Antonio Rudiger has been urged to snub a move to Manchester United this summer as speculation continues over his future.
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Stan Collymore believes Arsenal will "choke" during the Champions League run-in and hand a top-four spot to either Manchester United or Tottenham Hotspur.
The gap between United and Arsenal currently sits at four points with the Gunners having a game to play over Ralf Rangnick's side. United went into the international break on the back of beating Spurs, thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick heroics — although Antonio Conte's men are in fifth place on 51 points, one ahead of United.
Arsenal made ground on the 20-time top-flight winners and leapfrogged United into the all-important fourth spot before the break. Both clubs will lock horns towards the end of April in a potential six-pointer to decide who qualifies for the elite European competition next season — but Collymore expects Mikel Arteta's side to falter.
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"I’m going for United or Spurs to pip them to the post, though, because I suspect Arsenal’s young team will choke on the final stretch," the former Liverpool striker said via TeamTalk. "If they prove me wrong, I will happily wear an Arsenal shirt with ‘Arteta 8’ on the back and post a picture of it on social media on the last day of the season."
Following United's knockout stage disappointment to Atletico Madrid, earlier this month, their hopes are now pinned on squeezing into the top-four as a route to the Champions League. They face a difficult run-in, starting with the visit of Leicester City next Saturday.
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Antonio Rudiger has been urged to snub a move to Manchester United this summer as speculation continues over his future.
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