decision to join Manchester United despite having
almost exclusively spent his time at Old Trafford as
David De Gea's understudy.
The Argentina international made the switch to
United from Sampdoria ahead of the 2015-16
season when Louis van Gaal was in charge of the
Red Devils.
At the time, De Gea was heavily linked with a
return to Spain to join Real Madrid, but the move
failed to materialise and left Romero as number
two.
Romero has been used predominantly for cup duty
this term and has made just one appearance in the
Premier League under Jose Mourinho.
He is set to start for United in the second leg of
their Europa League tie against Anderlecht on
Thursday, which is nicely poised at 1-1, and
Romero insists that he could not have turned down
the lure of playing for one of Europe's premier
clubs.
"Sergio is very experienced, and he's
playing really well."
The #MUFC manager praises Romero,
and says he will start tomorrow.
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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April
19, 2017
"I think that when you get a chance to come to a
club like United, even knowing there's a chance
you might be second choice, it's a chance you
want to take," Romero told a pre-match news
conference.
"I want to show the manager that I'm ready, if
called upon, to go out there and not let the team
down.
"You always want to be number one, but coming
here was a great challenge to accept."
On the game with Anderlecht, he added: "I would
say that, as United, in my opinion, from the first
game of the Europa League, it's been a very
important cup.
"Whatever competition we compete in, whether it
be the Champions League or friendly in China, we
want to win.
"When you represent United, you realise there's no
such thing as an unimportant game or trophy.
"Hopefully we can go all the way and win
silverware."
Romero may be in goal against Anderlecht, but
Mourinho says that might not be the case if United
progress from the last eight.
"Sergio Romero is goalkeeper for tomorrow
[Thursday] but not necessarily all Europa League,"
he said.
"David is the priority to play in the Premier League
but I don't like a complete separation between
competitions."
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