Roy Keane unsure about new Manchester United goalkeeper
Roy Keane was critical of David de Gea in his final years as Manchester United goalkeeper. The former club captain has now commented on Andre Onana’s rocky start to the life at Old Trafford.
Onana joined United with a lot of promise as he replaced long-term number one De Gea between the sticks.
Erik ten Hag still hopes Onana can help United play more expansive football starting from the back, but it would help if the defence could do their job better in front of him which is a factor that shouldn’t go ignored.
However, repeated blunders aren’t helping Onana’s case and he knows that himself.
Speaking on the latest episode of the Stick to Football podcast, Keane cracked a joke at his own expense.
Gary Neville said: “Roy, you were very vocal about David de Gea’s time being up at Manchester United.”
“No, I would have kept him,” Keane replied with a smile. “Huge mistake letting him go. Can we not get him back? He’s on a free.
“No, he had to go. He was making too many mistakes.”
De Gea has been back in Manchester this week to watch the women’s team take on Paris Saint-Germain at Leigh Sports Village.
Keane went on to comment on Onana’s slow start at United, adding: “Oh, not great. Obviously a really poor start. We talk about positions at any big club, goalkeeper at Manchester United is huge.
“David made mistakes, but he’s (Onana) already made six or seven big mistakes that have led to goals. It’s a long way back.
“We’ve seen goalkeepers come to United and they’ve had a tricky start and we worked with them and they seemed to be really good goalkeepers, but there seemed to be no way back for them.”
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