Alex Ferguson's 7 Strangest Signings: Where Are They Now?

[@psykkomancz]

This is the type of weird content I subscribed for :) Also, mad props to Bébé - considering what he went through as a child, his achievements are amazing regardless of what anyone thinks on his ability as footbal player.

[@andreatommasi3287]

Even as a football player, he isn't a top athlete but 99% of people who start playing don't manage to become a regular starter of a good club in the Spanish 2nd league. Mad props indeed!

[@bigwills53]

Yeah its honestly very heartwarming! When I first became a United fan, his name was constantly used as a joke or punchline online a lot, so I just generally assumed he sucked and Fergie really botched that signing. Like Alfie said, not like he lit it up whatsoever, but to have gone from where he was, to a legitimate professional footballer in respectable leagues is absolutely wonderful. The fact that he has a big heart to go back to his orphanage and pay it forward to many kids like him is just the cherry on top. So very happy for Bebe.

[@silviofelix1991]

@@bigwills53 whit is mindset he is in the right club right now.

[@yamkarl1420]

Since Alfie said that he had been slowly wading through the most popular and routinely requested video ideas, it is probably time to provide him with more such video ideas so he doesn’t run out of them. Also, it hopefully helps clear up the comment section so that it is not only about video suggestions. So here are a compilation of video ideas from the comment section (with credit to the person who suggested it this time): Sevens: 7 biggest collapses that led to relegation (Shmayd) 7 greatest career peaks of all time (Valtteri Merila) 7 best strikers to never win the golden boot (Mr Oo) 7 defenders to score a hat trick (Tami Sugawara) 7 best players from the 2000s who didn’t play in a champions league final (Raymond Flores) 7 nations / clubs who did not have a golden generation 7 most inconsistent players 7 best goalkeeper performances of all time 7 best players who never commanded a transfer fee (3 transfers min,) 7 best forwards who never scored a hat trick 7 countries with better women national team than men’s 7 clubs or nations lacking in 1 specific position 7 countries who never had a player in any of the top 5 European leagues 7 best national team managers without an international cap 7 best club academy graduates (a series for each club) every XXX since XXX every Dortmund striker since Lewandowski every Juventus striker since Del Piero every Man Utd goalkeeper since Van der Sar every Inter striker since Milito every English captain since Moore every Barcelona CB since Puyol every AC Milan striker since Shevchenko/ Inzaghi Where are they now: 7 last sacked Watford managers (Yudha Bagaskara) last Soviet top league teams (Matthew Dominic Hugo M Estidola) 7 last players to score an own goal in the World Cup (Manky Avocado) Others every player who would have won the Ballon D'or if it was introduced before 1956 every player who would have won the Ballon D’or if it was open to all players between 1956 and 1993 most successful club from every European country (in Europe or in domestic league) best XI of each decade (starting from 1930s) best manager from every European country now/ ever best player from each Brazilian state worst XI to have a PL medal and finally one that I really want to be done ranking the Premier League clubs by how good their best ever player was Please leave your suggestions below so that I can properly credit you but also avoid clogging up the comments. Thank you.

[@AbbasAdejonwo]

Day 4 of 7 best footballers who've gone to prison

[@BOMBADIDIL]

That’s a list 👁👄👁

[@ephraimlokuagabana5450]

Ranking pele's 125 greatest living players of all time. Good way to sort it out.

[@yamkarl1420]

@@ephraimlokuagabana5450 that's a very good idea but it would be a 1.5 hour video at the very least lol

[@yamkarl1420]

@@AbbasAdejonwo will be put in the next list, thanks

[@alexa5675]

3:34 = Still love that 'Eddie Howe/Anyhow" joke

[@archstanton6102]

Should be on a t-shirt

[@PapaNierForReplicant]

Same here.

