With David De Gea leaving Manchester United on a free, the Red Devils knew they would need a new goalkeeper.
That’s why they targeted André Onana, with that particular signing set to be done, but they also were looking at a second purchase in that area, especially if they could sell Dean Henderson on, who wants to be a number one somewhere.
One of the names targeted was that of Fenerbahçe’s Altay Bayindir, who has a €5-6m release clause in his contract (depending on the source), but Posta report he will not be going to Manchester United.
Instead, he will be heading to Ajax, where Geronimo Rulli wants to leave, and will be replaced by the incoming Dominik Livakovic.
The Turkish side aim to complete the Croatian’s signing by the end of the week by paying €9m to Dinamo Zagreb, and will tie the World Cup star to a five-year contract.
Therefore, Bayindir ‘will bid farewell’ to Fenerbahçe as a result, and while both Manchester United and Ajax were after him, he ‘chose’ the Eredivisie side, because he had a ‘better chance of playing in the first-team’.
Therefore, he ‘did not favour’ a transfer to Old Trafford, where he would have been the clear number two, and that’s why he ‘rejected’ a chance to go to the north of England, as Posta put in their headline.
