Away from just getting playing minutes, what targets will you set yourself next season for you personally to aid your development?

“Targets? Obviously I’ve got my eye on the England squad – that’s one that really floats my boat and hopefully it can be my year where I break through into that. First and foremost, I’ve just got to go and do the best I can for Sheffield United and get used to the Premier League straight away – then really, from there, everything follows doesn’t it?”

Absolutely! You said there you have one eye on the England shirt. Ole has spoken about you a lot and so too has Gareth Southgate. You’ve proven yourself in the Championship, which is a tough league. How do you keep yourself level-headed with all of that buzz going around you?

“You’ve just got to remember what got you there and then you keep doing that, because at the end of the day you don’t fix what isn’t broken. I work hard every single day to be a better version of myself. At the end of the day, the only competition I’ve got is myself. If I can be the best I can be, there’s no reason why I can’t keep developing and getting up the football ladder.”

Switching back to United, you’ve committed your long-term future here. How much satisfaction does that give to you as a person?

“That’s my dream. It’s always been my dream to break through into the first team, since I was a little boy of four or five years old – all I ever thought about was playing at Manchester United. So, for me to sit here today and say it’s getting closer and closer, every year it gets closer but you’ve got to keep doing the right things and making sure you’re professional and making sure you make the sacrifices. Hopefully one day you’ll get your lucky break and then it’s obviously down to myself to take that and I’m ready when they are.”

Given the people you get to learn from here, not just players but coaches as well, there is just so much knowledge, isn’t there?

“Yeah, 100 per cent. You’ve obviously got the goalkeeping department and I think it’s probably one of the best goalkeeping departments in the world – if not the best goalkeeping department in the world. To learn from some of those goalkeepers and coaches is outstanding. It’s not easy to succeed but everything is here for you to succeed, so you’ve just got to keep working hard and pick up all of the knowledge you can and learn off the likes of David De Gea, Sergio Romero and Lee Grant. From there, you build yourself to the next level.”

And finally, in the long term for you, what is the end goal? Is it to come back to Manchester United and establish yourself here?

“Yeah, 100 per cent. I’ll always stick by it. I’ve always wanted to play for Manchester United and be England’s number one. I’m on the right tracks if I keep developing the way I’m doing and I get a lucky break, because I’ll need a bit of luck along the way. If I get that bit of luck, then I’m sure I will get there in the end.”

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