Manchester United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir during the Premier League match at St James’ Park, Newcastle
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The concept of optimism is an increasingly foreign one within the Manchester United fanbase, and there certainly would not have been much expectation from supporters that Altay Bayindir might prove to be the solution to the club’s defensive problems.
After all, if Bayindir was truly ready to overtake André Onana as United’s primary goalkeeper, he would have done so long before now.