{"id":251474,"date":"2026-07-04T18:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/man-utd-continue-to-work-to-sign-wolves-sam-johnstone\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T18:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:30:20","slug":"man-utd-continue-to-work-to-sign-wolves-sam-johnstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/man-utd-continue-to-work-to-sign-wolves-sam-johnstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd \u2018continue to work\u2019 to sign Wolves\u2019 Sam Johnstone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/manchester-united\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Man Utd news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> reportedly \u2018continue to work\u2019 on a deal to sign Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/4383077\/chelsea-chalobah-lacroix-mourinho-fulham-transfers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">talkSPORT<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following Andre Onana\u2019s move to Trabzonspor on a season-long loan deal, the Red Devils currently have Senne Lammens, Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton as goalkeeper options.<\/p>\n<p>However, since moving to Old Trafford from Fenerbahce, Bayindir has struggled to find his feet in the <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/premier-league\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"21\" title=\"Premier League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>. So, he is said to be open to leaving to find regular game time.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the 20-time English champions have started exploring options to replace the Turkish international. Now, <em>talkSPORT<\/em> state that Man Utd are interested in bringing Johnstone back as they want a homegrown No.2 and \u2018continue to work\u2019 on this deal.<\/p>\n<p>Following Wolves\u2019 relegation, the Englishman is open to leaving. He came through United\u2019s academy but never made a Premier League appearance at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Johnstone, standing at 6ft 4in tall, is a good shot-stopper and good in the air. However, the 33-year-old has had fitness problems in recent years and showed signs of decline last season for Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>He started only 12 Premier League matches, kept no clean sheets, and had a 62% save rate. Moreover, he made an error, which led to a goal.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the goalkeeper still has a contract until 2028, Wolves might demand a <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/transfer-rumours\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Transfer rumours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer<\/a> fee to let him leave. It is going to be interesting to see whether the Old Trafford club eventually opt to secure his services this summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Johnstone to Man Utd<\/h2>\n<p>After qualifying for next season\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/champions-league\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"20\" title=\"Champions League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a>, Man Utd are planning to bolster several areas of the squad to challenge on all fronts next campaign.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/casemiro\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"40\" title=\"casemiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casemiro<\/a>\u2019s departure, Manuel Ugarte has sustained a serious knee issue and is set to remain sidelined for an extended period. So, Man Utd are considering purchasing three new midfielders.<\/p>\n<p>They have already agreed on a deal to sign Ederson, but the move won\u2019t become official until the end of his World Cup campaign with Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Michael Carrick is looking to sign a new left-winger to support Matheus Cunha as <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/marcus-rashford\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"38\" title=\"marcus rashford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcus Rashford<\/a> is expected to be sold this summer. Moreover, United are reportedly seeking a new left-back to support Luke Shaw.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--mvp-post-tags--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--posts-nav-link--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-org-wrap\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n<div class=\"mvp-org-logo\" itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-logo--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Football Talk | Premier League News\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-wrap-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/234739\/man-utd-continue-to-work-to-sign-wolves-sam-johnstone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United reportedly \u2018continue to work\u2019 on a deal to sign Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, as per talkSPORT. Following Andre Onana\u2019s move to Trabzonspor on a season-long loan deal, the Red Devils currently have Senne Lammens, Altay Bayindir and Tom Heaton as goalkeeper options. However, since moving to Old Trafford from Fenerbahce, Bayindir has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-251474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}