On the morning of June 11, Spain beat Sweden 3-0 in the EURO 2020 qualifiers. There was no contribution from David De Gea in that great victory for La Roja.
In fact, this was the third consecutive match that the Manchester United goalkeeper had to endure a reserve life in the National Championship. His replacement, Kepa Arrizabalaga, played very well, made no mistakes and could control the defense in many dangerous situations.
This long slip of De Gea was probably due to Gylfi Sigurdsson's big fall in M.U's 0-4 loss to Everton at Premier Legaue a few months ago. From that moment on, De Gea has conceded a continuous goal. In 38 Premier League games, he has kept just seven clean sheets. In addition to the shaky defense, he also made personal mistakes, directly making the "Red Devils" regret him.
Then when facing Barca in the Champions League quarter-finals, De Gea showed an erratic face, unreasonably entering and exiting, and once again the reason for the failure.
Many times, rumors about De Gea's future have covered the Man United dressing room. At times, he was rumored to be going to PSG, sometimes Real Madrid or even return to Atletico Madrid to exchange positions with Jan Oblak. However, up to now, none of the deals have come true.
One thing is for the only truth at the moment, that is, De Gea has shook his head at M.U's request to sign a new contract. Last month, the 28-year-old goalkeeper's representative said that his boss had to receive a new salary of 500,000 pounds/week to negotiate.
Of course, this requirement was pushed away by the "Red Devils" leadership because they did not want to have another case like Alexis Sanchez, just sitting there receiving a huge salary and not being able to contribute anything. Although De Gea is not the type of useless player, his demand for too high a salary will lead to the habit of mongering of many other players.
If they want to eliminate De Gea, M.U is also very "exposed" at this time. Last year, when deciding to terminate Jose Mourinho's contract ahead of schedule, the "Red Devils" had to compensate up to 13.5 million pounds. This time, if we applied the same card to De Gea, the amount was much larger, up to 20 million pounds. Since arriving at Old Trafford, De Gea has spent about £60 million of M.U.
Coach Solskjaer once shared that he will not spend money to buy everything like M.U did 6 years ago under Sir Alex Ferguson. However, in his squad and strategy from next season, Ole Solsa is very eager to keep many key players such as Pogba, De Gea or Rashford. Although knowing that with strong financial potential, M.U can buy a new squad after liquidating the stars. However, the one who suffered the most was Solskjaer when he had to rebuild from the ground and did not know where to start.
De Gea was advised to stay loyal to Man United to become a legend of this great club. His recent actions and decline in form show that in the world of money-making football, loyalty is a concept that is too luxurious. Everything is controlled by money and money can also reverse many values.
The transfer season has started for more than 10 days and De Gea is still quiet. Whether he goes or stays, he should decide early so that the M.U board can consider a plan to avoid being crowded.
