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The two are arguably the two best teams in Europe, despite City struggling to keep pace with Liverpool this season having missed the injured Aymeric Laporte, while United are struggling
under Solskjaer. While only six points off the top four, United have lost eight of 24 league matches and won only nine, with Leicester 14 points ahead of the 20-time champions. And
ex-full-back Nicol believes Maddison should stay at the King Power Stadium, where he is likely to have Champions League football on offer next term with United facing a battle to return to
Europe’s premier competition and looking more likely to have to settle for the Europa League again next term. “Under normal circumstances this would be kind of a no brainer, somebody like
him, playing at a provincial side shall we call them in Leicester City,” Nicol told ESPN FC while discussing the chances of Maddison going to Old Trafford. “The big guns of Manchester United
come calling for you and it’s only a matter of, can the two clubs sort it out financially? That’s what used to happen. “The bottom line is, is it going to benefit this guy going to United
right now? I don’t think it would. I think it would help him to keep playing in the way he has at Leicester.