"Altay Bayindir: age 27, seven Premier League appearances for Manchester United and a catalogue of game-costing errors. Senne Lammens: age 23, has never played in English football. Tom Heaton: age 39, last Premier League game January 2020, for Aston Villa. Andre Onana: age 29, 72 Premier League matches, Champions League and Europa League finalist, and a catalogue of game-costing errors. The first three are goalkeepers Ruben Amorim can field on Sunday in the derby at Manchester City and beyond."
"The case of a gang-of-four keepers reduced to three is the latest complex puzzle Amorim has to solve if he is to survive, and United prosper. It encapsulates the quasi-sisyphean task piloting the club has become since Sir Alex Ferguson retired 13 years ago, where an attempt to solve a problem in this case, remove an out-of-form Onana compounds it when the man Amorim drafts in, Bayindir, proves as faulty."
"After judging Onana, Amorim made his move, dropping him last season and for the opening three league matches of this campaign. But Bayindir's claim on the jersey faltered when he was responsible for Arsenal's winner in the 1-0 opening-day defeat, and he continues to be shaky. Here the poor squad-building plaguing the 20-times champions since Ferguson left means Amorim inherited unreliable first- and second-choice keepers who were acquired under his predecessor, Erik ten Hag, and may cost the Portuguese his job."
Manchester United enter a goalkeeper crisis featuring Altay Bayindir, Senne Lammens, Tom Heaton and Andre Onana. Bayindir has made game-costing errors and conceded a decisive goal to Arsenal on the opening day. Onana has a record of mistakes, most recently in the 12-11 Carabao Cup penalty shootout defeat at Grimsby. Amorim dropped Onana early this season but the replacement faltered, reducing available options and exposing poor squad-building. Many goalkeepers were acquired under the previous regime, leaving Amorim with unreliable first- and second-choice keepers and creating pressure that could imperil results and his position.
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