In the match against Chelsea in round 36, if De Gea is not "scored", Man United can keep all 3 points at home and welcome the hope of finishing in the Top 4 when the season ends.
However, the unfortunate draw against The Blues was seen as the end of the Red Devils' ultimate ambitions. In the remaining 2 rounds, they no longer have the right to decide for themselves.
The last goal conceded was for the first time in his career, De Gea conceded 9 consecutive goals. In addition, he made a direct mistake that led to a goal conceded 3 times in the Premier League this season, only behind Bernd Leno4.
De Gea has lost eight of his out-of-band shots in the Premier League this year, his highest in his career. Rudiger's shot may have been difficult for many people, but with De Gea's class, it was a big disappointment.
What is happening to the number 1 star of the Old Trafford team, who is always the last hope every time the "Red Devils" are in danger?
In the summer of 2017, after the "fault of the fax machine" incident, De Gea considered the door to Real Madrid to be over. Los Blancos were upset with M.U's tricks and devoted all their attention to Courtois. Finally, they also achieved the goal in August last year.
However, since then, the Royal team has been very close to De Gea. Coach Zidane himself also declared this to be Courtois' first and also last season at the Bernabeu. And so the rumors surrounded the Spanish goalkeeper, coinciding with the time when Manchester United was at the bottom of its form and achievements.
Last month, De Gea's representative demanded that the "Red Devils" raise their salary for their customers to 350,000 pounds/week. Currently, he only receives 200,000 pounds/week and this number is unreasonable when compared to cases of being "sold out" by Alexis Sanchez.
However, M.U has not hastily agreed and has been slow to accept De Gea, during this time he has played with a form worthy of a salary of about 100,000 pounds/week for mid-level goalkeepers.
With a new contract not signed, a new salary not agreed by the club, De Gea is struggling with a future in a place where he is always considered "untouchable". In the summer of 2020, the contract between the two parties will expire. For more than the next month, the two sides will play a brain game with each other if the goalkeeper does not want to leave in a free transfer.
Everyone still supports De Gea, only he and the current way of playing are gradually pushing this goalkeeper away from Old Trafford.
In the biggest reform this summer for more than £200 million, coach Ole Solskjaer has not mentioned De Gea once. The Norwegian coach always believes that the Spanish goalkeeper will stay and become the core in the next stages of the team. Now is the time for De Gea to consider all factors.
In Manchester United's two golden periods under Sir Alex Ferguson, despite having top goalkeepers such as Peter Schmeichel and Edwin Van Der Sar, the duo have never been considered the brightest star in the squad.
However, De Gea is different. In the last 2 seasons, he was voted the best Manchester United player and has always been the only player at M.U to compete at world-class level. Saves only need 0.26 seconds to react like the match against Sevilla in the Champions League last year, for De Gea it is just a "daily matter" in goal.
Manchester United is not lacking in money and not lacking in ambition to continue to return to normal. At a world-famous club, always rated the highest and receiving an unimaginable salary for the goalkeeper position, De Gea is smart enough to consider the real story.
Under Sir Alex, M.U has fallen into even worse crisis periods than now when Mourinho took over. But then, what famous names like Schmeichel or Van Der Sar have, De Gea knows.
Staying and becoming a legend of M.U, this sounds very... ear-pleasing to De Gea. In fact, in the general level of major clubs in Europe at the moment, the number 1 goalkeeper position has an owner. De Gea's departure from M.U could be the biggest backlog of his career.
There is only more than a month left for De Gea to decide whether to go or stay. Those who love M.U always believe and love their goalkeeper, all just wait for De Gea to respond.
