da poker： Even though transfer deadline day is now over a week old, it’s still hard to believe that David de Gea remains a Manchester United player. Had it not been for some questionable paperwork handling from both the Red Devils and Real Madrid the Spain international would be back in his homeland, as was his wish all through the summer.
da imperador bet： Alas, he remains at Old Trafford, and with just under 12 months on his contract it seems that the goalie will be seeing out the campaign where he is. With the hullabaloo now in the past, reports have claimed that De Gea could be recalled to first-team action for the Liverpool match on Saturday, ending his six-game exile in the stands.
Although Louis van Gaal is known to be a manager who bears a grudge and has put his faith in Sergio Romero, it makes sense to get his best player back on the pitch, and here are FIVE reasons why…
Probably the best goalkeeper in the Premier League
Thibaut Courtois, Per Cech, Hugo Lloris and De Gea. The quartet are, arguably, the best goalkeepers in the Premier League, and while the former three have been playing for their sides already this season, the Spaniard has been sitting in the stands. It was understandable given the transfer speculation that Van Gaal opted to leave his 2014/15 Player of the Year out of action, but with the window closed it makes no sense. De Gea now has to focus on his football and United need points. The club are likely to win more points with De Gea in goal, so play him, surely?
Romero’s Swansea performance
Romero deserves some credit for his performances so far. From being a free agent, the Argentine stepped in at Old Trafford and kept three clean sheets in his opening three Premier League matches while helping United to negotiate a tricky Champions League qualification play-off double header with Club Brugge. In that time he looked fairly assured and pulled off some decent saves, but the wheels rather came off at Swansea. In the space of just over five minutes the ex-Sampdoria man let in two saveable goals – Bafetimbi Gomis’ shot was particularly tame – contributing the throwing away of what looked like three points from a tricky away fixture. Would De Gea have let in Andre Ayew’s header or the French striker’s near post shot? You’d back him to have saved at least one of them.
De Gea wants to play
“I felt good. I was really longing to get back playing. I’ll keep working and let’s see if I have some luck with my club.
“Yes I’m happy. I am relaxed about things and I will go on working hard and improving, and enjoying my football.”
The words of De Gea after featuring for Spain in their 1-0 EURO 2016 qualification tie with Macedonia suggest that he’s eager to put the past few months behind him and get back to playing football. Whether he’s motivated by keeping Real Madrid interested or doing his best for United doesn’t really matter, as long as the player wants to play, he should be playing.
A good season could convince De Gea to stay
There have already been reports suggesting that De Gea could commit to a new contract at Old Trafford following the now infamous ‘paperwork-gate’ episode of deadline day, so there is a glimmer of hope that he could yet stay put. Surely the only way to convince the stopper to remain in Manchester is to allow him regular playing time with EURO 2016 on the horizon and hope that his frustration at the whole saga manifests itself in blame being directed towards Madrid.
Waste of talent to have him in the stands
Ultimately it’s a real waste of talent to have a player of De Gea’s ability watching on from the stands. The opening day encounter with Spurs as the Spaniard, his compatriot Victor Valdes and Anders Lindegaard sat away from the action while Romero made his debut and youngster Sam Johnstone acted as back-up on the bench.
As long as he’s available, it makes sense to play De Gea.