Manchester United will hand a brand new contract to David de Gea, however his competitors to be the beginning goalkeeper subsequent season might come from throughout the membership.
United have De Gea as primary with veteran Tom Heaton in reserve alongside Jack Butland, who arrived on mortgage from Crystal Palace in January after Martin Dubravka returned to Newcastle.
United are available in the market for different goalkeepers and have been assessing their choices, together with the likes of Swiss veteran Yann Sommer, who is predicted to go away Bayern Munich this summer season, and Anderlecht’s younger Dutch keeper Bart Verbruggen.
They’ve additionally checked out Porto’s Diogo Costa and Brentford’s David Raya, however with De Gea’s extension within the offing it stays to be seen if they may spend massive on a brand new goalkeeper.
That is the place Matej Kovar comes into the equation.
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Sources have instructed 90min the 22-year-old is into consideration for a spot within the first-team subsequent season after rising as probably the greatest younger keepers in Europe.
Kovar has been with United since 2018 after becoming a member of from FC Slovacko. He has by no means performed for United’s first group however was concerned within the Champions League squad underneath Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He has tasted first-team soccer throughout mortgage stints at Swindon, Burton and now Sparta Prague.
Kovar has loved an excellent marketing campaign in his homeland with Sparta, who’re prime of the Czech First League desk and hoping to assert a primary title in 9 years. 90min understands United have been preserving shut tabs on Kovar, notably in latest months, and the experiences on his progress have been glowing.
It’s now believed United’s goalkeeping workers assume Kovar can push to turn out to be De Gea’s understudy at Outdated Trafford.
Of the present reserves, Butland is about to go away and has held talks with Scottish giants Rangers, whereas Heaton – whose contract expires this summer season – might stay for one more season.
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