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Man United goalkeeper Matej Kovar 'completes £7.7m move to Bayer Leverkusen'... giving Erik ten Hag a headache ahead of the new season

Manchester United goalkeeper Matej Kovar has completed a £7.7million move to Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, according to reports.

The 23-year-old Czech stopper joined United's youth academy in 2018 from 1. FC Slovácko but has spent much of his career on loan.

He spent the 2021/22 campaign at Swindon Town before joining Burton Albion and then Sparta Prague in 2022/23.

Kovar's departure, reported by Kicker, means he leaves without a first team appearance at United but will be looking to challenge current Leverkusen number one Lukas Hradecky.

It has also been reported that United have a buy-back clause and a first refusal as part of the deal.