The Man Utd fans in the Football Transfer Tavern have seen a fair few good defenders come through the doors at Old Trafford in recent years...

From the likes of Steve Bruce all the way through to Rio Ferdinand, the club's huge success since the 1990's has been largely down to their resolute defending.

However, it hasn't always gone well for United defensively.

For every Gary Neville or Nemanja Vidic, there are several players that just aren't good enough or don't make the grade.

Our landlord thinks that Old Trafford has witnessed some of the worst defenders in recent memory - many of which have been nowhere near the standard normally required by the Manchester giants.

With that said, these 3 are the worst Man Utd defenders of the last 10 years - do you agree?

Fabio Da Silva

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United signed Fabio and his brother Rafael at the same time from Fluminense in Brazil - but only Rafael really made it work at United.

Fabio was meant to come in at left-back, the other side to his brother, in a new look United defence - but he just wasn't good enough.

He was eventually shipped out after management grew tired of his inability to defend.

Matteo Darmian

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The Italian hasn't been at the club long but he really doesn't look like getting near the first time anytime soon.

Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia seem pretty nailed on as the United full-backs under Jose Mourinho and that really speaks volumes when you consider that Valencia isn't even a right back by trade.

He wasn't awful last season by any means, but he just isn't good enough to hold down the right-hand side of the Man Utd defence.

Alexander Buttner

Alexander Buttner

Sir Alex Ferguson usually got his signings right but when he got them wrong - he often failed spectacularly.

Alex Buttner was a prime example of a spectacular failure by the legendary manager.

In simple terms, Buttner was simply not good enough to wear the famous red of Manchester United.

After 2 years at the club, he was unceremoniously shipped out - and the United fans in the Tavern have done their best to forget that he was ever at the club.