Sir Alex Ferguson's 'Most Disappointing Signing' Talks About Moving To Manchester United

Owen Hargreaves has opened up on how Sir Alex Ferguson convinced him to move to Manchester United, having been called the legendary manager's most 'disappointing' signing.

Ferguson didn't get everything right during his long career at United but having won 13 Premier League titles he certainly got more right than wrong.

Now the 41-year-old has opened up on what Fergie said to him before signing, and revealed the promise of European success persuaded him to leave Bayern Munich.

"Before I came, we spoke so much and he was one of the driving forces, one of the reasons why I wanted to come. Who doesn't want to play under Sir Alex?

"He has this authority, a natural authority that everybody respected, which was so important in a dressing room of 25 talented people from all over the world who are well paid. But he controlled the show.

"That was one of the big reasons I wanted to come. [I wanted] to be a part of this team, play at this stadium - and with these fans. That group of players we had was just out of this world. You just wanted to be a piece of the puzzle."

However of those games 34 of them came in his first campaign, with the team ending up as Premier League and Champions League winners.

Of course it was disappointing that Hargreaves made less than 40 appearances but one man who United fans will be glad only made two was William Prunier.

His performance in a 4-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur saw his time at United end rather abruptly and he was also voted as the club's sixth worst player ever.