O’Shea recalls his appearance as a goalie in new UTD podcast

O’Shea also refutes the suggestion that versatility can hamper a player’s career and, in contrast, credits his own flexibility as the key to making 393 appearances for United.

John has literally filled every role as Red and this unique achievement is an immediate topic of discussion in our new episode of the UTD podcast, which was released in full via the United app on Monday.

“I took the lead in one of the games against Reading at Old Trafford and I probably should have scored too,” laughs John. “He was a big Marcus Hannaman in goal and I wouldn’t say it was a good save, but Marcus Hannaman came out, he was a big unit and he stopped him.

“I will always remember, it was Louis Saha who once said to me shaking his head, ‘Sheasy, how can you do that, how can you play in so many positions?’ It was that sort of thing and I remember saying “I’m not really sure, Louis, to be honest.” But I think it was just about being comfortable with the ball, being able to take instructions, understanding, I hope I used to think the manager was thinking ” he’s pretty smart, smart and can adapt to things. ”

“When you have people like Louis, a top striker and French international, he would shake his head, say it was amazing and ask me how I could have done it. People would say, “You play in so many positions, does it stop you, does it stop your growth? “. But for me it was exactly the opposite. It was amazing to me. The manager was just saying, ‘Sheasy can do it, Sheasy can do it’.