Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has warned David de Gea that he is no longer the undisputed number 1 at Manchester United.
United manager Solshire said Dean Henderson is in the context of the confrontation Newcastle Tomorrow, after a string of notable mistakes from De Gea this season.
Although Solskjaer has maintained faith with De Gea in Premier LeagueDespite his mistakes, the United manager indicated that the Spaniard was no longer safe from the fall.
England goalkeeper Henderson kept a clean sheet in United’s 4-0 win over Real Sociedad on Thursday, with Solskjaer praising the 23-year-old’s reliability.
“Of course a religion to scream,” Solskjaer said. “We will pick a team on Saturday and Dean was very strong against Sociedad.
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“He had good kicks, he should have gotten help for Marcus Rashford, which is another thing we worked on.
“He was clean in the way he handled, clean with his short strokes, he performed really well and is ripe all the time.
“But I also have a very, very good goalkeeper in David and he saved us against West Brom, so I can’t tell you now. [who will start].
“I always talk to the players first before I say who doesn’t, so they will know.”
Solshire also hinted that Edinson Cavani would get a contract extension after this season.
Cavani, who scored seven goals in 22 matches, signed a one-year contract when he joined in October, but was so successful that he is set to continue next season.
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Solshire said, “I can only say that Edinson has done well. I was impressed by him, he really liked the group and we will sit down and talk to him in the near future to see his plans and ours.”
“It’s a good discussion. We are always talking to the players and with his contract status at the moment, we are very happy with what he did.”