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Man Utd told one Paul Pogba replacement would be ‘brilliant business’
ATLETICO MADRID midfielder Saul Niguez would be a “brilliant” signing for Manchester United, claims ESPN FC pundit Shaka Hislop.
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Saul has been linked with a move to Manchester United as a potential replacement for Paul Pogba, who wants to leave Old Trafford.
United’s task was made harder last week when their rivals Manchester City signed another midfielder from Atletico in Rodri.
Ex-West Ham goalkeeper Hislop says for that reason it would be poor business from Atletico to let another star go in Saul.
But he reckons the 24-year-old fits the bill for the type of player United need to be signing.
Incredible talent, Saul, and at the age that Manchester United will be looking at players
“For that reason [City buying Rodri], from Atletico Madrid’s perspective, this doesn’t make any kind of sense to me at all,” Hislop said.
“Not right now, not until you can figure out who comes in.
“And even so, are you going to be making wholesale changes this summer?
“It’s a long transfer window still to go yet, a lot of time to play out.
“We will see how that works out.
“I will say if you’re Manchester United and if you can somehow convince Saul to leave Atletico, with all that they have done, with Champions League football to come, to come to Old Trafford, that is brilliant business on your part.
“Incredible talent, Saul, and at the age that Manchester United will be looking at players.
“But again, I’m looking at this from the selling club’s [point of view].
“Right now, that doesn’t make any kind of sense to Atletico Madrid to let Saul go.”
Meanwhile, Spanish football expert Dermot Corrigan is confident Saul will not be leaving Atletico this summer.
“I think it’s really, really unlikely at this stage,” Corrigan said on the Transfer Talk podcast.
“With Atletico you can never say never but I was speaking to somebody very close to Saul yesterday who just told me there’s nothing happening.”
Saul has made 249 career appearances for Atletico, scoring 34 goals.