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Man Utd hero Parker: Wan-Bissaka better than Alexander-Arnold

Manchester United's Aaron Wan-Bissaka is a better defender than fellow young right-back Trent Alexander Arnold.

That is according to United's legendary fullback Paul Parker.

Alexander-Arnold enjoyed a phenomenal 2018/19 season with Liverpool, but Parker thinks United's summer signing is the best right-back in the Premier League.

He told the WeAreTheBusbyBoys podcast of Wan-Bissaka: "I've said it many times, I watched him often last year, I just like what he does.

"People talk about the lad at Liverpool [Alexander-Arnold] but he can't defend like Wan Bissaka, whose defending and positioning is very good. He wants to defend, he loves it.

"And every time he won a tackle [against Chelsea] there was no doubt he won it cleanly. You would think he had been there years.

"I'm judging him as a defender. He is the best right back in the Premier League.

"There's always a question about him going forward, he can learn that, he will get better and better. He's playing for a team who will allow him to do that.

"If you're playing next to him as a centre-half, you're saying to yourself 'there's my get out of jail card' because he wants to make those tackles and wants to protect that right hand side.

"He doesn't want to give anyone a yard or see anybody deliver crosses from his side of the park. I thrive on that. I love that."

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