Will Louis van Gaal restore David de Gea,Cesc Fàbregas must find his mojo for Chelsea, and how will Spurs and West Brom react to the Berahino fiasco? David de Gea will be staying at Manchester United after signing a four-year contract, and so can focus on re-energising his Old Trafford career. Much has been made of his poor performance in a pre-season friendly against Paris St-Germain when Louis van Gaal said his No1 goalkeeper wasn’t in the moral frame of mind to play. He’s continued to miss him. But now,with the move to genuine Madrid having collapsed and a original deal confirmed, the United manager would have to be spectacularly pig-headed not to choose the Spain goalkeeper, and who finally got some first-team action when he kept a clean sheet in midweek against Macedonia. It was against Liverpool at Old Trafford last season that De Gea made a string of stunning saves early in the game that frustrated Brendan Rodgers’s side to the extent that they ran out of momentum after a positive start. United grew in confidence and went on to win 3-0. It was a theme throughout the season. Even when Manchester United were coughing and spluttering their way through games with disjointed football and head-scratching formations,they could often rely on creating very few chances to win a game because they had such comprehensive insurance in goal. With so many question marks still hanging over United’s team choice and formation, Van Gaal can cure one headache moral absent by restoring his best goalkeeper to the starting lineup for what remains of the Spaniard’s career at Old Trafford. GBContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com