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“Goalkeeping form depends on the state of mind and mechanics. As a result, fearful, hesitant, unhappy goalkeepers are often guilty of making little decisions which results in big mistakes, such as reluctance to take the extra step in one on one situations or take an extra second to play a pass. Tellingly De Gea is guilty of all little behavior and remains mired in a long-term goalkeeper slum “
The failure in the UEFA European League makes the future of players with underperformance display questioning. One of them is De Gea, which also the only United player who missed the penalty kick and failed to save any of the Villarreal penalty kicks in the final. The future career of De Gea in Machester United became unclear, started with much high-profile error that the goalkeeper did in the last two seasons, the Manchester United manager seems to run out of patience. Dead Henderson are promoted to the club first-choice goalkeeper in march to fill De Gea absence due to the birth of his first child, even though Ole Gunnar does not yet confirm who is the No.1 goalkeeper in Manchester United, it a logical decision for Solskjaer to stick with Dean Henderson for the next season.
The intention to drop De Gea actually can earlier when the United visit West Brom in November 2020. However, when De Gea was informed, he reacted so unhappily Solskjaer restored the…