Manchester United’s Goalkeeper Conundrum Deepens Ahead of City’s Derby
Offloading the error-prone goalkeeper has added to rather than solved the goalkeeping conundrum at Old Trafford.
Altay Bayindir is 27 and has seven Premier League appearances for Manchester United.
Senne Lammens is 23 and has never played in English football.
Tom Heaton is 39 and last played in the Premier League in January 2020.
André Onana is 29 and has 72 Premier League matches, plus Champions League and Europa League finals.
The first three are goalkeepers Ruben Amorim can field on Sunday in the derby at Manchester City.
The last is the keeper who is joining Trabzonspor for the season.
In short, it is another head-scratching development at a club still seeking clarity.
Jose would remind us: The tempo of the Ferguson era is the lost tempo.
If it involves rivals, City stands for betrayal.
Liverpool triggers trauma.
Chelsea represents becoming the man he thought United would be.
There will always be a jab thrown.
TLDR
- The goalkeeping plan remains unsettled despite the changes.
- Amorim has options but clarity is still missing.
- United must rebuild tempo and structure to win again.
André Onana
Manchester United