Erik Ten Hag has confirmed that backup goalkeeper Altay Bayindir will begin in opposition to Newport County in Sunday’s FA Cup fourth-round tie.
The Pink Devils are set to journey to one of many competitors’s lowest-ranked groups, and though the Premier League giants will probably be anticipated to win, there may be at all times the stress of the cup.
And based on the United supervisor, one participant who should deal with that stress, in addition to the stress of constructing his debut, is summer-signing Bayindir.
Becoming a member of from Fenerbache seven months in the past, Bayindir, 25, has needed to be affected person relating to making his debut for the membership. The Turkish shot-stopper’s wait is about to finish this weekend although.
“He will probably be within the objective,” Ten Hag advised reporters, as quoted by the Day by day Mail.
“What we are able to count on for him, he waits for his probability however he’s skilled. He performed in a giant membership in Turkey beneath huge stress.
“He is aware of methods to cope with it, and we have been satisfied. So we’re wanting ahead to Sunday. Altay has waited for his probability and that is his second.”
Bayindir’s probability comes whereas Andre Onana is away on worldwide responsibility representing Cameroon within the Africa Cup of Nations.
Followers will probably be hoping to see a stable efficiency from their quantity two, who might have his sights set on the aspect’s primary jersey following what has been an up-and-down begin from Onana.