A deal was in place in the summer of 2000, but because of injury problems, his move was secured a year later for a then British record fee of £19 million.
Although he played well in Italy, he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962, setting another British record transfer fee of £115,000.
After the 2000–01 season, he moved from Lazio to United for a fee of £24.3 million on a five-year deal, the most expensive transfer in English football at the time.
Everton then rejected a bid of £20 million from Newcastle, and ultimately he signed for Manchester United after a £25.6 million deal was reached.
After playing two seasons for Spartak Moscow, he signed for Manchester United for a fee of around £7 million on 25 December 2005.
He moved to United for a British record transfer fee of £1.5 million on 1 October 1981 and signed the contract on the Old Trafford pitch two days later before a game.
On 17 August 2012, he transferred from Arsenal to Manchester United for an initial £22.5 million, with an additional £1.5 million to follow if United won a Premier League.
He signed for Manchester United for £3.75 million, a British transfer record at the time.
His transfer fee of £12.24 million made him, at the time, the most expensive teenager in English football history.
In May 1988, he returned to Manchester United, managed by Sir Alex Ferguson, for a then club record fee of £1.8 million.
He signed for United on 10th June 2005, from Fulham, for a reported fee of £2m.
He signed from PSV Eindhoven, for £4m in the summer of 2005.
He joined United from Celtic for £850,000 in July 1987. The fee was set by tribunal, as Celtic wanted £2m.
After only 16 games for Torquay, United noted his potential and swooped to sign him in June 1988 for £200k.
Impressive midfield performances saw him achieve a dream move to Old Trafford from Nantes for £3.5m in the summer of 2003.
The transfer happened when United submitted a £1.5m bid during Euro 1996, which Molde accepted.
Manchester United signed him on 6 August 1991 for £505,000, from Brondby.
He signed for Manchester United, from Real Madrid, in 2014 for a British record £59.7 million.
He signed from Wigan for £16m in the summer of 2009.
The transfer fee Porto announced was €30 million, which was equivalent to around £20 million as of July 2007.
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