Man Utd may have identified long term Andre Onana replacement for NOTHING as he follows two England stars footsteps
MANCHESTER UNITED teenage goalkeeper Elyh Harrison is following in the footsteps of Dean Henderson after joining Shrewsbury Town on loan.
After showing plenty of potential at youth level, United have now decided the next step in Harrison's development is for him to get regular game time in the EFL for the first time.
4
Manchester United goalkeeper Elyh Harrison has joined Shrewbury Town
Credit: Getty
Henderson ground his way through four EFL clubs before finally securing a Premier League starting spot at Crystal Palace - where he won the FA Cup last season.
And an England call-up quickly came too, with many United fans wishing Henderson wasn't let go in the same summer that Andre Onana joined.
United had loaned Henderson out to Stockport Grimsby, Shrewsbury, Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest, with David de Gea the permanent No.1 between the sticks.
But he was sold to Palace for £20million at the end of the summer 2023 window, with then manager Erik ten Hag securing Onana for £47million from Inter Milan.
READ MORE MAN UTD NEWS
OFF THE MARC Rashford BANNED from playing for Barcelona initially amid registration issues
But Onana has fallen short of expectations, with Harrison, the next big thing in United's goalkeeping ranks, walking in the path Henderson laid out.
Harrison, who joined United's academy from Stevenage in 2022, spent the first half of last season on loan at non-league outfit Chester, keeping seven clean sheets in 18 appearances.
He was due to spend the duration of the 2024/25 term at the National League North outfit, but United recalled him in January to train with the first-team and feature for the academy.
The 19-year-old was named on the bench eight times by boss Ruben Amorim after being recalled.
4
Dean Henderson spent the 2017-2018 on loan at Shrewsbury Town from Man Utd
Credit: Reuters
4
Andre Onana's spot is under threat
Credit: Getty
Join SUN CLUB for the Man Utd Files every Thursday plus
in-depth coverage and exclusives from Old Trafford
He has featured for the Red Devils' under-21 side but is yet to make a first-team appearance for the Premier League club.
Shrewsbury director of football Micky Moore says the England Under-20 international has a "bright future" after monitoring his progress last season.
Man Utd hunting Jackson as Chelsea's demands revealed | Transfers Exposed
Moore said: "I'm really excited that we've signed Elyh. He's someone we've targeted since last season ended and I think he's got a bright future.
"We watched him play at Chester last year and continued to watch him when he went back to play for United's Under-21s.
"We think he's got all the right characteristics and that this could be a very good loan for him.
"Michael [Appleton] wanted to get him in the building as soon as possible, so I'm really happy to get it over the line because it was a tough process due to the amount of interest in the player."
Meanwhile, the first team were reportedly "rebuffed immediately" in their attempts to sign Aston Villa's No.1 Emi Martinez this week.
United have also been linked with young Belgian goalkeeper Senne Lammens, 23, from Antwerp, who is valued at around £17million.
Amorim has been eyeing a replacement for Onana even before the Cameroonian stopper suffered an hamstring injury in pre-season.
