David de Gea transfer collapse, return to Man Utd and Andre Onana upgrade claim

David de Gea was served Manchester United well for more than a decade but things could have been very different had he got his transfer wish all the way back in 2015

After a 12-year career at Manchester United, it is remarkable that David de Gea actually still divides opinion among the Old Trafford faithful.

A winner of one Premier League, one FA Cup, two League Cups and one Europa League, you'd have thought he'd have cemented his status as a United favourite. However, his legacy is significantly more complicated than that, given the tail-end of his time between the sticks was so often littered with calamitous errors that the opinion on his United career has soured slightly.

It is important to note that in his final season as United's goalkeeper, De Gea also won the Golden Glove award. And yet, manager Erik ten Hag remained unconvinced and as a result did not offer the Spaniard a new contract following the expiration of his most recent deal

Mirror Football has taken a look at three standout moments in the demise of a shot-stopper once viewed as the Premier League's very best.

De Gea's exit nearly came eight years before he eventually departed when Spanish giants Real Madrid made clear they were keen on prying the shot-stopper away from Old Trafford. Los Blancos reached a player-plus-cash agreement with the Red Devils to sign De Gea, believed to be worth £29million plus Keylor Navas.

However, the documents required to finalise the deal were not sent to Real Madrid in time to beat the Spanish transfer deadline. As a result, the deal collapsed and those at the top of the La Liga giants' hierarchy were left seething.