Closing mouths, De Gea silences criticism after his superb performance at Wembley

The Manchester United goalkeeper was a wall in the FA Cup semifinals with merit interventions. He stopped all of Brighton's attacks. David de Gea's life took a 180 degree turn in just 72 hours. From being singled out for Sevilla's third goal in the painful elimination of Manchester United in the Europa League to going out through the front door at Wembley. De Gea was the hero of Red Devils against Brighton. The savior of those from Ten Hag against a meritorious Brighton. The goalkeeper was the main culprit that the tie was resolved in the penalty shootout and not before.

The Spaniard gave a whole recital of saving saves. Interventions of merit against Mac Allister, Enciso, Gross, Mitoma, he highlighted above all a hand down to March, with the difficulty that he had a whole wall of teammates and rival players who barely allowed him to see the ball come out. De Gea stopped De Zerbi's team in every possible way, leaving behind the bad match of Sánchez-Pizjuán.

The English press praised De Gea's performance after the Seville debacle. It focuses on the fact that the goalkeeper was also fundamental in the penalty shootout. The Spaniard was seen consulting the notes he had on the Brighton pitchers in a bottle of water. He also played with his rivals before each pitch. Dances on the goal line, subtle stomping on the penalty spot before March's decisive shot... A repertoire of tricks to qualify United for the FA Cup final against eternal rivals City.

A great performance that can pave the continuity De Gea in Manchester. The Old Trafford club did not exercise the option he had to extend the relationship with the goalkeeper for another year, since he wants to negotiate a new contract with different conditions. The positions are not close yet. Repeat matches like Wembey will make things easier.

The goalkeeper will be sacrificed

Manchester United wants to put the finishing touches to return to compete for everything with the good base already created by Ten Hag this season. The Red Devils and their great project go by three names, Harry Kane, Rashford and David De Gea. Thus, the plan is clearly laid out, but how to sustain these mega-contracts? The one who will have to pay for the party is David De Gea. Manchester United is in negotiations with the Spanish goalkeeper, who is a starter and wants to continue in the Old Trafford goal. United have made a downward offer to the goal that does not finish convincing him, cutting his weekly salary of 375,000 pounds by a notable percentage. De Gea hopes to reach a middle ground to sign the agreement and also the club, which wants to invest in two of the best local talents.