[@maud3444]

De Laet's actually a well respected player nowadays in the Belgian First Division

[@willhazelden7153]

7 longest serving managers against the seven shortest serving managers

[@imma10200]

Wenger and Fergie will be at the top

[@talhahhussain5603]

@@imma10200 Guy Roux: 'Am I a joke to you?'

[@trunter20]

De Laet got a Premier League winner's medal and a Championship runner-up with Boro in the same season!

[@powerviolentnightmare5026]

Bebe is at Rayo, which is the ultimate goal for everyone. Rayo, St. Pauli. It's always the pinnacle of your career.

[@Eibarwoman]

It would be the ultimate stops along with Celtic, Livorno, or if in France's 2nd division... Red Star.

[@BanlieueBaby]

The man became a pro balller.. something me and you only can dream. Give him some credit.

[@stonecold6521]

Normally hate these "where are they now" videos. This is a good one.

[@bahadirulker]

As a Turkish League follower I can say that Diouf is doing well here with Hatayspor and he is working under such a great manager. Hatayspor is a newbie here in first division but probably stay here and enjoy the league. For Obertan side, he still has that skill and class. However Erzurum is a typical relegating team in our league. Obertan can probably go to another first div team end of the season.

[@timf0192]

Fergie’s biggest mistake was never signing Jeremy “Swaz” Lynch

[@hoze1235]

the fame would get to his head

[@Kofi_Mensahs_BurnerAccount]

Nah couldn't have done that. Would've stifled the development of Cristiano Ronaldo with his touch which was allegedly better than the Invincibles squad.

[@faztudo6286]

In my opinion, and don't grill me for this, I think that Sir Alex Ferguson is partly responsible for Manchester United's decline. I'm a Manchester United fan by the way. He started signing average players and below average players in the last few years of his tenure at the club. This was coupled by his successors following suit by doing the same thing in the years that followed. The 2011 UCL final is a good example. We had no depth in that squad and we were out of our depth (pun intended) going into that match thinking we could have taken the game to Barcelona. The only quality players were Rooney and Carrick, to name a few. The others were out of their prime. The tactics also blew us out of the water. I would have parked the bus or played the Catenaccio. Fergie is the all-time greatest because he'd managed to win the league title twice with such an average squad. Had we been serious in the transfer windows post 2010 or 2011, we would have been as big a threat as Manchester City, Chelsea, and Liverpool (2018 through to 2020). I have confidence in OGS (sometimes wavering at that) but I don't think we'll ever be on par with other titanic teams in the medim-term. He's not a long-term solution. However, I know that he's capable of doing wonderful things at that club. We'll never sign proper players if we don't win one or two trophies, even with the limited resources (players) we have available. No top manager in the world is capable of helping Manchester United. A motivated Ole Gunnar Solskjær is a dangerous Ole Gunnar Solskjær, and he could be a monster manager and a threat both at home and abroad. I don't think he knows just how how good he actually is. Though Mourinho was in a bad space while at the helm, I believed him when he had said that finishing 2nd in the 2017/18 season with that team was his greatest achievement. A better board would also have been another solution. There's a lot going on at that club and I wish for everyone involved, executives and the coaching staff, to take more accountability and responsibility. With regard to the youth, it seems that the only thing to do is to send them out on loan. They're not good or ready enough to play at this level of the game.

[@Kofi_Mensahs_BurnerAccount]

@@faztudo6286 you can thank the Glazers for a lot of the downfall. Sir Alex always used to make a couple of signings every summer to keep the squad on its toes but the Glazers financially starved Sir Alex. Essentially Fergie had to come out and say 'there's no value in the market' but the truth was they wouldn't cough up the cash for World class players. Sir Alex could see the squad in 2012-2013 whilst experienced in winning titles, were getting old and in their twilight. There was no way they'd give him the cash to rebuild the whole team and the academy hadn't produced anything world class or functional at that moment since Darren Fletcher in 2002/2003. Jose was given a fair bit of money but he blew it on nonsense like Matic and Lukaku and the waste that was Sanchez. Van Gaal blew money on Di Maria, Schnedelin and arguably the worst loan in United in Falcao. Since LVG and Jose, the Glazers have decided that United will not have £70m+ net spend ever.

