The ongoing saga over the David De Gea transfer took a potentially decisive turn yesterday after Manchester United shifted their initial asking price from 46 million euro to 35 million. This amended sum is closer to the initial figure of 30 million euro which the Spanish club originally tabled for the goalkeeper’s signature.
There is willingness from all sides to try and conclude a deal as soon as possible and avoid a situation where De Gea has to return to pre-season training with United. Van Gaal has called the players back to the club’s training center at Carrington next Monday De Gea himself has already said his goodbye’s to his United squad mates and various members of the Manchester United club staff. The Dutch coach is more than anxious that the deal is resolved so he can look for an alternative for the goalkeeping position. He takes the team to the United States as part of the club’s pre-season and has reportedly got French keeper, Hugo Lloris lined up as a replacement for De Gea. French sports daily, L’Equipe reported that a 20 million euro offer would see the French stopper swap White Hart Lane for Old Trafford.
Both Real Madrid and Manchester United are destined to look for compromise this summer as there is the parallel ongoing situation regarding Sergio Ramos and his possible move to England. An amicable conclusion to the De Gea situation may be the motivating factor in a back down from Real Madrid in their position regarding the defender.