Manchester United have eight days to fix Erik ten Hag's problem position

Manchester United said they were 'bringing one of the greatest rivalries in the Premier League to American soil for the first time' when announcing their opening friendly of the USA tour against Arsenal a few months ago.

The tickets for the game on 22 July at MetLife Stadium were quickly snapped up for hundreds of dollars each, but the United fans among the 82,500 sell-out crowd are facing the possibility of watching their side without a first-choice goalkeeper.

Although Dean Henderson could start against Arsenal, Tom Heaton, Matej Kovar and Nathan Bishop are hardly household names in the States and those names won't inspire excitement for the Yanks who'll be in attendance.

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Erik ten Hag's priority is to prepare his squad for the new season, not entertain supporters on tour, but he certainly does care about having a new No.1 goalkeeper signed sooner rather than later following David de Gea's departure.

United play Lyon in Edinburgh on July 19 and, just a few days later, Arsenal in New Jersey on July 22. It won't be a good look to start the tour without a replacement for De Gea and it's hoped talks for Andre Onana will progress in the next week.

It's understood Inter Milan star Onana is the club's priority goalkeeper target and he'll ideally be signed in time to play Arsenal. The club knew De Gea was on his way out for some time and the whole situation was poorly handled.

The news that De Gea was increasingly likely to leave United broke in mid-June and although talks continued with the Spaniard beyond the