Mourinho declares Henderson ready to be Man Utd No1

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7 Jun 2021 • 10:38 PM MYT
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Roma coach Jose Mourinho says Dean Henderson is ready to be Manchester United's outright No1.

Henderson and David de Gea are still battling to be United's long-term first-choice.

Former United manager Mourinho told The Times: "I think they are good goalkeepers. I don't think they are phenomenal goalkeepers or, in Dean Henderson's case, not yet phenomenal.

"When I say not yet, I say he will be. I met him at [Manchester] United when he was a kid and I always remember him asking me to go on loan. He was saying when I come back, I come back to be the No 1.

"He told me that when he was the fourth choice. He is a kid with an incredible self confidence and I think he is ready."