Dwight Yorke urges Man Utd to make daring transfer raid to sign 'monster' from Liverpool

Dwight Yorke has identified Liverpool star Darwin Nunez as a 'monster' Manchester United should make an audacious bid to sign.

The Uruguay international joined Liverpool in a , fending off interest from United and Atletico Madrid. Nunez has failed to maintain his impressive scoring rate from Benfica and scored 35 goals in 107 outings for the Reds.

Two of those goals have come in 11 appearances this term with Nunez starting the season on the bench under . Though, with.

Yorke believes Nunez is simply out of form. The United treble-winning legend sees the 25-year-old as being able to offer physicality that the Red Devils lack and more suited to Old Trafford than Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins.

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"If I could sign anyone to come in at number nine for , then I would try and nick Darwin Nunez off ," Yorke told .

"Again, I know people may scoff at that suggestion, he’s a little bit out of form, and people give him stick, but I’m convinced that there is a monster of a player in there that is waiting to come out. He’s got a presence; he’s got something nasty about him and I think he’s a real handful.

"Manchester United need a player who can act as that focal point and give them that presence on the pitch. They need someone with Darwin Nunez’s physical attributes.

"He’s somebody I would try to poach. If I’m looking for a number nine right now, I would take a chance with this guy.

"Ollie Watkins is a great striker, but I think United need someone with a bit more of a physical presence up top.

"I’m convinced that if you played him week-in, week-out, Darwin Nunez would start ripping up the ."

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Liverpool boss has also praised his striker's qualities. "I think about Darwin, I gave him credit for the fact he worked so hard in previous weeks when he didn't play a lot to be able to play three games in a row," Slot said.

"I think three games in eight days, so that says a lot about him – but it also says a lot about the quality of our performance staff and medical staff that we were able to give him the right sessions to prepare him in the right way.

"You always need the player to buy in because you can give him the right sessions, but if he doesn't give everything then it is very difficult for him to do what he did. Also with him it was a good thing his ban for the Uruguay team was cancelled so he could play two games there, that probably helped for him to play the way he did – and I am not talking about the quality he played with, but the intensity he played with.”

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