[@faztudo6286]

@@Kofi_Mensahs_BurnerAccount You're right. The Glazers have ruined everything and the sad fact is that they don't know what they are doing. They should just relinquish ownership of the club and sell it to better business-minded people. Mourinho's signings, Lukaku in particular, didn't make sense. He didn't fit well in that team. The man's a proper player but the men who played behind him were abysmal. Alexis Sanchez was already out of his prime. Mourinho had no business signing Sanchez and Matić. The problem with Jose is that he's a managerial risk. No good player will want anything to do with him. So, Sanchez and Matić were is only hope at restoration. LvG was already finished when he had come to United. Di María would have been so good as a United player under a better manager that season. It just doesn't matter how much money can be thrown at the club unless we can get sensible owners and executives.

[@re9bel]

Roy Carroll is a cult hero for Olympiacos's fans here in Greece. He joined OFI Crete without any expectations and after six months during which he was one the best goalkeepers in the league, Olympiacos snapped as a second choice experienced keeper. Before long though he was called in action. His first appearance was against Rubin Kazan in Moscow in the first match for the round of 32, in the Europa League, coming on as a late substitute after Balázs Megyeri conceded a penalty and was given a red card. Carroll saved the penalty with the first touch of his Olympiacos career and his team went on to win 0-1. In the return leg, Carroll put in a performance considered legendary by the fans, after producing a string of saves in whilst carrying a visible hamstring injury. His named was singed by the fans throughout the match as he was visibly in pain but kept on playing nevertheless. He stayed two seasons at Piraeus, winning the Greek league once and returning in the Champions League almost eight years after his United times. According to him, his time in Greece and his return to high level football helped him fight against alcoholism.

[@libby_b0145]

Video suggestion: the best players Wenger “nearly signed”

[@supered2598]

All the top class players rn

[@itswalker9]

The list is long, trust me

[@prometheustv6558]

Messi

[@Confession_Of_A_Dangerous_Mind]

That would be a 3hr documentary😂

[@raghavrathi6591]

That's basically the FIFPro World XI

[@LUKE2KOFFICIAL]

Your videos are ace man

[@Halcryder]

I though Diouf was a decent signing considering his goal scoring record at the time, to be honest. I mean, it didn't work out in the end, but that's how it is sometimes with football. Rather, I found David Bellion from Sunderland to be far stranger, considering how poor he guy was at Sunderland, and overall, a very poor striker.

[@reeveswongpiano]

I remember he was supposed to be the next Henry........

[@kinggamer523]

Loved having him at Stoke, he worked hard and never seemed to mind where he was played.

[@arkasubhroc2]

Alfie I swear, that Eddie Howe joke is your best work till date.

[@jairmorales2017]

Diouf is a player that was never the best but he was never bad. He seems like he always scores at a respectable level.

[@heinnmikk9661]

A bit harsh on Possebon I would say. Signed at the age of 18 with huge potential, but that injury against Boro had a massive influence on his carreer. That doesn't make him a strange signing... I would have chosen Manucho, Dong Fangzhou or David Bellion instead of him...

[@Syam8989]

Dong fangzhou...hahaha...that guy,why did they sign him .

[@your_man_ghoul5418]

It's sort of like what could've happened to shaw

[@owenthfc9055]

Hey alfie, i dont know if you will see this but I’d love to see you make a video on africa’s ‘right to dream’ academy and their heavy connections to Manchester City and FC Nordsjælland. Nordsjælland (Danish team) have dozens of Ghanaians in theor team because of it including hot property Muhammad Kudus who recently signed for Ajax. Manchester City also have some current and former right to dream players in their academy including Godsway Donyoh (who is now at Nordsjælland), Collins Tanor, Razak Nuhu, Nana Boateng, Thomas Agyepong, Divine Naah, Yaw Yeboah, Ernest Agyiri, Evans Mensah, Enock Kwakwa, Dominic Oduro and so many more. You many not know many, if not any but that’s not the point the point is Man City’s and Nordsjælland’s involvement in the right to dream academy and I believe City have had some sort of legal controversy with this whole right to dream and Nordsjælland stuff. Would love to see a video made on this personally as I find it really interesting.

