{"id":1105923,"date":"2019-09-11T16:18:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1105923"},"modified":"2019-09-11T16:18:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:18:47","slug":"man-utd-think-carefully-de-gea-average-form","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/man-utd-think-carefully-de-gea-average-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd urged to think carefully before renewing David De Gea deal after ‘keeper’s “average form”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United have a “decision” to make regarding David de Gea’s future, according to Mark Schwarzer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Spaniard has been a mainstay between the sticks since joining the Red Devils in 2012, winning four major honours with the club.<\/p>\n

Could Man Utd sell De Gea? Five key things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • De Gea has more appearances in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year (5) than any other goalkeeper.<\/li>\n
  • He’s often been linked with Real Madrid but Florentino Perez rejected<\/a> the chance to sign him in 2016.<\/li>\n
  • More recently, Juventus have been credited with a “genuine<\/a>” interest.<\/li>\n
  • De Gea’s contract expires at the end of the season and Solskjaer says talks are “still ongoing”.<\/li>\n
  • United were linked<\/a> with Jan Oblak in July after he expressed doubts about Atleti’s ambition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    But a number of high-profile errors in recent months have placed his position and future at Old Trafford under scrutiny.<\/p>\n

    Juventus are the latest European giant to be linked with De Gea \u2013 whose contract expires at the end of this season \u2013 while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer recently admitted talks are “still ongoing” with no new deal in place yet.<\/p>\n

    But Schwarzer has questioned whether or not De Gea is worth the wages likely to be involved in a new contract, suggesting it might be time for United to part ways with the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

    “They will have to come to a decision at some point on whether his value is the same as what he is asking for,” he\u00a0told Goal<\/a>. “There\u2019s speculation about him and then there’s the fact that he may still choose to leave.<\/p>\n

    “Ultimately there comes the point where your history and your past performances only get you so far. It is about now. If you look at his last six months, his average performances haven\u2019t been anywhere near what they have been in the past.<\/p>\n