Rio Ferdinand insists a hybrid of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Aaron Wan-Bissaka would be the 'ultimate machine' at right back while claiming the latter is much better defensively than his Liverpool counterpart.
Wan-Bissaka has starred at Manchester United since his £50million move from Crystal Palace in the summer while Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to go from strength-to-strength for Premier League champions-elect Liverpool.
Alexander-Arnold is widely regarded as England's best right back with a huge future ahead of him in the international team but Ferdinand believes Wan-Bissaka can fight the Liverpool star all the way for a spot in Gareth Southgate's starting line-up.
'If you moulded them two players together, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Trent Alexander-Arnold, you've got the best player,' Ferdinand said during an Instagram Q&A.
'Aaron Wan-Bissaka one-versus-one, I've seen [Raheem] Sterling play against him and Sterling rinses everybody, he finds it hard against Wan-Bissaka.
'One-versus-one he will match you physically, he will run with you, he will slide on the floor if you're getting away from him a little bit more and he has to go into overdrive.
'He can cover people, unbelievable. He could play right side of a back three at Man United if they wanted to, I think he'd be brilliant there.'
Wan-Bissaka is still waiting to force his way into Southgate's England plans, with Alexander-Arnold and Kieran Trippier still ahead of him in the pecking order.
But he has become instrumental for United already and Ferdinand - who won six Premier League titles, one Champions League and two League Cups for the club - believes his defensive qualities make him stand apart from the rest.
'On the ball nowhere near as good as Trent, but Trent defensively one-on-one isn't anywhere near as good as Wan-Bissaka, so if you had both of them you've got the ultimate machine,' Ferdinand added.
'It depends on the game, If I knew I was going to have to defend a lot and I need someone to lock down the winger I'm bringing AWB on.'
SlimShady
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If you add TAA and AWB together, you get Dani Alves
Wawabirstu
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That is very true,I can't argue on that.AWB is way better than TAA on one-on-one take on and in the defensive role,as you even saw against Sterling.TAA is just better at things like assists,crossing and corner takings.But if you expect him to do what Bissaka does,since they have the same roles,he won't play impressively!
Bestonwizzy
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The simple truth is that AwB is 100% defending minded than TAA TAA is 100% attacking minded than AWB... And I can see they both working on their opposite to have them as the best in their position