Manchester United record goal scorer Wayne Rooney has backed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s decision to start David de Gea in the league ahead of Dean Henderson.
Dean Henderson has kept two clean sheets in his League Cup appearances but Solskjaer has opted for the Spaniard in all of United’s league matches.
Rooney agrees with his decision and says
It’s right that Ole is continuing with David De Gea in league matches. He’s still one of the best goalkeepers in the world. I know him well, a strong character who may seem quiet because he’s rarely in the media but that’s just because he’s not fussed about publicity and doing interviews. Last season was not his finest and there’s this idea that in Dean Henderson he suddenly has “proper competition”.
“I don’t think that’s true: people forget David has had a top-class keeper behind him for the past five years in Sergio Romero. So he can deal with competition. The difference with Henderson is that, because he’s English, there’ll be a lot of media pushing for him to play. Henderson clearly has character about him and I’d imagine he’ll be speaking to Ole, saying “put me in”. If David makes the mistakes he made last year I’m sure Henderson will get opportunities — but don’t bet against David having a very good season.”