[@notabot0001]

Very interesting he should cover it

[@Fubar_Garage]

RItchie De Laet is a walking machine! Still one of the best defenders in Belgium on the right and left back at this moment. His teams stands second in stand and if it was not for that bad manager martinez he would be a belgium red devil again!

[@jamesb4562]

in possibon's defence....the guy looked class before that game and looked brilliant in it

[@MegaCalin88]

I remember Bebe was supposed to sign in Romania for free and after a few days Man United got him instead and actually paid 🤣

[@stfe6265]

Royal Antwerp was a feeder club of Ferguson's Man United for many years. Belgium and Netherlands have or at least had less stricter rules on work permits thus making it easier for English teams to sign non European players with the promise of sending them on loan to gain a European nationality in other countries.

[@nickjeffery536]

HITC - "I made a video taking a look at Sir Alex's seven best signings of all time, and I'll probably make the reverse of that at some stage as well..." Here's hoping for "Seven Best People Who Signed Sir Alex Ferguson"...

[@shakiMiki]

eh?

[@oshay333]

I'm So glad you metioned Possebon, he's got a league cup winner medal & played with Neymar...Still no one really knows anything about him

[@matthoward7645]

One of my favorite fifa players ever when I was a yout

[@mainsmain]

He played for Braga 1 season i think and that's all i know lol

[@Fabian-yc4om]

Day 2: 7 best player-manager seasons of all time

[@gustavomonteiro302]

Damn Rodrigo Possebon, he played for my team Santos during their Libertadores title campaign and barely got any playing time. Became a folkloric type of transfer because he was the "former Manchester United guy".

[@mattwalker9382]

Video suggestion: best XI who play for a different national team to the country of their birth

[@glennaldosf]

Saw Tosic play and score last year for Partizan in a friendly tournament against Spartak + Lokomotiv Moscow in Qatar....

[@yungtrashlord]

would like to see hitc sevens cover the beneliga (combined league of belgium and netherlands) as well as his opinions on it

[@TheVolginator]

Bebe just seems like a good dude. Pony footballer, but decent fella

[@Anonymouseys]

He made a pro career out of it so he can't be that bad. Give him the credit he is due. The dude signed for Manchester United. Granted, he didn't exactly play for them, but he can still say he played for United under the great Alex Ferguson. Respect.

[@hoze1235]

i think Ferguson felt sorry for him and wanted to give him a better life

[@mateoaguado1684]

@@Anonymouseys he's being good at Rayo Vallecano these 3 years , hes bagged lots of goals ,assists and is a good player

[@Beyenne3000]

Day 3: Best 7 Caribbean Footballers of all time. (Had to either play for a Caribbean Nation or be born in the Caribbean and be uncapped)

[@RhidMorgan]

Crazy how quickly you forget about players I’d say 90% of players now will be forgotten about in 10 years

[@chinaman1]

To be fair obertan was a hot asset in Football manager/championship manager games back then too.

[@DiNozzoLeach]

The shot of Mama Diouf upside down is the best thing ever 🤣🤣

[@fiereke]

De Laet was the only player on the pitch with a PL medal, when Antwerp beat Tottenham in the Europa Leaugue.

[@ChinmayRastogi]

I kinda low key always wait for the Anyhow Eddie Howe moments in HITC Sevens vids. 😬 That'll probably be the reason I subscribe to this channel someday, if I can find about 10 people who find it just as amusing 🙃

[@libby_b0145]

Cannot wait to watch the Wenger version of this

[@alexa5675]

Get the popcorn!

