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It's always fun to look back on previous footballing opinions and see whether they have been proven right or aged terribly.

In terms of the latter, these takes from Manchester United fans back in 2016 makes for hilarious reading.

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On the 28th June, Liverpool completed the signing of Sadio Mane from Southampton for a fee of £34m. Eight days later, Manchester United wrapped up a £26.3m deal to bring Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Borussia Dortmund to Old Trafford.

At the time, United's deal for a player who had just been voted as the Bundesliga Players' Player of the Season looked like an excellent one, and for a lot less money than Liverpool spent on a man who finished seventh with Southampton.

Anyway, as we all know now, Mane is currently one of Europe's deadliest forwards with 22 goals this season, whilst Mkhitaryan is struggling at Arsenal.

With the glorious benefit of hindsight, let's take a moment to laugh at these United fans on Twitter whose opinions on the two transfers have been made to look quite silly...