Lammens ended the season with an eye-catching 173 saves, which works out to 4.3 saves per match and a solid 78 per cent save rate.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Scottish Sun
3 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Goodwin not starting a single Scot is an indictment of our system & all young players need to take notice says Leckie
Our man reckons it's no wonder Scotland's top talent is moving elsewhere HOME DISCOMFORTS Goodwin not starting a single Scot is an indictment of our system & all young players need to take notice says Leckie Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THERE are no airs and graces about them. They have hunger and ambition. 4 Jim Goodwin caused a stir Credit: PA 4 United fielded a starting XI without a single Scot Credit: PA 4 Many of Scotland's top young stars, like Billy Gilmour, have headed overseas Credit: Reuters They appreciate the chance they've been given. Jim Goodwin's explanation of why he put his European hopes in the hands of a busload of foreigners should make every young Scottish footballer sit up and take notice. But in the wake of a night when he fielded the first team in Dundee United's competitive history without a homegrown starter, there was another line that should also have cut every chairman, manager and coach in the land to the quick. The one where he admitted his imports 'aren't used to being pampered by academies'. Wow. What an indictment of a system that was supposed to feed our national sport for generations to come, but which is instead providing us with little more than scraps. If that sounds harsh, then check these numbers from games involving our top 12 teams over the past few days. Rangers started two Scots — John Souttar and Findlay Curtis — against Panathinaikos in the Champions League on Tuesday. Celtic went with four against Ajax the following evening in Tony Ralston, Dale Murray, Kieran Tierney and Callum McGregor, but of those, only the last two will be first picks once the real stuff starts. Hibs fielded four in the Europa League on Thursday night, Aberdeen had two against Ipswich on Friday. Hearts had six starting Scots against Sunderland on Saturday, while Killie had seven against East Fife and Livi six against Kelty Hearts. Huge thunderstorms at Ajax vs Celtic St Mirren and Dundee played three each against Ayr and Montrose, and Motherwell used just the two in Friday's friendly against Hertha Berlin. Of our entire top flight, only newly-promoted Falkirk kept the flag properly flying, playing ten Scots against Spartans on Saturday along with Brad Spencer, born in London to a Glaswegian dad. That means of 132 players lining up at kick-off, only 50 qualify for that national team we're meant to be supplying. So we can grumble about the route Goodwin and United have gone down, as we've heard so many do since that Conference League tie last Thursday. Or maybe we can look at the key reasons why it's getting tougher and tougher for homegrown talent to make it on their own doorstep. Reasons which, while hard to hear and harder still to swallow, the Tannadice gaffer appears to have hit squarely on the head with his reasoning behind his signing policy. One which has taken him to the Netherlands, Croatia, Finland, Macedonia, Sweden and Australia rather than Netherlee, Cupar, Falkirk, Montrose, Sauchie and Auchterarder. Because, for me at least, in bigging up the positive traits of a job-lot who fly in the face of everything the legendary Jim McLean put in place during the club's heyday, Goodwin is also giving our academies and the sort of players they produce their character. What he seems to be saying is that our youngsters DO have airs and graces about them, that they DON'T display the same hunger and ambition, that maybe they aren't as appreciative of the chance they've been given. Most damning of all, though? Have YOU got a point for Kris Boyd? Kris Boyd and Roger Hannah chew over the big talking points each week SOMETHING you've just got to get off your chest from the weekend action? A burning Scottish football talking point you can't wait to bring up with Kris Boyd and Roger Hannah? SunSport's GoBallistic show wants to hear from you! So why not help set the Scottish football agenda for the week ahead! Have your say on the game's big topics by emailing us on: GoBallistic@ It's YOUR turn to Go Ballistic! That they've got used to a set-up that pampers them. I wouldn't imagine for a moment he's claiming our academies aren't fit for purpose. I also wouldn't dare suggest that he doesn't believe there are any good Scottish kids coming through. But it seems crystal clear that he doesn't believe they're producing the right kind of talent, physically or mentally, for our domestic game. Ask yourself how many are playing regularly for your team. Then ask yourself why so many, from Billy Gilmour to Lewis Ferguson to Aaron Hickey and more besides, have decided the only way to achieve their potential is go abroad and pretty much learn the game from scratch. Of course, Scottish teams playing without any Scottish players is nothing new. It was March 2000 when Rangers did it for the first time, starting a 0-0 draw against St Johnstone with an Overseas XI. Stefan Klos, Lorenzo Amoruso, Arthur Numan, Andrei Kanchelskis, Gio van Bronckhorst, Rod Wallace, Jorg Albertz, Claudio Reyna, Tony Vidmar, Seb Rozental and Tugay. Difference was, you could see that coming from a mile off. Russell Martin opens up after he got sent off by John Beaton in pre-season friendly vs 'Boro It had seemed a natural next step ever since Graeme Souness arrived and more especially once Dick Advocaat took charge. But to see a once self-sufficient club like United go full-on foreign for such a big game? Well, that should pull us all up a bit sharp. As, for that matter, should the shrinking number of Scots playing on a regular basis the higher we go up the food chain. If it works as well for Jim Goodwin as it has for, say Stephen Robinson at St Mirren, where he's identified a certain mix of power, pace and stature from England, Ireland and now Jamaica that he doesn't