An enormous replace has emerged relating to Newcastle United and their curiosity in Dean Henderson…
What’s the speak?
Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano has claimed that the Magpies are eyeing up a summer season swoop for the Purple Devils shot-stopper.
They’ve been eager on signing him because the winter switch window and Romano has acknowledged that the 25-year-old’s present membership are but to resolve what they’ll do with him heading into the 2022/23 marketing campaign.
The journalist tweeted: “Newcastle are fascinated by Dean Henderson since final January, he’s all the time been considered one of three goalkeepers within the checklist for NUFC. #NUFC Man United will decide about Dean in the summertime whether or not let him go on mortgage or not. He desires to play as starter subsequent season.”
Would Henderson be signing?
Buzzing
This replace will certainly go away Newcastle supporters buzzing, as Henderson can be a superb addition to Eddie Howe’s squad this summer season.
The England worldwide is eight years youthful than Martin Dubravka and will be the long-term successor to the Slovakian between the sticks at St James’ Park. Henderson has loads of years left forward of him on the age of 25 and will be Howe’s first-choice for the foreseeable future.
He’s a contemporary goalkeeper who excels at popping out to comb the ball away and instructions his field from crosses. During the last twelve months, he ranks within the ninetieth percentile (FBRef) in Europe’s prime 5 leagues for crosses stopped, stopping 10.3% of them from getting previous his gloves within the Premier League.
When it comes to sweeping, he ranks within the 98th percentile (FBRef) for defensive actions outdoors of the penalty space with 1.55 per recreation. This means that he is among the finest goalkeepers in Europe with regards to masking his defenders when balls are performed previous them on the bottom or within the air.
Henderson additionally proved his high quality over the course of a full Premier League season on mortgage at Sheffield United in 2019/20. He stored a formidable 13 clear sheets in 36 matches for the Blades in that marketing campaign as he averaged a SofaScore rating of 7.00.
In the meantime, Dubravka has by no means averaged a SofaScore rating of 7.00 or larger throughout a top-flight season, whereas his finest tally for clear sheets presently stands at 11. He additionally lacks nicely behind Henderson with regards to claiming crosses and fascinating in defensive actions outdoors of his field, rating within the 72nd and ninth percentiles (FBRef) respectively during the last twelve months.
This means that Henderson can be an improve on the 33-year-old subsequent season together with his all-around skillset as a goalkeeper, and that’s the reason Newcastle followers will certainly be delighted by the membership’s pursuit of his companies heading into the summer season switch window.
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