[@TechSupport900]

Marouane schmack

[@libby_b0145]

@@TechSupport900 Yaya Sanaogo

[@alexa5675]

@@TechSupport900 Chamakh was overlooked

[@maltlickytexas]

Kim Kallstrom & Manuel Almunia

[@deepyram3103]

Top 7 players to play for rivals and be successful at both clubs

[@user-ie6jr4bg1w]

Cruijff on 1

[@boney__70]

Tevez

[@richardbunch6912]

Kenny Miller won the double on both sides of the old firm

[@reverseflashplays8615]

Could you do a top 7 1 season wonder

[@rocky1169pt]

Bebe was signed by Vitoria Guimarães after playing in the Homeless World Cup. He shined there and vit. Guimarães decided to sign him. Not the greatest player but no doubt a great story.

[@williamthompson2941]

we've all had an unusual stay in Staff's - so true

[@Beansontoast93911]

Video suggestion hitc sevens best Eddie Howe Segways lol

[@ephraimlokuagabana5450]

Alfie please do ranking pele's 125 greatest living list I've been asking this for a long time. But I love your content still.

[@elliotmorrow2222]

Great video with some really interesting stories! It was really difficult to hear some of the final words in your sentences though - you kept dropping off into near-silence 😥

[@rfvtgbzhn]

I think some of these signings would just be average for other clubs. For example Obertan. He was signed as a bench player, spent most time on the bench and then sold for the same amount for which he was signed. This wouldn't be considered extraordinary for most managers.

[@joelthorpe4170]

Day 20 - The Biggest transfers of EVERY summer transfer window of the Premier League Era, Where are they now?

[@markolitvic6981]

Interesting that this video is recommended to me now

[@12thMandalorian]

Honourable mention to Adem Ljajic joined United along with Tosic, yet never played a game or completed the move officially due to work permit issues

[@wife9571]

i’m american but somehow the “we’ve all had an unusual stay in staffordshire” absolutely sent me 🤣🤣

[@ileia3755]

Video idea: 7 players with the most humble beginnings

[@Liamcb93]

Swansea’s 2013 League Cup winning squad - where are they now?

[@sugarjaydavid]

OFF- Ferroviária won the Woman's Copa Libertadores last week...

[@cmb2934]

HITC Top 7 players that became professional from the Scottish Highland League

[@PokeKen7]

Wenger 7 Stangest signing: Where are they now?

[@balham5606]

Bebe was weird i agree Can you do a video on the mk dons and afc Wimbledon story pls ?

[@florianmaier6286]

Day 32: 7 worst players who scored a hattrick in either the premier or champions league

[@prometheustv6558]

Yakubu

[@Pie9123]

Great video. Make a video about Rogério Ceni, it has been exactly 10 years since he got his 100th goal.

[@gunnarelisigurjonsson2587]

I was at that game against burnley 🤣🤣. Wearing a long sleeve shirt to hide my Arsenal tattoo 🤣🤣🤣. Had a blast and was with friends that support utd. Loved the goal and just had an awesome time

[@jhaych]

I was there at bebe debut against wolves in the Premier league we won 2/1, Park got a brace, he got subbed on then subbed off he was that bad.

[@3coldcapricorn227]

Goddamn that shot of staffs uni library shot me through

[@MrCandyland89]

Manucho was 24 when he was signed from the Angolan premier league.

[@MrAaronlord]

The "Eddie Howe" just killed me

[@VoltageLP]

Wow, Obertan is still alive 😲

[@joesmith3997]

nice

[@Jacob-cu4uj]

0:48 what’s vidic got her listening too?

