Ex-Sunderland forward believes Manchester United would be a good fit for Brian Brobbey.

Former Sunderland striker Louis Saha believes Brian Brobbey would be a good fit for Manchester United.

Brobbey, one of the key players last season, launched his 2026-27 campaign with a superb hat-trick in the 5-3 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday afternoon. Brobbey has been widely praised and former Sunderland forward-turned pundit, Saha, believes he would be an ideal player at Old Trafford.

Saha, speaking to the Echo exclusively via Betano, said: “I really like Brian Brobbey and his style of play. He is very, very strong but he has a great football IQ too that is a real benefit to Sunderland. The way they play, with such high pressure but also a good positional game, I think Brobbey has been pivotal, and he has adapted so well to the Premier League.

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“He can play up front as the lone striker but I have seen him draft out to the wings too to allow other players to come in, and I think that speaks to his really high IQ as a forward. He is always one step ahead in his mind. It is not easy for strikers to make the step up to one of the top clubs in the Premier League. We have seen it with Liam Delap when he came to Chelsea. People thought it would be easy for him because he has good movement and can really focus on attacking the box but it didn’t work out for him.

“I remember when I joined Manchester United at the same time that Ruud van Nistelrooy was at the club and later Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney too. At these clubs it’s about finding your opportunities. It’s how you do this, how you do that. There is a lot of competition and you need a certain mentality to understand you won’t always play but when you do, you must get involved and have an effect. I think Brobbey has shown he can have that understanding in how he plays the game and what his teams need.”

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Saha added: “For that reason I think it would be easy for Brobbey to adapt to a club like Manchester United or Tottenham Hotspur or any other team. Super easy. He reminds me of Bryan Mbeumo. It was always going to be easy for him to make the step up after Brentford because he has a good football IQ. Straight away he fit in and worked hard, and he knew when to come to the ball and when to stretch the game, when to run behind, playing as a striker or a winger. He has many dimensions to his game so he can adapt, and that also helps him to make other players shine as well. I like players who can keep doing that as they move up from club to club and I think Brian Brobbey could do it too.”

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