sentences:  United then solved the goalkeeping crisis by paying AS Monaco £7.8 million for Fabien Barthez.Also new to the squad for 1999–2000 were French defender Mikaël Silvestre and South African winger Quinton Fortune.Jesper Blomqvist and Wes Brown missed the entire season due to injury, while similar misfortune restricted defenders David May and Ronny Johnsen to three first-team appearances between them.