believe is available up here, then good luck to both of them, because their only job is to win games. If seeing Scottish players fritter into the minority pretty much right across the Premiership doesn't worry anyone and everyone who's invested in our game, though? Well, don't say you weren't warned when we run out for a World Cup qualifier one day with 11 guys who all qualified through their grannies. Spend or lose Bren THEY have more resources than all the other clubs put together. They have more to sell to their transfer targets than anyone else in the land. So how come, year after year, both halves of the Old Firm are so slow to get their summer recruitment done? Sure, there's maybe been half an excuse for Rangers this season, what with the upheaval of the takeover and a new manager coming through the doors. But they have still been slower than a week in the jail in sorting out an unbalanced, bloated squad that — as Russell Martin saw in their WARM-UP against Middlesbrough on Saturday — has too many players who simply don't want to be there. Celtic, though? They just don't have any excuses. Bucketloads in the bank, trophies coming out of their ears, a brilliant record of moving signings on to even bigger things. Yet it seems that every summer their fans are scratching their heads at why the board won't just give the manager the tools he needs to kick on to the next level. This pussy-footing around cost them the services of Brendan Rodgers once before. Anyone else getting a sense of deja vu? Watch out for Wasps 4 Alloa enjoyed a brilliant League Cup group stage campaign Credit: Michael Schofield NO doubt about the star turns of the Premier Sports Cup group stages. Take a bow, Andy Graham and his Alloa Athletic part-timers. Saturday's last-gasp 3-2 win at Airdrie made it four wins from four to seal their place among the big guns in the last 16. Now their reward is a trip to face Rangers at Ibrox and they will face it without a shred of fear. I watched Wasps beat Dundee at the Recs last weekend, and for all the Premiership outfit were murder, Alloa were terrific all over the park. They worked like dogs, got their heads up and passed the ball crisply and once Steven Buchanan put them ahead, they managed the last 20-odd minutes superbly. Buchanan got the winner again on Saturday, and typifies the graft and belief an excellent coach in Graham has instilled. If you're looking for a bet on the League One title this season, the Wasps are definitely right in with a shout. Own up 'n cough up AS weak excuses go, the one Hamilton Accies came up with for the unpaid bills that earned them a transfer embargo would have lost a fight with a one-legged dormouse. Apparently they missed three HMRC deadlines — and failed to inform the SPFL each time — due to 'serious weaknesses' in their finance and admin departments. Which is a bit like manager John Rankin saying a 6-0 defeat wasn't as bad as it looks, seeing as how rotten their defence is. Sorry, but if a team's leaking goals it's that manager's job to plug gaps before the next game. And in the same way, if there's a problem behind the scenes then it's up to the ones who run the show to deal with it at the time. Not wait a year until they are in deep s*** and THEN start pointing fingers. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Daily Mirror
5 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
Arsenal's swap deal proposal suffers blow as Mikel Arteta eyes next big transfer
Arsenal are going after Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze and had considered using Reiss Nelson as part of the deal - but the winger is now in negotiations to join another of their London rivals Arsenal had been hoping to use Reiss Nelson in a swap deal that could've seen them land Crystal Palace 's Eberechi Eze - but the player is now in advanced talks to move to Fulham. Nelson spent last season on loan at Craven Cottage and discussions between the Gunners and their London rivals hinge on either a loan deal with an option to buy, which would include a significant fee, or a permanent transfer. An agreement is thought to be close, but not guaranteed, reports the Athletic. Nelson made himself a fixture under Marco Silva and played in 13 consecutive games for Fulham before suffering a season-ending hamstring injury in December. His contract at Arsenal ties him down until 2027, but he has very much fallen out of favour with the Gunners continuing to eye new recruits in the final third. Fulham have yet to make a signing this summer but have seen Willian and Carlos Vinicius leave on free transfers, which has only increased their need to bring in new faces, especially in attack. Arsenal, having now got a deal for Viktor Gyokeres over the line, are ready to increase their efforts to land Eze. The winger has just put himself into the Palace history books after scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup final. However the Eagles face a fight to keep their leading light, who has long been linked with a move away. Eze has made himself a regular England international and Arsenal believe he can add even more quality to their attack having seen moves for Nico Williams and Rodrygo cool this summer. Eze's preference is a move to the Emirates, as per The Independent, and those close to the player are confident a deal to take him to Arsenal will be completed in the next few weeks. The Gunners hope to secure a deal for £60million, rather than the reported £68m release clause, but the chances of giving Palace Nelson to appease them looks to be fading. It has previously been claimed that Arsenal were pushing for a deal that would involve three instalments of £20m. Throughout the summer the north Londoners have been linked with adding a wide forward to provide competition for the likes of Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli. Last summer Palace lost Michael Olise, who was a key figure in attack, to Bayern Munich. 12 months on and they're also battling to keep captain Marc Guehi with his contract winding down and Liverpool circling as they look to take advantage of the situation.
