MANCHESTER UNITED will make an ambitious move for Atletico Madrid keeper Jan Oblak to solve their No 1 crisis.
And the Red Devils would let blundering David De Gea go the other way as a makeweight in the deal for Oblak — in an attempt to get his huge £375,000-a-week wages off their books.
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his coaching staff have had headaches over who starts in goal for months — and gave De Gea and Dean Henderson a chance to claim the jersey.
But some of Solskjaer’s closest advisers have been pushing for Slovenian stopper Oblak, who has just won the LaLiga title with Atletico.
Highly-rated Oblak, 28, would cost in the region of £70million but United are looking at ways of brokering a move with De Gea part of the package.
De Gea, who missed the crucial 22nd penalty in United’s Europa League final shootout defeat to Villarreal on Wednesday, came through the ranks at Atletico and the move would appeal to him if the money men get the figures to work.
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Henderson, 24, was given a shot at the No 1 position but a bad game in the 4-2 home loss to Liverpool has cost him. United are open to letting Spain’s De Gea, 30, go to any top club that can afford him — but that is a very short list.
Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus could be interested if the deal was right, but Atletico Madrid is the dream answer.
Veteran keeper Tom Heaton, 35, has agreed to rejoin United from Aston Villa on a free transfer, with the futures of current back-ups Lee Grant and Sergio Romero uncertain.
As well as his penalty miss, De Gea failed to save any of Villarreal’s 11 spot-kicks in Gdansk.
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He tweeted yesterday: “To fall and rise. Learn from the experience, fight again and win. @ManUtd Thanks for your support.”
De Gea ignored the penalty advice — written on a note inside his towel — from United’s coaches three times in the incredible shootout.
But only four of the tips were right.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
