Man United should move for Saint-Maximin

Erik ten Hag hasn’t had the begin to life at Manchester United that he had hoped for when he took the reins at Previous Trafford earlier this yr.

If defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion within the membership’s opening Premier League sport wasn’t unhealthy sufficient, the 4-0  thrashing at Brentford six days later noticed United attain their lowest echelon within the post-Sir Alex Ferguson interval, going bottom of the league desk.

A 2-1 victory over Liverpool final Monday will hopefully be the catalyst for the Dutchman to show issues round on the membership, and it’ll take time for his philosophies and taking part in type to cross on to the gamers.

Whereas the signing of Casemiro from Actual Madrid has bolstered a stale midfield, the main target will now absolutely flip to bettering a stagnating assault.

One participant with whom Ten Hag has been linked is Newcastle ahead Allan Saint-Maximin, in accordance with French outlet Media Foot. Magpies supervisor Eddie Howe reportedly trying to hearken to presents for the Frenchman, with a payment of £50m being touted.

United want some rejuvenation in an attacking sense. Cristiano Ronaldo’s future appears more and more prone to lie away from Previous Trafford, and except the likes of Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford can put within the performances to banish the criticism of current months, targets might be laborious to come back by for the Pink Devils.

Saint-Maximin scored five targets and registered 5 assists within the league final season, posting more goal contributions than each United attacker aside from Ronaldo, and he might give Ten Hag’s facet a unique dimension throughout the frontline.

In line with FBRef‘s related participant mannequin, the Newcastle ahead is comparable to AC Milan star Rafael Leao, and the 2 share parallel statistics in key areas from final season.

Ought to United signal Saint-Maximin?

The Portuguese ace registered simply over double the variety of objective contributions as Saint-Maximin (21 to 10) in 2021/22, with the 2 producing an identical common of shot-creating actions per 90 minutes over the course of the season (3.63 to three.66).

Each are at their greatest from a large place, delivering 69 crosses every, whereas from a defensive standpoint, each received slightly below half of their aerial duels (45% to 38.8%).

Former Lazio participant Marco Parolo once claimed that Leao might turn into “one of many strongest offensive wingers on the planet”, whereas Saint-Maximin seems to have all the required attributes to make a distinction to Ten Hag’s facet.

Howe described the 25-year-old’s efficiency towards Manchester Metropolis final Sunday as “electric”, and if the Pink Devils want to attain the highest 4 of the Premier League, then a transfer for Saint-Maximin must be prioritised.