David De Gea has no intents of giving up his role as Manchester United’s No.1 keeper and leaving Old Trafford this summer.
De Gea, 30, started the season as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s chosen goalkeeper and he was named between the sticks for the Europa League final loss to Villarreal.
However, he fell out of favour in the Premier League towards the end of the campaign. England’s Dean Henderson was rather afforded the role. Reports have claimed De Gea’s time at Old Trafford may be coming to an end.
However, the Manchester Evening News insisted to sell De Gea in a permanent deal this summer was an ‘unforeseeable’ transfer option for United’s football director John Murtough.
The outlet did though claim that United could achieve a loan exit with a compromise on wages. That now seems to be off the table for the Spain goalkeeper, who has yet to appear at Euro 2020.
Instead, De Gea is intent on returning to pre-season training “determined to fight for his place”, according to ESPN.
The former Atletico Madrid keeper will be afforded a late return to pre-season due to his time at Euro 2020. Unai Simon has been Spain’s keeper in the tournament, with De Gea their back-up man.
Henderson meanwhile will have a full pre-season after healing from the hip injury which forced him out of Euro 2020.
That may well give the younger Henderson a foot up ahead of the first game against Leeds on August 14.
De Gea though has made his mind up and will fight for his future, with two years and 12-month options still to run on his contract.
Whether or not De Gea’s decision has been impacted by the lack of interest in him remains unclear.
ESPN states “United have yet to receive any concrete interest” in the experienced goalkeeper, who is on a massive £375,000-a-week contract.