Manchester United are persevering with to seek for a back-up goalkeeper to supply further cowl for David de Gea, with Southampton’s Alex McCarthy on the membership’s radar.
United just lately loaned Dean Henderson to Nottingham Forest at some stage in the 2022/23 season, having additionally bid farewell to Lee Grant following his retirement in Might.
Past De Gea, veteran understudy Tom Heaton is the one different goalkeeper in United’s first-team squad and occupied a spot on the bench final weekend for the Premier League opener towards Brighton. 36-year-old Heaton rejoined United final summer season however has performed solely as soon as so far.
90min understands that McCarthy is without doubt one of the choices being thought-about. Nonetheless, no method has but been made by the Outdated Trafford membership.
The 32-year-old missed round half of final season by harm, having beforehand taken over as Saints primary on the finish of 2017. However the summer season arrival of Gavin Bazunu has seen McCarthy lose his place and he was sat on the bench in final weekend’s defeat to Tottenham.
McCarthy has beforehand additionally performed for QPR and Crystal Palace within the Premier League however was not a starter for both membership. He started his profession with Studying and acquired his first style of normal first-team soccer throughout a mortgage at Yeovil in League One within the 2009/10 season.
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Manchester United have signed Tyrell Malaca, Christian Eriksen and Lisandro Martinez to this point this summer season. However they continue to be excited about Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong, regardless of problems and competitors from Chelsea, and are additionally in superior talks to signal Adrien Rabiot from Juventus.