Players who played for Chelsea and Manchester United

Which footballers have played for both Chelsea and Manchester United? Moves between two of the biggest clubs in England are rare and often controversial, which makes this a favourite round in The Connection. Every player below has been checked against his career record, including loan spells.

Quick quiz: how many can you name before you look? There are 11 in our list.

Show all 11 players

Player	Country	Chelsea	Manchester United
Graham Moore	Wales	1961–1963	1963–1964
Mickey Thomas	Wales	1984–1985	1978–1981
Mark Hughes	Wales	1995–1998	1980–1986 & 1988–1995
Mark Bosnich	Australia	2001–2003	1990–1991 & 1999–2001
Juan Sebastián Verón	Argentina	2003–2004	2001–2003
Juan Mata	Spain	2011–2014	2014–2023
Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	2011–2014 & 2021–2024	2017–2019
Nemanja Matić	Serbia	2014–2017	2017–2019
Mason Mount	England	2017–2023	2023–present
Jadon Sancho	England	2024–2025 loan	2021–2026
Alejandro Garnacho	Spain / Argentina	–	–

Quick facts

11 players in our verified list have played for both Chelsea and Manchester United.
The most common countries are Wales (3), Spain (2), England (2).
The earliest in our list is Graham Moore; the most recent is Jadon Sancho.
1 player made the link through a loan spell, including Jadon Sancho.

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