When Manchester United signed Andrei Kanchelskis in March 1991 for £650,000, not much was known about the Russian, although the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson had watched a video of him playing for Russia's U21s and the transfer was deemed a calculated risk.
The transfer talks between Shakhtar Donetsk and United were secret, though, so much so that when Kanchelskis arrived in Manchester he didn't know which North West club he was joining, but he would eventually become a cult hero at Old Trafford.
After four years spent at United between 1991 and 1995, Kanchelskis made his exit having won two Premier League titles, the League Cup, the FA Cup and the European Super Cup, but he certainly didn't leave for pastures new quietly.
