Loan watch (October): How well are Manchester United’s loanees doing at their clubs so far this season?
By Ali Akbar
Joel Pereira
Date of birth: 28/06/1996 (age 22)
National team: Portugal U21
Loan club: Vitoria Setubal
Position: Goalkeeper
Jose Mourinho has praised his fellow countryman as being the best young Portuguese goalkeeper in the world right now.
However, that doesn’t mean much when you have both Spain and Argentina’s number one’s ahead of you in the pecking order (the former also being the best keeper in the world).
Nevertheless, Pereira is a promising young keeper who is getting much-needed experience playing in Portugal’s first division. So far he has made five appearances for Setubal who are currently 10th in Primeira Liga.
Pereira has kept two clean sheets already, suggesting that our boy is doing well between the sticks. Time will tell if the loan spell was a fruitful one, but for now, he seems to be on the right track.