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Previous United manager raids on old clubs

Updated 31 July

After Jose Mourinho's Manchester United secured the signing of Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic this summer, we take a look at some previous occasions when a Reds manager was reunited with a former player...

Ray Wilkins (Dave Sexton - Chelsea)
The midfielder had made a real impression at Stamford Bridge, captaining the Blues at an early age, and the huge £825,000 fee in 1980 reflected this status. Sexton was an admirer of his fellow Londoner from their time together in the capital and managed to pull off the swoop.