Altay Bayindir has expressed a “constructive” outlook at Manchester United, though he has but to make a single look since his transfer from Fenerbahce in the summertime.
The 25-year-old goalkeeper joined the Purple Devils for £4.3 million on deadline day to function backup for Andre Onana. Bayindir’s arrival coincided with Dean Henderson’s departure to Crystal Palace, leaving Tom Heaton as the one different senior goalkeeper at Previous Trafford.
The Purple Devils’ quantity two spoke to the membership web site earlier than his potential debut: “We’re preventing [to be the best] within the coaching and after we are going outdoors, we’re greatest associates. We now have an excellent power as a result of, I already stated this, it’s essential. Group, spirit, soul. However everybody I believe inside has a transparent coronary heart.”
In contrast to the earlier season when Erik ten Hag opted to relaxation David de Gea for the early phases of the Carabao Cup, this season the Dutch supervisor has chosen to constantly subject his No.1 goalkeeper in each match. Andre Onana has began in all 30 of Manchester United’s matches throughout all competitions this season, leaving Bayindir, the second-choice goalkeeper, with no single minute of taking part in time to this point.
However with Onana away on the African Cup of Nations, Bayindir may doubtlessly make his Manchester United debut throughout their FA Cup fourth-round tie in opposition to Newport. Bayindir may be known as upon to fill the goalkeeper place, until Ten Hag decides to offer veteran shot-stopper Tom Heaton some minutes, though it could be the sensible play to offer their quantity two the beginning, given it’s an opportunity to ease him in in opposition to lower-ranked opposition.
