Andre Onana came in for criticism for his performance against Brighton on Sunday afternoon as our readers have their say on the goalkeeping situation at Old Trafford.
Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana disappointed in the 3-1 loss to Brighton on Sunday, in a year when Ruben Amorim is known to be looking at new options between the sticks - and some The Manchester Evening News readers in our comments section wonder if a stopper in the mould of long-serving David de Gea might be the way forward.
United signed Onana to be their ball-playing keeper, catching up with the trend in elite football that a goalkeeper should also be good with their feet to relieve pressure on defences and launch attacks. Their previous number one, De Gea, was more of a classic shot-stopper - and some fans are wondering if that might be better while United are so porous.
Commenter Collyhursttedkstandred writes: "I thought De Gea, who was useless on crosses, got beat near post and far post and made a mistake every game was shocking, but Onana makes him look like Peter Schmeichel and Edwin van der Sar. Ruben's hands are tied with this squad, he will get it right and start with a top goalkeeper."
Icemankey writes: "Onana, he's just a £50m spend making the same mistakes he was supposed to be eliminating which our out-of-form De Gea was making. But I dearly miss him now, at least he won - or at least drew us - a few games when our outfield players are bad... which they mostly are now."
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