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Manchester United routinely scour the globe for football talent and have been represented by players good, great and not so great from all over the world.

The Red Devils signed Cameroonian forward Bryan Mbeumo as part of an attacking overhaul this summer, and he is already linking up well with Ivorian livewire Amad and Moroccan defender Noussair Mazraoui.

The former Brentford man became the 14th African player to represent the club when he started against Arsenal in August. Here we take a look at every African player to play for United, in chronological order.

Man United’s first African player, Fortune arrived at Old Trafford to reinforce a buoyant team which had just won the Treble. The problem was not necessarily with the player, who had built a big reputation in Atletico Madrid’s B team, but with the squad he was brought into.

Fortune played either as a central midfielder or full-back, so was fighting for places with the likes of Paul Scholes, Roy Keane and Denis Irwin. Unsurprisingly he struggled to oust any of them, and when opportunities presented themselves he was invariably sidelined through injury.

Fortune was part of three title-winning squads but didn’t play enough...