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Former Aberdeen goalkeeper Joe Lewis, who educated with Manchester United final season, has praised the standard of the membership’s goalkeeping division.
The 36 12 months outdated got here in to make up the numbers in coaching after Radek Vitek went on mortgage to Accrington Stanley and bought a novel perception into the workforce as a non-playing member of the coaching squad.
Talking in an interview with The Manchester Night Information, Lewis acknowledged how impressed he was by the standard of United’s keepers and commented on how nice an expertise it was to work with very several types of gamers.
“I’ve by no means labored with overseas goalkeeping teaching, so it was nice to see completely different strategies and a other ways of doing issues. Andre and Altay are utterly completely different however are each about being efficient. It’s about holding the ball out of the online and there are other ways to try this.”
Lewis highlighted Onana’s athleticism and energy in objective that enables him to do issues that he couldn’t in his profession as a result of his differing bodily stature.
The Cameroonian struggled in his first few months at United with various excessive profile errors within the Champions League however recovered within the second half of the season.
Talking on Onana’s qualities, that noticed him ranked because the twenty third greatest participant on this planet within the Ballon d’Or rankings of 2023, he commented, “you see Andre’s composure every week anyway. He’s by no means flustered and there are particular issues I discovered from every one among them, so it was nice for me to study and eye-opening.”
Lewis additionally praised Onana’s sturdy character to take dangers with the ball however then additionally his potential to drag it off.
“He’s very laid again and that’s a part of his strengths. I believe after I first watched him in matches, it was heart-in-mouth stuff as a result of the highest groups press so properly and with such depth, however he simply pops it round them as a result of he’s so good with the ball at his ft.”
One other keeper who Lewis labored with who will not be so well-known by United followers is Altay Bayindir, who has solely made one look for the senior workforce regardless of signing round a 12 months in the past.
Such was his lack of recreation time that it appeared earlier in the summertime that he could transfer on from the membership, however it seems that he’ll keep on as United’s quantity two for now.
Regardless of differing in model to Onana, Bayindir impressed the Englishman with what he confirmed him in coaching.
“Once you put Altay within the small-sided video games, his beginning place, sweeping up behind and athleticism getting off the road is unbelievable and Andre’s composure is excellent,” he mentioned.
Lastly Lewis dished out some reward for his good friend Tom Heaton, who was essential to Lewis securing the prospect to coach on the membership.
“In case you want Tom to play, you recognize you’ve got a goalkeeper who isn’t going to allow you to down and he can play on the prime stage nonetheless. He’s reliable and trains actually laborious.”
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