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Chris Knight

Man Utd flop was handed tongue-in-cheek fine for crude joke to team-mate

Manchester United flop Nick Powell was once slapped with a fine for a crude 'your mum' joke.

Powell was tipped for big things at Old Trafford after sealing a £6million switch as a teenager in 2012. The former Crewe Alexandra prospect even netted on his debut in an emphatic home win over Wigan Athletic.

However, Powell would go on to make just two more Premier League appearances before joining the Latics four years later. The attacker failed to impress in loan spells at Leicester and Hull City, with the Red Devils allowing the former England youth international to leave as a free agent.

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