Published 23:02 IST, October 16th 2019
Manchester United: David de Gea injured, fans sceptical about Romero
Manchester United's first-choice keeper, David de Gea, was substituted with an apparent groin injury in Spain's 1-1 draw with Sweden in a Euro qualifier match
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Manchester United's first-choice keeper, David de Gea, was substituted with an apparent groin injury in Spain's 1-1 draw with Sweden in a UEFA Euro qualifier match that was played at Friends Arena on October 16. Spanish keeper's injury prompted instant reactions from netizens across world, who all rooted for United's second choice keeper, Sergio Romero, stepping up to challenge that lay ahe.
Support pouring in for Manchester United
One user was in support of Romero, calling him a perfect replacement for De Gea.
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Ar user posted a tweet that talked about how Argentinian goalkeeper h capability to play.
In ar tweet, a netizen stated that it was high time that David took some rest to recuperate.
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Red Devils' injury concerns
With De Gea's problem, Red Devils need to deal with a number of injury issues of senior players such as Paul Pogba, Aaron Wan- Bissaka, Anthony Martial and first-choice left-back, Luke Shaw and if keeper's injury turns out to be serious n it will cause a problem for United's rwegian manr, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, as he is set to face league leers, Liverpool, with a depleted squ on October 20 at Old Trafford.
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Gary Neville: club's board is responsible
Meanwhile, former United Skipper, Gary Neville, targeted United's board, stating that ir decisions have t been in best interest of this club. In dition to this, he stated that United at this point does t have a winning mentality.
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y have started to let go of ball a lot and y've lost aggressiveness that United was kwn for. quality of players is t up to mark and this team has t gone forward since Sir Alex Ferguson retired but have taken a few steps back.
Manchester United are at a lowly 12th position in Premier League and have won only 2 matches alongside 4 draws and 2 losses in 8 league matches y have played so far.
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(With inputs from ncies)
17:37 IST, October 16th 2019