The Red Devils traveled to Germany on Wednesday, because they will play their opening match at the European Championship against Slovakia on Monday. There are still some doubts for that party, especially in defense. National coach Domenico Tedesco has already removed one question mark in recent days.
Before the start of the preparation, there were some doubts about who would become number one for the Red Devils in the absence of Thibaut Courtois. In principle, that role seemed to be reserved for Koen Casteels, but Matz Sels had made an excellent impression during the friendly matches against Ireland and England in March.
Even more bad news for Sels
As a result, the 32-year-old seemed to have a serious claim for a starting place, but in the end Tedesco opted for Casteels. And now there is even more bad news for Sels. After all, he also seems to have to fear for his place at club level.
Sels made the switch from Nottingham Forest at the beginning of February, who paid 8 million euros to steal him from Strasbourg on the final day of the winter mercato. He easily won the competition against Matt Turner and Odysseas Vlachodimos, the numbers one in the United States and Greece respectively, and brought peace to a team that had a goalkeeping problem.
Nottingham Forest is looking for a new number one
But despite this, Sels is in danger of losing his starting place this summer. The Athletic reports that Forest will be looking for a new goalkeeper again this summer and that the intention is for him to claim the position of first goalkeeper. They hope that Sels will settle for a role as competitor and duplicate of the new number one.
Sels’ second English adventure is also in danger of ending in a fizzle. He was already under contract with Newcastle United from 2016 to 2018, but that was also not a success. Then Sels lost his starting place after a handful of matches and in his second season he was loaned out to Anderlecht.
2024-06-12 10:56:00
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