NEVILLE: UTD MAY NEED NEW KEEPER
Gary Neville feels Manchester United may need to sign an ‘exceptional’ goalkeeper to win the Premier League again.
United dropped points in the title race last weekend as they drew 3-3 at home to Everton, with many feeling first-choice keeper David De Gea could have done better on two of the goals.
The Red Devils also have understudy Dean Henderson to call upon, but Neville has yet to be convinced.
Neville said: “Your goalkeeper, to win a league, has got to be exceptional.
“I said three or four years ago, Jurgen Klopp took me on publicly, but you’re not going to win a league with [Loris] Karius and [Simon] Mignolet.
“That’s not to say they’re not good goalkeepers, or decent goalkeepers, but which team do you know that wins a league…there might be the odd one, but they usually have great goalkeepers, or goalkeepers that have had a great season.
“Ederson is a great goalkeeper, Petr Cech, [Peter] Schmeichel, [Edwin] Van der Sar, even Kasper Schmeichel for Leicester, David Seaman, Alisson, you’ve got to have a great goalkeeper.
“We have to start asking questions about David De Gea. The mistakes are coming more regularly now and they cost points.
“The game-winning saves are coming less, the one-on-one saves are coming less. I think that has to be a question that Ole has to answer.
“Then there’s the question of Henderson, are we saying that Henderson is going to be the number one for Manchester United?
“That might be tough on Henderson, but to chance it – do you gamble with winning the league?
“That’s the first question, is the keeper right? That’s number one, deal with the ‘keeper situation.
“Your goalkeeper, to win a league, has got to be exceptional.”
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