{"id":690112,"date":"2026-07-13T23:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/690112\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T23:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:06:17","slug":"one-surprise-liverpool-player-man-united-should-sign-as-gary-neville-delivers-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/690112\/","title":{"rendered":"One surprise Liverpool player Man United should sign as Gary Neville delivers verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Manchester United full-back Gary Neville has delivered his verdict on which Liverpool player he would like to see play for his old side\"Gary<\/p>\n

Gary Neville has had his say on who he would sign for Manchester United from Liverpool (Image: Stick to Football)<\/p>\n

Gary Neville has picked Ryan Gravenberch as the Liverpool player he would sign for Manchester United<\/a>. United have been in need of midfield reinforcements after Casemiro’s summer departure and Manuel Ugarte’s serious injury.<\/p>\n

United confirmed the \u00a350m signing of Brazilian midfielder Andrey Santos<\/a> from Chelsea<\/a> on Monday. The club are also set to sign Aston Villa’s Youri Tielemans after activating the Belgian’s \u00a335m release clause.<\/p>\n

But a move for Atalanta’s Ederson has still not been completed despite a \u00a338m fee being agreed with the Serie A side in early June. The 27-year-old has been eager to join the Reds and hinted during the World Cup that the move was all-but confirmed.<\/p>\n

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The Manchester Evening News understands that United may seek to renegotiate the deal, <\/a>which became complex after medical tests raised concerns about a knee injury sustained last season. Regardless of what happens with Ederson, United will still look to sign a third midfielder after Santos and Tielemans.<\/p>\n

And former Reds captain Neville has told the Overlap<\/a> podcast that he would like to see Gravenberch at Old Trafford<\/a> if he had to choose a player from United’s bitter rivals.<\/p>\n

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He said: “It’s harder because [Florian] Wirtz, Isak aren’t jumping out to me, [Hugo] Ekitike yeah, [Dominik] Szoboszlai maybe, [Alexis] Mac Allister hmm. I’d go Gravenberch.<\/p>\n

“If you said to me now, I’d take Gravenberch because I think he’s the best of the three midfielders and we need a midfielder desperately.<\/p>\n

“The forwards are good but I wouldn’t swap them over [Bryan] Mbeumo, [Matheus] Cunha, Bruno [Fernandes], Amad, I’d don’t think I’d be jumping to take any of them. I think they’ve got potential to do brilliant things but they’ve not proved it yet.”<\/p>\n

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Ryan Gravenberch of the Netherlands and Liverpool(Image: Stefan Koops\/EYE4IMAGES\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Michael Owen was the last player to play for both Liverpool<\/a> and United when he arrived at M16 in 2009. The striker went on to win the Premier League<\/a> title and League Cup<\/a> during his time in Manchester.<\/p>\n

Neville was also asked which manager in world football he would most like to have played under. The 51-year-old said: “[Jurgen] Klopp. I\u2019ve said this before, I think Klopp with his football, his personality, I just love it. Mad.<\/p>\n

“For five or six years you couldn\u2019t help but admire the team that I dislike the most, the team that I don\u2019t want to win. Every time you went and watched Liverpool it was a proper game of football, you knew they weren\u2019t holding back and you knew they were going to go for it.<\/p>\n

“You knew they were electric in attack, speed, particularly in that two or three-year period when they had [Sadio] Mane, [Mohamed] Salah and [Roberto] Firmino at their peak. That was a proper front three, that. The runs of Salah and Mane and the goals, then you\u2019ve got Firmino just dropping in and pulling centre-backs out and then they go in behind. It was devastating, honestly, it really was.<\/p>\n

“It was an aggressive backline. If you think of the three, the two full-backs and [Virgil] van Dijk, [Andy] Robertson at his peak, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Van Dijk and then you had [Joel] Matip or someone\u2026 but they were three brilliant defenders and Alisson was the best goalkeeper in the world. So for me, the style of football, the personality of Klopp, yeah, I\u2019d say Klopp.”<\/p>\n

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