Proper football players are always up for the challenge and are always competing, never satisfied with a place on the bench, no matter how they play. And for the goalkeepers it’s even harder, since that position needs more stability then others, which means there is no rotation, and the no. 1 keeper is playing until he is injured (which rarely happens). And it’s the same in every club, Manchester United included. So what does a reserve keeper needs to do in order to play? Well, sometimes he needs to take drastic measures just to get on loan and one of them is – don’t speak to your coach!Dean Henderson didn’t speak to Erik ten Hag before sealing his move away from Man Utd 🙅♂️#BBCFootball #MUFC pic.twitter.com/pwH9yaOcPL— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) August 2, 2022 Dean Henderson was Manchester United’s youth product and last season, he was finally in order to become number 1. According to the player himself, that’s what he has been told by the United’s hierarchy. And indeed, that mood in the preseason last year was that De Gea was about to be sold. And what happened next infuriated Henderson so much, that he confessed it in an interview for TalkSport. “To be quite honest with you, it’s probably been the toughest 12 months of my career. It’s been tough, it’s been hard and I’m so happy I’ve come out the other end of it now. The conversation I had, coming out of the Euros squad with England, was that you’re coming back here to be the No 1 goalkeeper. I got Covid, then unfortunately no-one followed through with anything they told me. It’s frustrating as well, because I turned so many good loans down last summer for that reason and they wouldn’t let me go. To sit there and waste 12 months is criminal, really, at my age. I was fuming” said Henderson.New offer: Manchester will pay Barca’s debts towards De JongSo, after the season ended and another United coach was about to arrive, Manchester’s reserve goalie knew that he needs to do something drastic in order to force a loan or that he will be stuck behind De Gea for another season, which was not an option. So, he decided to act totally opposite to his teammates: he decided not to impress Erik ten Hag and not even speak to the man. “I didn’t want him to see me in training. Because I knew that he probably wanted to keep me. So I told the hierarchy that I need to play football, I don’t want to be here and play second fiddle” said Henderson. Finally, he got his wish and will spent a season long loan in the Premier League newcomers Nottingham Forrest. PREMIER LEAGUE – matchday 1Friday22.00: (4.60) Crystal Palace (3.70) Arsenal (1.85)Saturday14.30: (11.0) Fulham (6.00) Liverpool (1.30)17.00: (1.40) Tottenham (4.90) Southampton (9.00)17.00: (1.70) Newcastle (3.80) Nott.Forest (5.70)17.00: (2.35) Leeds (3.25) Wolverhampton (3.40)17.00: (3.90) Bournemouth (3.40) Aston Villa (2.10)19.30: (5.70) Everton (3.80) Chelsea (1.70)Sunday16.00: (2.05) Leicester (3.60) Brentford (3.80)16.00: (1.57) Man.Utd. (4.00) Brighton (7.00)18.30: (9.50) West Ham (5.50) Man.City (1.35)***odds are subject to change
