David de Gea is on the hunt for a team after leaving Manchester United. De Gea is an outstanding goalkeeper, evident from his 12-season tenure with Manchester United. During this time, he saw countless players and coaches come and go but remained steadfast in the net, playing the hero and occasionally the villain, as happens in football.
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De Gea will turn 33 on November 7th, but by then, he will no longer be at Manchester United, where he arrived for the 2011-2012 season from Atletico Madrid, where he was considered the goalkeeper of the future. They sold him because the club needed money, and parting with the goalkeeper presented an incomparable opportunity to cash in.
In his final year, De Gea was also the starting goalkeeper for Dutchman Erik Ten Hag, who had expressed total confidence in him and is believed to have even intervened with the club to renew his contract. This was supposed to be ready by the time the player went on vacation, during which he planned to marry his long-time girlfriend Edurne Garcia Almagro, known in the entertainment world by her first name.
I would like to express my unwavering gratitude and appreciation for the love of the last 12 years. We have achieved a lot since my dear Sir Alex Ferguson brought me to this club. I felt incredibly proud every time I put on this shirt and led the team, representing this institution, the biggest club in the world, was an honor that only a few lucky footballers are granted.
THAT FAILED SIGNING FOR REAL MADRID...
In the summer of 2015, four years after arriving at United, De Gea was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world, and in their quest to always have the best players, Real Madrid set their sights on him and tried to buy him from the Premier League, in a deal that would exchange Costa Rican Keylor Navas, who spent a whole night at Barajas airport waiting for a phone call.
Throughout the summer, the board headed by Florentino Perez tried to negotiate with United, but they only agreed to do so on the morning of the last market day, and when the parties reached an agreement and sent a fax to the respective federations, it was too late. The deadline had closed, and the dream of some and others broke.
In the end, Madrid kept Keylor Navas, with whom they won the UEFA Champions League three times in a row, and De Gea settled into his life in the aforementioned English city, with the status of undisputed starter, even with the Spanish national team, of which he was the owner for years, until Luis Enrique determined that it was time to count on a new goalkeeper and gave the preference to Unai Simon.
De Gea's departure from Manchester United is part of the club's renewal process, just as rumors are growing stronger from the islands about the possible sale of the club to a Qatari investment fund, although the property, always according to press versions, would be owned by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, who would buy it from the American Glazer family.
In this situation, the Madrid goalkeeper is without a team, at least for the moment, although it is almost certain that he will find a place as a starter. But if he does not agree with any team to be the absolute owner of the net, the dream of playing for Real Madrid could be fulfilled, if finally, the Ukrainian Andriy Lunin finds for a team where he has more options to be a starter.
Bet on FootballFollowing what happened yesterday in relation to the intended hiring of player David de Gea, Real Madrid wants to specify: 1.- Manchester United did not open any negotiation route for the federal rights of David de Gea until yesterday morning. 2.- Real Madrid, despite the difficulties involved in carrying out an operation of this type on the last day of registration, agreed to start these talks. 3.- When Manchester United agrees to this negotiation route yesterday morning, it does so subject to reaching an agreement with the Real Madrid player Keylor Navas to join the British club from this season, and informs that it is in contact with the representatives of said player.
POSSIBLE DESTINATIONS FOR DE GEA
Right now, no one knows for sure where De Gea may end up, but observing the current football scene and looking at trends, it is likely that the goalkeeper will take the path to Saudi Arabia, where many of the world's great football stars have been heading in recent months, after Cristiano Ronaldo paved the way and went to Al Nassr.
In fact, for the aforementioned club, the Spanish goalkeeper meets the necessary conditions. He is an experienced player, but not enough to be considered old, much less for the position of goalkeeper; he comes from a big club, among the three most well-known in the world; and he is well-known enough to draw attention to the team where he plays and its league.
This is just what they need in Arabia, but perhaps the former Spanish international is not up for it and prefers to continue in top-level football, with a getaway to German football, from where, according to some media outlets, Bayern Munich is constantly winking at him, although at the moment nothing has been decided by either party and it is just rumors.
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Of course, if De Gea wants money, a lot of money, no organization can offer him more than Saudi teams, and, if he goes to Al Nassr, he would meet there again with Cristiano Ronaldo, with whom he barely played a year and a half in Manchester United, from the beginning of the 2021-2022 season until December of the recently finished season when the Portuguese and the Red Devils ended up separating their respective paths.
However, De Gea did not deserve to leave United the way he did. After 12 seasons at Old Trafford, the goalkeeper deserved a grand farewell, in front of his fans, and not through the back door, as it finally happened. Although, upon learning of his departure, he thanked the club and the fans in a letter for everything they gave him during the time he wore one of the most well-known jerseys in the world.
It was an unforgettable and successful stage since I arrived here. I didn't think when I left Madrid as a kid we would achieve what we have achieved together. Now is the time to take on a new challenge and strive again in a new environment. Manchester will always be in my heart, Manchester has shaped me and will never abandon me.
