Steven Gerrard: Nemanja Matic is the one Manchester United player I’d take at Liverpool

LIVERPOOL legend Steven Gerrard has named Nemanja Matic as the one Manchester United player he would take at his former club.

Ray Wilkins blasts Chelsea for selling Matic to Man United

Manchester United forked out £35million to sign Matic from Chelsea earlier this month.

And the Serbia international is already looking like he could be a huge success, helping the Red Devils hammer West Ham 4-0 in their Premier League opener on Sunday.

Liverpool, contrastingly, slumped to a 3-3 draw at Watford.

And Gerrard thinks Matic would have been a signing that could have plugged their leaky defence.

"Looking at them at the weekend, Matic," Gerrard said ahead of Liverpool's Champions League qualifier against Hoffenheim.

Steven Gerrard would have loved to see Manchester United ace Nemanja Matic join Liverpool

"We haven't got a natural, sitting holding midfielder at the moment.

"Jordan Henderson has done a fantastic job in there at times last season, obviously struggled with injury at times, and we've got Emre Can as well.

"But for me they are suited as well to be number 8s that can get into the box.

"I think that all those players, [Gini] Wijnaldum, Henderson and Can would benefit from having a real big monster of a central midfielder in there who can break up play and help Liverpool be a bit more secure when they pile so many numbers forward.

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Manchester United signed Nemanja Matic from Chelsea this month

Manchester United Liverpool Nemanja Matic HoffenheimGETTY

Steven Gerrard would have liked to see Nemanja Matic join Liverpool

"Obviously I don't want to create any headlines, but I am a huge fan of Matic."

Liverpool's defensive woes are well-documented.

Manager Jurgen Klopp sought to rectify that by signing Virgil van Dijk from Southampton but, after the Saints reported them for tapping him up, the German has since given up on a deal. 

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