Alex Ferguson signed Kanchelskis to give the team a youthful option in place of the older ones currently available to him .
It had been 26 years since their last top division title , and manager Alex Ferguson signed Kanchelskis in a bid to find an attacking right-sided midfielder to give him a younger and quicker option to the older right-sided midfielders Bryan Robson and Mike Phelan , as well as the skilful but lightweight Russell Beardsmore , whose once promising United career was nearing its end by this stage .
Andrei Kanchelskis