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Manchester United have been told that they will need to pay £20million to re-sign West Brom goalkeeper Sam Johnstone. The shot-stopper came through the academy at Old Trafford but failed to make an appearance for the first team before embarking on a series of loans and joining the Baggies permanently in 2018.
United could be forced to offload one of David De Gea or Dean Henderson this summer, depending on which one Ole Gunnar Solskjaer decides will be his first choice.
Henderson replaced De Gea as the Norwegian’s first-choice Premier league goalkeeper after the Spaniard flew back to Spain for the birth of his child in February.
De Gea played just two more league matches, against Leicester City and Fulham in May, while Henderson made 13 appearances in the top-flight.
It was De Gea who mostly played in domestic cup competitions and in Europe. The 30-year-old had an important role in United’s run to the Europa League final.
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Solskjaer recently admitted that it would be difficult to continue his goalkeeping rotation policy, suggesting a decision will soon be made on who is no. 1.
“It’s been a strange season with regards to goalkeeping,” Solskjaer said on May 22.
At United most of the time we’ve had a no. 1 who has been playing most of the games.
“We brought Dean back to challenge David and he’s had a very good season.
“David flew home for the birth of his baby which gave Dean a longer run in the team and he really played well and established himself as a very good goalkeeper.
“He’s learnt a lot from it.
“But David is David. He’s really played well, buckled down and really taken on the challenge.
“I’m really pleased with the two of them. It’s difficult to have that kind of rotation.
“You don’t rotate that much normally, I’ll have to find a solution for next year definitely.”
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