{"id":941775,"date":"2026-05-06T15:13:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/941775\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:13:54","slug":"man-utds-plan-for-radek-vitek-in-2026-27-after-successful-bristol-city-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/941775\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd&#8217;s plan for Radek Vitek in 2026\/27 after successful Bristol City loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=unitedinfocus.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeeper Radek Vitek has ended an incredible season on loan with Bristol City and is set to return to Manchester United this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/technical-director-celebrates-after-signing-impressive-man-utd-talent-on-loan-hes-extremely-well-regarded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radek Vitek joined Bristol City on loan<\/a> as a back-up goalkeeper, but he quickly made himself a key player at Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/what-fans-chanted-at-man-united-loanee-radek-vitek-should-catch-ruben-amorims-attention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol City fans fell in love with Vitek<\/a>, and the 22-year-old ended his loan spell in style.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/radek-vitek-gets-ultimate-vindication-at-the-end-of-bristol-city-loan-spell-with-triple-honours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vitek won three club honours<\/a>, scooping the club\u2019s Player of the Year award, Young Player of the Year award, and Players\u2019 Player of the Year award. Now he is set to return to Manchester.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2269705836-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Radek Vitek of Bristol City reacts during the Sky Bet Championship match between Charlton Athletic and Bristol City at The Valley on April 03, 2026\" class=\"wp-image-342528\" \/>Photo by Jasper Wax\/Getty Images         <\/p>\n<p> What should Man Utd do with Radek Vitek in 2026\/27? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/UIF-polls-16-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350202\" \/>       Radek Vitek does not want to be a back-up at Man Utd<\/p>\n<p>The Bristol move was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/radek-vitek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radek Vitek\u2019s<\/a> third loan spell as a United player, and his best one yet.<\/p>\n<p>United are in need of goalkeeper depth with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/man-utd-back-up-stopper-altay-bayindir-attracts-transfer-interest-ahead-of-turkish-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Altay Bayindir expected to leave<\/a> and Andre Onana likely to make a permanent exit after his loan in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7254723\/2026\/05\/06\/rashford-hojlund-and-onana-future-man-utd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Athletic<\/a> report that Vitek wants to play regularly rather than be a back-up to Senne Lammens.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, another loan deal for Vitek has not been ruled out for 2026\/27.<\/p>\n<p>However, with United set to compete in four competitions next season, including the Champions League, there could be space for both Vitek and Lammens in the first team.<\/p>\n<p>          Is Radek Vitek READY to be playing for Manchester United? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Can he challenge Lammens? Or does he need another loan?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251184020-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"Bristol City's goalkeeper Radek Vitek during the Sky Bet Championship match between Coventry City and Bristol City at The Coventry Building Society Arena on December 13, 2025\" class=\"wp-image-317741\" \/>Photo by Stephen White \u2013 CameraSport via Getty Images       Radek Vitek will have Man Utd pre-season to impress<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/opinion\/man-utds-sensible-2026-pre-season-tour-plans-look-inspired-compared-with-tottenhams-ludicrous-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United\u2019s pre-season plans<\/a> have been confirmed, with the Red Devils set to tour Europe over the summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/radek-vitek-praise-from-petr-cech-shows-one-of-his-biggest-attributes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radek Vitek praise from Petr Cech shows one of his biggest attributes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ineos are set to appoint a permanent head coach, and it seems as though Michael Carrick will be sticking around in the United hot seat.<\/p>\n<p>Carrick and his staff will have a chance to assess players over the summer, and it will be a pivotal period in Vitek\u2019s United career.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google Goalkeeper Radek Vitek has ended an incredible season on loan with Bristol&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,60181,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-941775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-radek-vitek","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116528288406990620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}