There is absolutely no hint that Manchester United want Sergio Romero back. But the mere suggestion it would be a good idea is utterly bizarre…
A year to the day since Sergio Romero officially cut ties with Manchester United, months after burning his bridges, the goalkeeper is making it known that he’s keen to go back. Which is odd. But not as odd as the number of United supporters eager to welcome him back.
Romero couldn’t wait to get away from Old Trafford last summer upon the expiry of his final contract with the club, which closed a six-year spell with United. The first five years were spent almost entirely on the bench; the last as far away from Manchester as his contract would permit while still pocketing his salary.
During that last season, United did that weird United thing: keep a player who is no use to them while depriving them of the chance of being useful to anyone else. With Dean Henderson’s return, Romero wasn’t even required to volley and fetch during David De Gea’s warm-up. Everton wanted to borrow him in the hope he might spark an improvement from Jordan Pickford, but United said no, much to Mrs Romero’s chagrin.
Presumably, Romero has consulted his wife before giving the Manchester Evening News a nudge and a wink in the hope of returning to his snug seat on the United bench. Regardless, Eliana Guercio need not worry about any potential awkwardness since there seems little prospect of United bringing her husband back.
Why would they? After a season of ill-feeling and inactivity before Romero left, he has spent the time since at Venezia, playing 16 games for the side who finished bottom of Serie A. Romero might say they weren’t bottom when he knacked his knee in March – they were 18th – but nothing about his year in Italy would have made United pine for the 35-year-old.
That doesn’t appear to be the case with some United fans. ‘Bring him back’ was a popular reaction on social media to the news that Romero fancies a reunion, with a common theme in the reasoning being that he never let United down when he had to get his gloves dirty to cover for De Gea. Some reaction was even more extreme…
If Romero comes back and is still around the same standard he was when he left, he displaces De Gea in about a month https://t.co/8cDrIQQQfl
— Casey Evans (@Casey_Evans_) June 30, 2022
United’s player of the season may take issue with that particular take and, of course, Romero wouldn’t be returning to Old…
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