit at United's expense.

While he was unlikely to ever shine at Old Trafford, the Red Devils will surely regret selling him so soon and so cheaply.

Getty Images3Memphis Depay (Lyon, 2017)

Signed for £25 million in 2015 and inheriting the weight of the legendary number seven shirt, Memphis Depay's inconsistency saw him sold for a cut-price fee of around £16m less than two years later.

Though he showed fleeting glimpses of brilliance for United, it's only since he's joined Lyon that Depay has really stepped up for club and country with his value now sitting at triple of what the Red Devils sold him for.

Liverpool have been recently linked with a move for the Dutchman and it's a potential transfer United fans will no doubt be watching closely.  

Mike Hewitt/Getty Images4Carlos Tevez (Manchester City, 2009)

What's worse than seeing a player leave for a rival club? Seeing a player do much better at a rival club than at yours.

And that's exactly what Carlos Tevez did after deciding against signing permanently for United following a mixed two-year loan spell with the club.

In 2009, he put pen to paper with Man City in a then-record deal and immediately bettered the number of goals he had scored in his United career by netting 23 times in his debut campaign at the City of Manchester Stadium.