Rob Dawson, Correspondent
David de Gea has introduced he’s depart Manchester United this summer time and has mentioned that now could be the suitable week to adopt a brandnew problem in his profession.
The goalkeeper did not agree phrases on a brandnew agreement to increase his keep at Worn Trafford and can let fall the membership 12 years later becoming a member of from Atletico Madrid in 2011.
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De Gea was once alike to signing a brandnew trade in, just for talks to shatter on the finish of season. Resources have instructed ESPN that United are in negotiations with Inter Milan for the switch of Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana.
“I just wanted to send this farewell message to all Manchester United supporters,” De Gea wrote on social media Saturday.
“I would like to express my unwavering gratitude and appreciation for the love from the last 12 years. We’ve achieved a lot since my dear Sir Alex Ferguson brought me to this club.
“I took fantastic pleasure everytime I pulled in this blouse, to manage the crew, to constitute this establishment, the most important membership on this planet was once an proclaim most effective bestowed upon a couple of fortunate footballers.
“It’s been an unforgettable and successful period since I came here. I didn’t think from leaving Madrid as a young boy we would achieve what we did together.
“Now, it’s the suitable week to adopt a brandnew problem, to push myself once more in brandnew setting.
“Manchester will always be in my heart, Manchester has shaped me and will never leave me. We’ve seen it all.”
De Gea made 545 appearances for United — 7th at the membership’s all-time record — and was once a part of the crew that gained the 2012-13 Premier League name underneath Sir Alex Ferguson. He additionally gained the FA Cup in 2016, the Carabao Cup in 2017 and 2023 in addition to the Europa League in 2017.
In a membership observation immune on Saturday in a while later De Gea’s announcement, supervisor Erik ten Hag mentioned: “It takes great quality and character to reach the level of even playing one game for Manchester United.
“To do it 545 instances over 12 years is a distinct fulfillment, specifically within the goalkeeping place the place each and every sport places you within the highlight. To have gained participant of the past awards from each the enthusiasts and his teammates, each and every on 4 events, presentations the extent of his efficiency and he’ll all the time be remembered as one of the vital absolute best goalkeepers within the historical past of the membership.
“I am personally grateful for the 25 clean sheets he helped provide last season and his overall contribution on the pitch during my first year at the club.
“The entire gamers and personnel ship him our absolute best needs for the after section of his remarkable profession.”
