Since Atletico Madrid debut, De Gea has always been the pride of Espanyol. He has won the championship trophy and has a golden glove at will. After joining Manchester United, De Gea became the stabilizing force on Manchester United's defense line. "The frontcourt is as beautiful as a picture, De Gea in the backcourt" came from this moment.
Even world superstars cannot escape the torture of time. When Sir Ferguson announced his retirement, everything about Manchester United became mediocre, and De Gea became the last capital for Manchester United to spend time in the Premier League BIG6. Now Manchester United even competes for a Champions League seat depends on others' expressions. How can this not be sad?
In the past, De Gea was the pride of Manchester United and the face of the Premier League. Now he is going to be 40 goals by his opponent in just 29 rounds of the league. He has long lost his former style of Golden Gloves, and has become the "shot king" among the Premier League BIG6 goalkeepers.
The team's goal conceding is indeed related to the goalkeeper, but the poor protection of the defense line is the fundamental reason for the team's goal conceding. All this starts with Maguire joining Manchester United. The huge investment of 80 million pounds has brought Manchester United a silly man who is nearly 2 meters tall and weighs 200 kilograms. I can simply describe Maguire as this - a fat man who is not flexible enough. The Premier League does pay great attention to physical confrontation, but is Maguire's physical fitness too developed to show his due strength on the football field.
Since Ferguson left, Manchester United's defense line has been famous for being bulky, the defensive formation is not concentrated enough, and the man-tapping tactics are formulated in a mess. After introducing Maguire, Manchester United matched him with Lindelof and Glassman Bailey. Not to mention Bailey here, after all, there are not many games in a season. As for Lindelof, he is almost a smaller version of Maguire. Such a central defender combination is difficult to help Manchester United improve the quality of defense. However, Varane's joining this season has made up for the shortcomings of these two people. Manchester United can still easily win against some mid-range teams.
A sign that deserves praise is Wan Bisaka. This black child has a solid defense skills and a unique tackle. With a left-back like Luke Xiao, one offense and one defense, Manchester United can achieve good results in some focus games. The most classic is the 10th round of the Premier League this season. Manchester United beat Tottenham 3-0 away. At that time, the central defender formed by Maguire, Varane and Lindelof was airtight, which provided the two full-backs with great room to play, so that South Korean superstar Son Heung-min completely lost his temper in this game and even scored the lowest score in the game.
In this way, Manchester United's defense still has some strength, and the real problem lies in the midfield and frontcourt. Manchester United has top midfielders such as Fred, McTominay, Matic, Pogba, and B Fee. The coaches will even fall into happy troubles. However, when Manchester United's three-midfield position is fixed, only Fred is the only one who truly participates in the defense.
Manchester United's defensive tendency in the midfield is roughly like this: the forward trident does not participate in the defense, B Fee will only grab the ball he lost, Pogba presses his mood, Fred will try his best to grab the ball back. From this point of view, the fundamental reason for Manchester United's poor defense is still in the midfield and frontcourt position. B Fee, Pogba, and Ronaldo are all superstars, Rashford and Ellanga are both DNA players. If Ronnick moves, they will affect the interests of the senior management. Judging from the current situation in Manchester United's locker room, Ronnick has no choice but to do anything about the team's current problems.
If you want to get rid of the current predicament, Manchester United can only rebuild, but by that time De Gea has long been no longer at its peak, and Manchester United's goal in the future can only be left to Dean Henderson to guard. I hope that in the near future, Manchester United can be seen cleaning up some of the poor DNA players, introducing truly powerful foreign players, and returning to the Premier League championship ranks!