A loan move away from Manchester United can make or break your career. For some it offers the perfect platform to justify hype in an environment far less intense than the daily Old Trafford spotlight, while for others it can all but stop a top-flight career before it has even started.
Sadly for Joel Pereira it is starting to look like it might be the latter. Hopes were high for the Portuguese goalkeeper when he made the move to Hearts last summer.
He had impressed during pre-season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but was keen to secure a move in order to build confidence, and hopefully emulate the success of Dean Henderson at Sheffield United.
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