Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has challenged the 10 time European champions Real Madrid to match the Red Devils’ evaluation of David de Gea as the La Liga giants prepare £25m bid this week to sign their long term target. The United boss believes that the Spaniard could stay at Old Trafford for yet another year, though the 24-year-old keeper was kept out of his squad for the opening day fixture over Tottenham at Old Trafford.
United managed to win that game by a single goal to nil and summer signing Sergio Romero was quite impressive, who played his first competitive game since the Copa America finals.
Real are still keen on signing De Gea, though it is understood that the Premier League giants will demand close to £35m, after Van Gaal sent out a warning suggesting that he will not be sold for anything less.
The Dutchman said, “We have to pay a lot of money for all the players we want, and we want the same level when we have to sell.”
“We want to keep him of course but I’m not the most important part, that’s the player and the club who want to buy him. He’s been our best player for two years or three years so we cannot let him go so easily,” Van Gaal said.