David De Gea’s Manchester United future was thrown into doubt last night as his agent failed to rule out a move to Real Madrid in the summer.
De Gea has 18 months left on his contract and has yet to agree new terms to stay at Old Trafford as he takes stock of his future with Real watching developments.
His agent Jorge Mendes, who also represents Cristiano Ronaldo, was asked by Spanish media if he could see the 24-year-old moving to Madrid.
‘David is amazing, he’s brilliant,’ the Portuguese agent told Marca. ‘He’s a Man United player and has a contract there. You have to respect that but things change every five minutes.’
Despite the signing of former Barcelona keeper Victor Valdes, United boss Louis van Gaal has insisted that De Gea will extend his current deal at Old Trafford.
Van Gaal, whose side face Cambridge United in the FA Cup tonight, yesterday dismissed criticism of his tactics and claimed that United’s traditional 4-4-2 formation makes him nervous.
After discussing the merits of a back three over a back four, he insisted he would ignore critics who want him to ditch his favoured 3-5-2 line-up.
In a variation on Sir Alex Ferguson’s famous quote about ‘squeaky bum time’, Van Gaal said: ‘I know that with 4-4-2 the stats are giving the positive results, but when you analyse the game I have twitched my a*** on the bench because we were out of balance — I don’t like it.’ – Daily Mail