Chris Rigg is being watched intently by Man United. (Picture by George Wooden/Getty Photos)
Man United proceed to observe the progress of 17-year-old expertise Chris Rigg at Sunderland with a former Purple Devils scout unveiling that the Premier League giants have watched the midfielder almost “each week this season”.
A brand new period is about to start at Man United after the worldwide break as Ruben Amorim is about to take over the Purple Devils squad following the sacking of Erik ten Hag.
This comes after a summer season of change at Outdated Trafford the place the hierarchy on the Premier League membership was utterly reshuffled with INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe changing into concerned within the sporting facet of the Manchester giants.
The brand new part-owners need to do issues otherwise going ahead and all the things is now in place to assist United obtain this.
One of the crucial vital issues left to be addressed is the enjoying squad as the present group of gamers are merely not ok to compete on the highest degree. Man United are looking out for among the sport’s greatest younger expertise and one star they have already got a watch on is Sunderland’s Chris Rigg.
The Manchester membership have been linked with a transfer for the 17-year-old for the reason that summer season and in response to former Man United scout, Mick Brown, the Englishman is a participant the Purple Devils have watched almost “each week this season”.
Rigg has established himself as a key participant in Regis Le Bris’ Sunderland facet and has performed an enormous position of their spectacular begin to the season because the Black Cats presently sit prime of the Championship after 14 video games.
Man United have an in depth eye on Sunderland star Chris Rigg
Chatting with Soccer Insider, Brown has offered some perception into Man United’s curiosity in Rigg with the previous scout claiming that the Manchester membership have watched the midfielder “almost each week this season”, which exhibits the Premier League outfit’s degree of curiosity.
“He’s positively one they’re concerned about,” Brown advised Soccer Insider. “He suits the profile of a younger participant who they will help develop.
“They’ve had scouts watching him intently at Sunderland almost each week this season.
“They are going to understand how good he’s and the way far they assume he can go within the sport, and from what I’ve heard they’ve been very impressed.”