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Josh O'Brien

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Man Utd vow still on despite Erik ten Hag's transfer decision

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer once claimed with some certainty that Dean Henderson will go on to be Manchester United's first-choice goalkeeper.

That idea seems further away now than when the ex-United boss first made the suggestion as the England international is on the cusp of leaving the Red Devils, albeit on a temporary basis, to join newly-promoted Nottingham Forest on loan. Erik ten Hag wasted little time in culling Henderson from the first-team fold, though in truth the 'keeper was most likely just as desperate for game-time.

After a two-season loan spell with Sheffield United in which he helped get the Blades promoted to the Premier League, Henderson returned to United with quite the reputation. The young shot-stopper was already being tipped to dislodge David de Gea as United's number one.

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