Daily Mirror
5 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
Ruben Amorim given unlikely boost to solve Man Utd issue after private transfer talks
Manchester United are considering signing a new goalkeeper before the end of the summer transfer window and their chances of getting one of the world's best have just increased Manchester United are weighing up a move for Gianluigi Donnarumma after Paris Saint-Germain agreed a £34.9million deal to sign a new goalkeeper. Donnarumma, 26, has seen his future plunged into uncertainty after failing to agree a new contract. The Italy international's current deal with PSG expires next summer and the European champions don't want to lose him for nothing. Luis Enrique's side will therefore listen to offers for Donnarumma after striking an agreement with Lille to sign Lucas Chevalier. PSG's move could spring United into action, with Ruben Amorim keen on a new goalkeeper of his own. The Red Devils are understood to be interested in Royal Antwerp's Senne Lammens, who'd provide competition for Andre Onana. Although Onana has no plans to leave Old Trafford, the Cameroonian's form has been an issue for Amorim. The United manager even took the 29-year-old out of the firing line towards the end of last season after a string of mistakes. But instead of signing an up-and-coming shot-stopper like Lammens, the vastly experienced Donnarumma could be an option after privately discussing a move to England with his Italy team-mates. French outlet L'Equipe report that as PSG prepare to welcome Chevalier, both United and rivals Manchester City have registered their interest in Donnarumma. Chelsea have also been linked with a move while Galatasaray are said to have gone a step further by making a formal approach. It'd be a surprise if City put their hat in the ring after they struck a £27m deal with Burnley to re-sign James Trafford. The topic of Donnarumma's future was bubbling under the surface as the ex-AC Milan wonderkid helped PSG finally get their hands on the Champions League in May. As recently as last month, Donnarumma confirmed that it was his priority to stay in Paris. "My priority is to stay at PSG, I don't think there will be any problems in the negotiations," Donnarumma told Sky Italia on June 9. "We're a great team." Should Manchester United bid for Gianluigi Donnarumma? Have your say in the comments section. Napoli have also been linked with Donnarumma but his agent, Enzo Raiola - cousin of the late super agent, Mino - dismissed the speculation by labelling it 'pure fantasy'. "I've an excellent relationship with Director Giovanni Manna at [Napoli], but we've never discussed Gigio," Raiola told Radio CRC via Calciomercato. "He feels good in Paris, we're at the European champion club, so we have no complaints. We are working on a renewal. I have never ruled out interest from the top Italian clubs, but there has never been a negotiation, let's see. "He is still young, I have to squeeze him for at least another 10 years. At the moment, however, it is very difficult to see Donnarumma in the Italian championship, I'm not just talking about numbers but also about the sporting project. "In Italy, beyond Inter who reached the Champions League final, there are Milan and Juventus who are struggling, they are in the process of reorganising: these factors are fundamental."
