Every summer, the press launches insights about interest in the Spaniard from tops like PSG and Real. Previously, there was no reason to panic: David had a long-term contract, a space price tag, and the pleasure of playing Old Trafford. By November 2018, none of these arguments are listed anymore.

De Gea's contract is calculated until the summer of 2019, but with the possibility of the club to renew it for another year. In any case, one and a half of the waiting season is not a time limit for patient management who dreams of a Spaniard. For example, for Juventus - the club, which from 2011 to 2018 took for free Pirlo, Coman, Pogba, Khedira, Alves, Llorente and Can.

“In the match MU - Juventus De Gea played against his future team. Turin Club - the master of such transactions. If MU does not sell David in the summer, will just wait for the completion of the contract,” - a source at The Times said.

Shocking news was confirmed by Mourinho - he also made an option in which the Spaniard would soon not be at Old Trafford and threw another pebble at Woodward:

“I'm not sure that De Gea will extend the contract. If Manchester United wants to get better, of course, it’s very important to save David.”

The longer De Gea pulls, the more rapidly its transfer value falls. Now David is the third MU player and the third goalkeeper in the world. In the club, he is ahead of the pumped over Lukaku and Pogba, in the role of Ter Stegen and Oblak. All four contracts are calculated either until 2021, or until 2022, their quotes in the near future will not fall.

MU delayed the negotiations and waited for the worst time to extend the contract, because De Gea fell into a psychological pit. First, he left for the World Cup as king and potentially the best goalkeeper of the tournament, but returned due to his departure from Russia to the 1/8 final and missed almost everything that flew into the box. Secondly, the “devils” approach the game of the 13th round of the Premier League against Crystal Palace with a negative goal difference. For 12 matches, Sir Alex missed 21 times, for the entire last championship - 28.

It certainly puts pressure on the goalkeeper, because most fans look exclusively at the statistics. By simple logic, if the team misses more, then the defenders and especially the goalkeeper play worse. But blaming David for this is stupid, because last season, MU climbed into the area of ​​the Champions League only because of him. According to the model of the expected goals, the red devils made much more lethal moments at their gates than direct competitors - City, Tottenham, Chelsea and Liverpool. Simply put, because of the incredible game of the goalkeeper, MU gathered up 12-15 extra points.

The sharp drop in performance in the defense is largely due to the restructuring of Jose. Mourinho did not expect that at the start of the season he would hang over dismissal, therefore he urgently rebuilt the attack. The defensive option no longer works - the Portuguese asks to attack more often. The Special One player pushes the players higher to the opponents' goal, but the slow defenders of Manchester United were vulnerable to transfers behind the back.

Partly a similar problem, Guardiola and Klopp decided to buy new goalkeepers - Ederson and Alisson enjoy playing for the penalty and confidently insure defenders. De Gea is brilliant in the frame, but in the Brazilian style he does not know how to act, which is why the opponent often gets space for a dash directly to the goalkeeper. Even the skill of David is not enough to pull out all the outputs one by one.

Despite the nightmare in Russia, De Gea is still top, but the level of MU is plummeting. Now the team missed 3 goals in four matches of the Premier League (0 for the entire last season), the rebound in Turin led to an exacerbation of Mourinho's self-elevation, from the vacant titles in England only the Cup remained, and in the playoffs of the Champions League the Devils may not even let zombies from Valencia and Young Boys. This is not what the sought-after goalkeeper wants at 28.

“We need to be realistic - this is not our best season. The team played great a couple of times, otherwise it didn’t matter. We really need to skip to react and create moments. I do not know why this is so,” - laments De Gea.

In moments of doubt, people usually ask the opinion of loved ones, and the attitude of the girl David to Manchester is not entirely positive. “This city is just a cesspool. We have to look for at least some interesting, beautiful places, but even they are much worse than Spain. David is the only reason why I tolerate it,” - threw Edurne Garcia back in 2015.

The influence of his beloved, the weak play of the team and the rapid fall in ambitions of MU will definitely incline De Gea to the transfer. Moreover, no one forgot that only a broken fax prevented the goalkeeper from screwing it into Real Madrid. During these three years he could have become a legend of the club, but he took only the Europa League, the FA Cup and the League Cup. Now even Juventus and PSG will offer the Spaniard a lot more.