Louis van Gaal tells David De Gea to forget about moving to Real Madrid this summer
Louis van Gaal has told David De Gea that he must forget any transfer to Real Madrid this summer and focus on getting sharp and fit for the next season at Old Trafford.
De Gea has missed the first two games of United’s US pre-season tour with a mystery back injury, but is set to play against Barcelona on Sunday in San Francisco.
Van Gaal also wants the Spaniard to play against PSG in United’s final pre-season friendly of the summer before their opening fixture of the season against Tottenham on August 8th.
United have no further friendlies when they return home because Van Gaal told the club’s hierarchy he did not want any in the week before the season starts.
Getting Match-Fit
Significantly, Van Gaal, who hates fielding ‘under-cooked’ players, ordered De Gea to take part in the warm-up before Tuesday night’s game against San Jose even though he was not going to play.
“I have good hope he can play against Barcelona,” said Van Gaal. “He was injured and couldn’t play against San Jose so I said, ‘go stand in the goal so we have a point of direction for my attackers, but don’t do anything to risk your injury’.
“That is because we have to build him up [for the new season]. I think he can play [against Barcelona] and I hope he can.”
By Ben Kelly – Follow me on Twitter for more articles! @benkelly_10
