Man Utd's stance on signing a new goalkeeper revealed following Altay Bayindir blunder & amid Andre Onana uncertainty

United have been linked with a string of goalkeepers throughout the summer, including Gianluigi Donnarumma, who is surplus to requirements at Paris Saint-Germain, plus Aston Villa’s Emi Martinez. There were even links with a shock return move for former No.1 David de Gea. But Onana and Bayindir are expected to remain the club’s two favoured options, according to reports from talkSPORT.

Onana’s displays for the Reds were erratic last season, but the club are convinced that his performances are on-par with other Premier League keepers. The Cameroon international missed the season curtain-raiser against Arsenal due to injury - after missing the entirety of pre-season. And United boss Ruben Amorim has been forced to deny that he has dropped his goalkeeper. 

"No, I didn’t drop Onana from the squad," Amorim said post-match. "I didn’t drop one of the other two from the squad [Bayindir, Heaton]. So it’s not the case of dropping Onana.
"It’s not putting Onana in just one week without seeing the game, without time, with training."

Amorim will come under increasing pressure if results don’t improve. The Portuguese has suffered 15 Premier League defeats in just 28 games as Man Utd manager, which means that Amorim has already lost more games than he did in 167 matches in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.