Manchester United signed Tim Howard from MetroStars in 2003 to replace Fabian Barthez. The American shot-stopper could have gotten off to a better start however.
When Howard made the trip over from America to sign his contract, he, unfortunately, chose to don a light blue suit - the colours of United's bitter rivals Manchester City. Of course, stood there shaking the hand of new manager Sir Alex Ferguson in such an outfit would have risked angering the manager.
Howard spoke about the incident on former United team-mate Ben Foster's 'Fozcast' podcast on YouTube. He explained how it came about and also how he instantly realised his mistake.
