David De Gea was awarded the "Golden Glove" award for the 2022-2023 season in the Premier League thanks to his record of keeping the most clean sheets (17 matches before the final round), and this is not the first time he has won this title. Previously, he won the "Player of the Season" award at MU 4 times. De Gea's contract will end in the next few days. On the one hand, he agreed to extend it, even if he had to reduce his salary. On the other hand, coach Erik Ten Hag was pleased with De Gea's attitude and stated that he really wanted to keep this goalkeeper. However, De Gea cannot be the main goalkeeper if Ten Hag wants to aim for the championship next season.
Goalkeeper De Gea made excellent saves for MU
De Gea's weakness is too big: he is not good at playing football with his feet, and many times he makes mistakes leading to goals because of this characteristic. MU fans have also witnessed many silly goals conceded because of De Gea's weakness in playing football with his feet. Of course, De Gea's ability to save the ball with his feet is another story. Ironically: the more clumsy De Gea is at playing football with his feet, the more excellent his ability to save the ball.
Football is not lacking in goalkeepers similar to De Gea in terms of the above characteristics. However, this is not a matter of opinion. Coach Ten Hag is forced to choose a goalkeeper who is good at playing with his feet, because he belongs to the school of coaches who want his team to keep the ball a lot and develop the ball right from the goalkeeper position. On the other hand, this is an inevitable trend of modern football. Now is the time when top teams cannot compete for the championship with a goalkeeper who is only good at saving but not good at playing with his feet.
Before De Gea, English football had a very clear lesson: Coach Pep Guardiola immediately removed Joe Hart, as soon as he was brought to Man.City in 2016. Joe Hart was one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League, just a few weeks before Guardiola appeared for the England team at EURO 2016. But Joe Hart was not good at playing football with his feet. Coach Guardiola replaced him with Claudio Bravo, but the Chilean goalkeeper was not successful. Guardiola immediately switched to Ederson. And Man.City dominated the Premier League with Ederson in goal.
In short, De Gea is very good at catching the ball, but his obsolescence is too obvious. Every time De Gea has the ball at his feet, the opponent immediately surrounds and blocks all short passes, first of all because everyone knows the weakness of the MU goalkeeper. This creates terrible pressure on the MU defense. Strengthening a goalkeeper who is good at playing with his feet is a must for Ten Hag, even if De Gea continues to stick with MU.
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