Liverpool's pursuit of Saul Niguez has hit something of a roadblock - putting Manchester United in the driving seat. The Reds have been linked with the Atletico Madrid midfielder and Borussia Monchengladbach's Florian Neuhaus ever since Georginio Wijnaldum left for Paris Saint-Germain.
But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Red Devils have also been linked with £45million-rated Spaniard Saul and have now stolen a march over their bitter Premier League rivals Liverpool.
As reported by the Liverpool Echo, Jurgen Klopp's Reds currently have a total of 17 non-homegrown players on their books. This is because Japan international Takumi Minamino has just returned from his loan spell at Southampton and Liverpool have completed the signing of French
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