Roy Keane made a sudden U-turn on David de Gea after being sick to death – and he was right
Roy Keane may have joked that Manchester United should have brought back David de Gea, but perhaps he was right.
De Gea was fired for Erik ten Hag After 11 seasons at the club, he signed Andre Onana for £47m.
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Keane had been one of the voices that had criticized the Spaniard in his last years at the club.
In 2020, he said he was 'fed up to death' with the Spanish and called him overrated.
He United The legend was merciless in his criticism of De Gea in the 2022/23 season and urged the club to move on from him.
They moved on, as Onana was signed for £47 million Inter Milanbut its beginning was difficult.
Halfway through last season, Keane even joked about getting De Gea back.
Talking about the Stay with football In the podcast, he jokingly asked for De Gea's return.
Gary Neville said: “Roy, you talked a lot about David de Gea's time in manchester united.”
Keane said: “No, I would have kept it.”
Cue a big laugh from the rest of the people on the podcast.
“A big mistake letting him go. Can't we get it back? It's free.
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“No, he had to go. “I was making too many mistakes.”
Continuing on Onana, Keane said: “Oh, isn't it great. Obviously a really poor start. We talk about positions in any big club, the goalkeeper at Manchester United is enormous.
“David made mistakes, but he has already made six or seven big mistakes that have led him to score goals. It's a long way back.
“We've seen goalkeepers come to United and they've had a tough start and we worked with them and they seemed to be very good goalkeepers, but it seemed like there was no turning back for them.”
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They kept Onana and De Gea was out for the entire 2023/24 season, only joining Fiorentina this summer.
In fact, Manchester United conceded more goals and kept fewer clean sheets last season than in the Spaniard's last campaign at the club.
Now, he is showing that he still has it with the Italian team, saving two penalties in the same game for his new club.