[@25neptun93]

Do a video about DINAMO BUCHAREST PLEASEEEE

[@beneddu]

Roy Carroll was a bargain on Champ Manager

[@pmc8451]

Richie De Laet left Man Utd to win trophies

[@testertlc4905]

Day 2: 7 world class managers who were also world class players

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

Bebe scored 48 goals in the homeless world Cup. Show the man some respect

[@ijenslin6292]

In honour of that last lad, 7 once prem players to have made less that 100 career appearances

[@justnoel-_-9508]

DAY 1 of asking HITC Sevens to make a video about-7 Things Manchester United need to change to win titles again ❤

[@archstanton6102]

Manager

[@bricktop.]

Manager, players &5 other things.

[@mxo.]

damn it's almost 10 years since Man U won the PL ...how crazy

[@iangascoigne8231]

A versatile defender. Translation ‘A jack of all trades and master of none”. Up there with attacking full back. “Looks good going forward but can’t defend”.

[@Dazza768]

2009 was a wild year for sir Alex 😂

[@stephen123470]

What happened to Panathinaikos?

[@simonjonsson1576]

Video idea: A Scandinavian national team. Don't know if it already has been done?

[@andredavidkilian4607]

Where's Eric Djemba Djemba?

[@thegoat5375]

Man they dropped the ball with this one smdh

[@John-ml8qf]

Very strange signing indeed.SAF might have thought he share the same skills like Cantona.After all both have the same first name.😝🤣

[@jesse6412]

7 players who your country wish played for them (players who would’ve made a drastic change for the better for your country)

[@folarinalabi3250]

Day 3: 7 football characters/players that are a dying breed

[@brolinfernandez3956]

Day 2: 7 of the best individual seasons of the last 30 years to not finish in the top 3 of Ballon D'or voting

[@wolfmauler]

Who's pictured at 0:28?

[@lidoanhoxv9662]

Juan Sebastian Veron. Was quality for lazio but didn’t really find away to fit in at United.

[@andrealmeida852]

Day 28: 7 best international tournaments ever in your (world cup,euro,etc.)

[@dent20111]

Carrol was actually quite a solid keeper fo united.

[@brfcitizen]

What about Macheda?

[@MultiQwerty01]

Surely Manucho should of been on this list somewhere

[@jacksononthetrack8301]

11:58 ?! you said earlier he was a free agent ?

[@anthonymiller6632]

Can you do Brendon Rogers best signings please

[@sammaley1702]

Day 2 : 7 greatest title charges (had lots to points to catch up but still won it)

[@alzhansadykov]

I think that Diouf guy just led a double life as a Grammy winning artist Tyler the creator

[@philipglover3295]

What was that Angolan player United got just before Sir Alex left thought Alfie would have mentioned him

[@RogerSmith1984]

Manucho ... wow, totally forgot about him during all these years ..

[@philipglover3295]

@@RogerSmith1984 that’s him

[@depekthegreat359]

In this and other worlds,I am a 320th liker of this video,good friends!!!:-D

[@ottson]

10:19 Roy Caroll? Just one R?

[@wrp9025]

Day 4: who you personally think should have won the ballon dor for each year

[@miltonedwin8237]

who's that lady with Vidic at 0:49

[@AvatarN]

Damn Roy Carroll is still playing?

[@Bigboy-tm1rz]

Day 66 of saying you should make a video on how individuals become referees and make it to the pro level. I'm currently going through the ranks in the US and think it's more interesting, more difficult, and more complicated then people think.

[@ZachCooper88]

Make a video on John-Pierre Adams! Just seen that he's been in a coma since 1982 😱

[@lalitthapa101]

Day2--> Most beautiful football crests from A-Z

[@konstantinmueller]

Isn’t there a theory surrounding Bebe, about that Nani had taken steroids and Jorge Mendes then convinced the Portuguese National Team to let him leave so he wouldn’t get tested and as part of the Deal ManU than had to pick up Bebe.

[@prometheustv6558]

Day 47: Barcelona 2011 vs 2015 Combined XI