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title: "Manchester United: Santiago Arias ready to join Red Devils"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
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published: "2022-09-10T18:15:02Z"
modified: "2022-09-10T18:15:02Z"
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# Manchester United: Santiago Arias ready to join Red Devils

**Manchester United can sign free agent Santiago Arias should they wish, journalist [Johnson Saenz reports](https://twitter.com/JohnsonSaenz/status/1568257575493455875?s=20&t=1Cfy5h5pSDObzmdrjpYZsA).**

### The lowdown

The right-back has been [without a club](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/santiago-arias/transfers/spieler/120443) since he left Atletico Madrid at the end of his contract earlier in the summer. The 30-year-old has [also played for](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/santiago-arias/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/120443) Sporting Lisbon, PSV Eindhoven and Bayer Leverkusen during his career.

However, Erik ten Hag does have two senior right-backs at his disposal already in Diogo Dalot and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

### The latest

Saenz took to Twitter on Friday afternoon to share the latest on Arias, who is seemingly just awaiting the green light to travel to Manchester.

The journalist [stated](https://twitter.com/JohnsonSaenz/status/1568257575493455875?s=20&t=1Cfy5h5pSDObzmdrjpYZsA): “Santiago Arias has his bags ready to move to Manchester United”.

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### The verdict

Would Ten Hag be tempted by the chance to sign Arias?

The 30-year-old would seemingly offer a greater attacking threat than Wan-Bissaka based on his career record. Arias has averaged a direct goal contribution every 6.75 matches up to this point ([44 in 297](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/santiago-arias/leistungsdaten/spieler/120443)), compared to every 10.8 matches for the current United right-back ([16 in 173](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aaron-wan-bissaka/leistungsdaten/spieler/477758/plus/0?saison=ges)).

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Arias has won [six major trophies](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/santiago-arias/erfolge/spieler/120443) in his career – three Dutch league titles, two Dutch cups (with PSV) and one UEFA Super Cup (with Atletico).

Meanwhile, his former Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz [offered this assessment](https://bulinews.com/news/6175/leverkusen-coach-praises-very-complete-santiago-arias) of his qualities in 2020: “I already knew Santiago Arias as an opponent in the Netherlands, where he played for one of the top teams and was used quite offensively.

“At Atletico, he played a more defensive role. This combination makes him a very complete player, who will help us.”

Arias only earned [€17,700 (£15,500) per week](https://fbref.com/en/players/fdd60087/Santiago-Arias) at Atletico, so this could be a very cheap deal to execute, all things considered.