David de Gea can be king of keepers at Manchester United
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea David de Gea has been tipped to prove why Sir Alex Ferguson was prepared to make him the most expensive goalkeeper in Manchester Uniteds history.
The Spaniard endured a difficult start at Old Trafford after his 18.9m move from Atletico Madrid last summer.
But he recovered to produce some outstanding displays in the second half of the campaign to establish himself as Uniteds No1.
Goalkeeping coach Eric Steele admits the 21-year-old did not enjoy the ideal debut season but believes he will be more prepared this time around.
David will be slightly disappointed, said Steele. We probably got what we expected. There was no way we expected him to come in and play as he had been playing. It was a totally different change for him in many, many ways. Hence the reason why we said before that, to replace Edwin van der Sar, we needed two and that was the main reason why Anders Lindegaard was on board.
Anders had the injury just after Christmas and then David gets back in when you least expect it and just went on and it was important he finished strongly. Thats the big plus factor for us. He has adapted partly. He has been through lots of firsts and we know hell be better prepared in terms of the second time.
High-profile errors in the first half of the season led to concerns that De Gea wouldnt be able to adapt to the physical nature of the Premier League.
But Steele was full of admiration for the manner in which De Gea dealt with his opening months in England.
If you dealt with him day-to-day and would see him on the field, if it was bothering him it didnt show in terms of training and his attitude off the field, he said.
There are that many different firsts he had to contend with.! Number one, if you make an error at Old Trafford, how do you react? So his mistake management was brilliant as it didnt affect him.
The next thing is to go to the biggest grounds and play, and contend with The Kop.
There were errors but the manager has great faith in young players and all he did was reinforce the good with him.
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The Spaniard endured a difficult start at Old Trafford after his 18.9m move from Atletico Madrid last summer.
But he recovered to produce some outstanding displays in the second half of the campaign to establish himself as Uniteds No1.
Goalkeeping coach Eric Steele admits the 21-year-old did not enjoy the ideal debut season but believes he will be more prepared this time around.
David will be slightly disappointed, said Steele. We probably got what we expected. There was no way we expected him to come in and play as he had been playing. It was a totally different change for him in many, many ways. Hence the reason why we said before that, to replace Edwin van der Sar, we needed two and that was the main reason why Anders Lindegaard was on board.
Anders had the injury just after Christmas and then David gets back in when you least expect it and just went on and it was important he finished strongly. Thats the big plus factor for us. He has adapted partly. He has been through lots of firsts and we know hell be better prepared in terms of the second time.
High-profile errors in the first half of the season led to concerns that De Gea wouldnt be able to adapt to the physical nature of the Premier League.
But Steele was full of admiration for the manner in which De Gea dealt with his opening months in England.
If you dealt with him day-to-day and would see him on the field, if it was bothering him it didnt show in terms of training and his attitude off the field, he said.
There are that many different firsts he had to contend with.! Number one, if you make an error at Old Trafford, how do you react? So his mistake management was brilliant as it didnt affect him.
The next thing is to go to the biggest grounds and play, and contend with The Kop.
There were errors but the manager has great faith in young players and all he did was reinforce the good with him.
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