{"id":284697,"date":"2025-11-26T17:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/284697\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:04:08","slug":"sam-allardyce-thinks-man-utd-sold-a-player-whos-now-become-the-best-in-the-premier-league-in-his-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/284697\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Allardyce thinks Man Utd sold a player who\u2019s now become the best in the Premier League in his position"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United have sold many players in recent years who have gone on to thrive elsewhere, with former Premier League manager Sam Allardyce identifying one who has become the best in his position.<\/p>\n

Many players have come and gone from Manchester United<\/a> down the years.<\/p>\n

Sir Alex Ferguson\u2019s<\/a> retirement in 2013 led to several managers arriving at Old Trafford<\/a> down the years, which has led to mixed recruitment and many players joining who did not meet the required standards.<\/p>\n

On another note, some managers sold players prematurely, as seen when Louis van Gaal<\/a> got rid of Jonny Evans<\/a> and Danny Welbeck<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Evans performed at a high level for Leicester City and West Brom before returning to United in 2023. He retired at the end of last season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Welbeck is still scoring goals in the Premier League<\/a> at the age of 35.<\/p>\n

United fans<\/a> tend to wish ex-players nothing but the best when they leave the club, with Alejandro Garnacho<\/a> being the latest exception, after being jeered by the Old Trafford faithful earlier this season.<\/p>\n

\"DeanPhoto by Catherine Ivill \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesSam Allardyce hails Dean Henderson as the best in the Premier League<\/p>\n

Dean Henderson has gone from strength to strength<\/a> at Crystal Palace after winning the FA Cup<\/a> last season.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old joined United\u2019s Academy<\/a> at the age of 14 before making 29 senior appearances for the club. <\/p>\n

In August 2023, Henderson completed a permanent move<\/a> away from United, joining Palace.<\/p>\n

Former England manager Sam Allardyce says Henderson has become the Premier League\u2019s best goalkeeper after leaving Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the No Tippy Tappy Football<\/a> podcast, Allardyce said: \u201cBut this lad who I think is the best goalie, he proved it all last year and this year. And he doesn\u2019t have to do as much because they\u2019re doing so well at the top end of the league now, and that\u2019s Dean Henderson at Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to pick the right word. He\u2019s so confident in himself. I mean, he believes when somebody\u2019s got a penalty, he\u2019s going to save it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see it like, he\u2019s bordering on a bit arrogant, but he\u2019s like so confident.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Palace have enjoyed a brilliant start to the season, and they\u2019re currently sitting fifth in the Premier League table \u2013 five places above United.<\/p>\n

The Eagles host United at Selhurst Park on Sunday, with Senne Lammens<\/a> looking to keep his second clean sheet since joining the club.<\/p>\n

Dean Henderson record against Man Utd<\/p>\n

Henderson has played against United four times since leaving the club.<\/p>\n

Winning two of the three league meetings, Henderson has kept a clean sheet in every game against his former club.<\/p>\n

Can we break our goalscoring woes against Dean Henderson? <\/p>\n

Manchester United have never scored against Dean Henderson!<\/p>\n

Manchester United 3-0 Crystal Palace \u2013 League Cup third round (Henderson came off injured before Alejandro Garnacho\u2019s opener)Crystal Palace 4-0 Manchester UnitedCrystal Palace 0-0 Manchester UnitedManchester United 0-2 Crystal Palace\"CrystalPhoto by Zohaib Alam \u2013 MUFC\/Manchester United via Getty Images <\/p>\n

Palace were victorious when the two teams last met, winning 2-0.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, United can find a way past Henderson this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United have sold many players in recent years who have gone on to thrive elsewhere, with former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[115935,218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-284697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-dean-henderson","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}