{"id":151535,"date":"2025-08-16T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/151535\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:00:11","slug":"radek-vitek-is-on-fire-ruben-amorim-will-have-decision-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/151535\/","title":{"rendered":"Radek Vitek is on fire, Ruben Amorim will have decision to make"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United are still in the process of shaping their squad by sanctioning some departures, but one loan exit that has already been sanctioned is paying dividends. <\/strong><\/p>\n

After having quite a big loan army last season, Man Utd<\/a> are again putting in the work to settle their youngsters in clubs for first-team football. <\/p>\n

Jonny Evans has taken on the role of a Loan Manager<\/a>, so it has been interesting to watch how the players are placed on loan.<\/p>\n

While a loan move is extremely unpredictable on the best of days, one player is already ensuring that his is a success. <\/p>\n

\"SheffieldPhoto by Ed Sykes\/Getty ImagesRadek Vitek is on fire at Bristol City<\/p>\n

Radek Vitek<\/a> has long been touted as one of the better goalkeeping prospects at Man Utd<\/a>, especially due to how he has acclimatised himself to the jump in competition levels. <\/p>\n

What started as a good loan at Accrington ended with a successful loan at BW Linz last season<\/a>, with United challenging him with a Championship loan this season. <\/p>\n

Vitek started off at Bristol City with a penalty save<\/a> on his debut, and then followed it up with a player-of-the-match display on his competitive debut<\/a> in the Championship. <\/p>\n

Bristol City fans were in awe of Vitek<\/a> already, and the bond has just grown deeper in just three games after he put in another player-of-the-match display. <\/p>\n

Vitek kept a clean sheet in City\u2019s 0-0 draw against Charlton Athletic, finishing with an 8.6 rating (as per Fotmob<\/a>) and the player-of-the-match award. <\/p>\n

He had 49 touches of the ball, and any average goalkeeper could have conceded at least one, if not two goals as per the quality of shots he faced. <\/p>\n

He had to make only three saves, but that was because he killed the attacks by coming out of his box to claim high balls or act as a sweeper. <\/p>\n

Vitek even launched a few counter-attacks with his quick throws that had the trajectory and speed of a bullet, as he showcased all the skills in his arsenal, which are needed to succeed at the top level. <\/p>\n

With United\u2019s goalkeeping situation under a cloud of uncertainty, one thing is becoming increasingly certain. Ruben Amorim will have a decision to make next summer because Vitek is exceeding the most optimistic expectations set out for him.<\/p>\n

Man Utd loanwatch 2025\/26<\/p>\n

Besides Vitek, it was a fairly subdued outing for most other United loanees as they failed to stand out.<\/p>\n

Dan Gore\u2019s Rotherham lost to Cardiff City 3-0, with Gore playing 90 minutes. He completed 18\/24 passes but was mostly peripheral as Cardiff dominated territory and possession.<\/p>\n

Sonny Aljofree wasn\u2019t much better at Notts County, playing 56 on the right side of a back-three in a 2-1 loss to Barrow. <\/p>\n

Elyh Harrison couldn\u2019t repeat his previous game heroics as his Shrewsbury Town fell 2-0 to Colchester United, with Harrison rated as the second-lowest on his team.<\/p>\n

Jack Moorhouse\u2019s Leyton Orient drew 2-2 against Stockport in a game where he came off the bench and played just 12 minutes. <\/p>\n

Ethan Wheatley had an eventful but frustrating outing at Northampton Town, hitting the woodwork once in a 2-0 loss to Stevenage as his search for his first goal there goes on. Toby Collyer made his West Brom debut with a four-minute cameo in their 3-2 win against Wrexham. <\/p>\n

The hope is that most of these youngsters, if not all, start matching Vitek\u2019s fortunes at Bristol City!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are still in the process of shaping their squad by sanctioning some departures, but one loan…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":151536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[88889,88890,88891,85744,85745,51013,221,88892,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-151535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-dan-gore","9":"tag-elyh-harrison","10":"tag-ethan-wheatley","11":"tag-jack-moorhouse","12":"tag-loan-players","13":"tag-radek-vitek","14":"tag-soccer","15":"tag-sonny-aljofree","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115040697238392612","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}