Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag insists that he desires David de Gea to signal a brand new contract with the Pink Devils regardless of his howler in Sunday’s loss to West Ham United.
Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has confirmed that he desires to see David de Gea signal a brand new contract regardless of his pricey error in Sunday’s defeat to West Ham United.
Three days on from falling to a 1-0 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion, the Pink Devils’ Champions League aspirations suffered one other setback in an similar defeat on the London Stadium.
With 27 minutes on the clock, Mentioned Benrahma let fly from outdoors the realm, and his goal-bound effort was seemingly meat and drink for a diving De Gea.
Nevertheless, regardless of protruding a hand, De Gea inexplicably let Benrahma’s effort squirm previous him and into the again of the web, gifting David Moyes‘s relegation battlers a priceless 1-0 victory.
De Gea’s howler on Sunday was the fourth time that the Spaniard had made an error resulting in a objective in any competitors this season – solely Hugo Lloris has additionally made as many deadly errors out of all Premier League goalkeepers.
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On the flip aspect, De Gea is main the race for the Premier League Golden Glove with 15 top-flight clear sheets this time period, two greater than closest challengers Alisson Becker, Nick Pope and Aaron Ramsdale.
The 32-year-old additionally began and accomplished the total 90 in February’s 2-0 EFL Cup remaining win over Newcastle United, however his future has been referred to as into query for a few years now.
As issues stand, De Gea will be capable to stroll out of Outdated Trafford without spending a dime when his contract expires in June, because the Pink Devils haven’t activated his 12-month extension choice, though he has introduced his intention to remain on.
Fairly than set off that 12-month renewal and hold De Gea on his £375,000-a-week pay packet, Man United are insisting that the previous Atletico Madrid stopper should conform to a contemporary cope with a wage minimize to remain on the membership.
An settlement is but to be reached with De Gea’s camp, however Ten Hag defended his primary after Sunday’s sport and publicly gave the inexperienced gentle for him to signal a brand new contract.
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“We would like him to remain and we wish him to increase his contract. He has essentially the most clear sheets within the Premier League. We’d not be right here on this place with out him,” Ten Hag informed reporters.
“I consider there aren’t any considerations. It occurs. As a workforce, you must cope with it, present character, be resilient, bounce again and that is what this workforce will do.
“We began effectively, we dictated the sport, we created probabilities, we did not take them, after which one mistake. In three days, twice particular person errors makes us lose video games.”
De Gea has saved a club-high 188 clear sheets in 540 video games for Man United since his arrival in 2011, breaking Peter Schmeichel‘s earlier document of 180 within the EFL Cup remaining three months in the past.
With only one win from their final 4 Premier League video games, Man United now solely maintain a one-point lead over fifth-placed Liverpool in the desk, though the Reds have performed a sport extra.
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