'Poor cocktail' - Man United calamity star slammed by Gary Neville as his nightmare continues

Altay Bayindir's season went from bad to worse after his desperate role for Turkey in their Euro 2024 clash against Portugal on Sunday.

Bayindir, the Manchester United back-up goalkeeper, had a role in a calamitous own goal scored by Samet Akaydin as Turkey lost 3-0. His day was compounded by United captain Bruno Fernandes rolling home the final goal after being teed up by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Turkey were already 1-0 down when Bayindir came bounding off his line, only for defender Akaydin to pass the ball back, only for the two players to get in a mess. Akaydin's pass evaded the goalkeeper and rolled agonisingly over the line before he could recover.

Former United defender Gary Neville working as a pundit for ITV, was scathing about Bayindir's involvement, putting a large share of the blame at the feet of the player.

“The defender doesn’t look where the goalkeeper is and I have to say, when a goalkeeper converges when there’s not a lot of space between the ball and the defender, it very rarely ends well,” said Neville. “It’s a poor cocktail and I have to say, the goalkeeper really should stay where he is.”

It was the latest setback in a strange season for Bayindir who went from being first choice at Fenerbahce to a bit-part role at United behind Andre Onana.

United's hunt for a goalkeeper last summer ended with two new shot-stoppers coming through the door to replace David de Gea and Dean Henderson. Andre Onana signed for £43.8million from Inter Milan, as a trusted lieutenant of Erik ten Hag, having played under him at Ajax.

He was joined by Turkey goalkeeper Bayindir, brought in on deadline day as back-up in a £4.3m deal. But despite Onana's struggles at times to get to grips with Premier League football, Bayindir ended