David De Gea 'Happy' at Man Utd

Spanish international and Manchester United goal keeper David De Gea has been reported as saying he is happy at Old Trafford, despite missing out on a deadline day move to Real Madrid in quite peculiar circumstances. The former United number one was speaking to the press last night after Spains victory over Macedonia in the European qualifiers, with fellow reds team mate Juan Mata scoring the winner.

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He told reporters last night upon playing against Macedonia: "I really wanted to play, now i have to keep working and see if i have some good fortune at my club as well". De Gea played his first game of the season in the 1-0 win over Macedonia after being dropped by Louis Van Gaal at Manchester United amid increasing reports that the player was bound for Real Madrid.

Having lost his NO.1 spot with the red devils, it will be interesting to see whether Van Gaal will recall De Gea, or whether he will keep him out of the side and try to prepare for life without him. It is widely thought that next year Real Madrid will swoop in and get their man for free after his contract runs out, that is, if he doesn't sign another one with the Manchester side.

However there are small hints that the Spaniard may still be in Van Gaal's plans. His inclusion in United's Champions League squad suggests this, but perhaps he may just be 'making up the numbers'. Louis Van Gaal has a reputation for being stubborn and dropping some of the world's best players, we saw a prime example of this last season with Angel Di Maria.

Despite this however, De Gea seemed to be in good spirits after his national sides victory. "My future will be the same as now: remain calm, keep working and improving" he went onto say: "In concrete terms, to enjoy my football, I am happy." While De Gea comes across as being somewhat motivated and happy to be at Manchester United for the time being, he may face stiff competition in between the sticks. Argentina International Sergio Romero hasn't really put a foot wrong since his debut for the reds, 3  clean sheets from 4 games in the Premier league isn't a bad start, despite a disappointing performance against Swansea City. 

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Having come under criticism in Uniteds away defeat to Swansea City, Sergio Romero may not have a secured starting spot on Saturdays crunch game against arch rivals Liverpool. Poised for a return, David De Gea may get the nod over the Argentine as it is widely thought that De Gea has the more quality of the two and this point is hard to argue with, considering his past two seasons for United in which he has been exceptional in goal. 

Sergio Romero though has told the media in Argentina that he will fight for his NO.1 spot against De Gea and won't give it up easily. "Playing for United is a dream and if God let's me, this dream will continue" In terms of who will be picked this weekend, we feel Sergio Romero may be the favourite, taking into account Van Gaal's philosophy on putting faith in the players that have played well for him, perhaps it will be quite a few weeks before De Gea is fully re-integrated back into first team action. If Romero does begin to put in stand out performances however, especially against the old enemy Liverpool this Saturday, he may make De Gea's wait to return to the first team quite a long wait indeed.