GRANT: I’LL GIVE MOUR

NEW Manchester United keeper Lee Grant says he has no intention of settling for being thirdchoice at Old Trafford.

Veteran Grant, a £1.5million signing from Stoke, was bought with a view to being behind David De Gea and Sergio Romero, with young keeper Joel Pereira set to go out on loan.

But Grant, 35, who has come up through the lower leagues to the pinnacle of the Premier

League with

United, said he intends to give boss Jose

Mourinho “a choice to make” by showing his quality and push for a starting place.

“I’m old enough and ugly enough to understand the role I’m coming in to do,” said Grant (above).

“I’m at a club that has the best goalkeeper in the Premier League, also a club that has Argentina’s No.1 keeper, and there are

also fantastic young keepers in the building and out on loan.

“I know what I have to contend with, but I’m confident in myself, I’m settled with my own role within all of that and I’m also certain I can offer something to the club.

“My job is just to hold up my end of the bargain. I’ve been bought by United, so my role is to perform at a high level and conduct myself in the correct manner. “That means training correctly, playing correctly when you get the opportunity and if that gives the manager a choice to make, that’s my job.

“Whether that means sitting on the bench or not sitting on the bench, whether I’m playing in the cup games, or not playing in the cup games, I’m ready and willing to do what I need to do.”

Grant came to Mourinho’s attention in October 2016 with a man-of-the-match display for Stoke at United in a 1-1 draw which saw the Potters earn their first point at Old Trafford in 36 years.