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What is it that has caused De Gea to not find his next home so far? Not Ten Hag, but super high salaries

The latest news from The Athletic that United did not opt to renew De Gea's contract last summer left the Spain goalkeeper frustrated and considered retiring. De Gea has always held Ten Hag and former United director Mutaf accountable for his departure.What is the reason why De Gea has not found a home so far? Not Ten Hag, but super high salary?

De Gea came through the Atletico academy and was promoted to the Atletico first team in the 2009-10 season, before joining Manchester United from Atletico Madrid for a transfer fee of €25 million in the summer window of 2011 and spent 12 years before leaving the club at the end of the 2022-23 season.

De Gea is a very characteristic goalkeeper, that is, a goal-line goalkeeper, De Gea is also a must, but he also has many shortcomings, that is, the ability to play the ball, and there are a lot of mistakes. Since Manchester United is a team that will be shot a lot by opponents, it can be described as a weak team goalkeeper, which has also created the image of De Gea as a super goalkeeper. For example, Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson is a goalkeeper with a very low save rate in the Premier League, which is related to the team's style of play and strength. Manchester United gave De Gea the world's first goalkeeper salary,£375,000 per week, which made De Gea lose himself and think that he was the best goalkeeper. As a result, after the expiration of Manchester United's contract, De Gea was asked to take a pay cut to renew his contract, which caused the player to have a direct emotional breakdown and eventually leave the team.

At that time, Real Madrid urgently needed to sign a goalkeeper due to Courtois's injury season, and Real Madrid chose Spain goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, who was on loan at a high price, and De Gea had already been abandoned by the Spain Football Federation early on, and could not even choose three goals. In fact, the coaching staff of Real Madrid and Spain know the ball better than most fans, they understand the strength of De Gea, which is no longer suitable for big teams, but De Gea is not aware of this at all, resulting in his reluctance to cut his salary to become a goalkeeper in a second-rate team. De Gea has been without a ball for a season and will not be able to find a home for the new season, which is basically the result of retirement. De Gea was only 32 years old when he left Manchester United, and he was still playing in the goalkeeper position, and he did not have a clear positioning, which eventually delayed him.

Sum upManchester United's super high salary has hurt De Gea, do you agree?

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