David de Gea has been a close to fixture in Manchester United‘s crew since becoming a member of again in 2011, however his future is unsure with the Goalkeeper having reportedly turned down the membership’s newest contract supply.  

The Spanish stopper’s present £375,000-a-week deal will expire this summer time, with the expectation he might want to take a pay lower to stay on the membership.

Talks are nonetheless anticipated to finish with a optimistic decision, permitting Erik ten Hag’s No 1 so as to add to his greater than 500 appearances for the Red Devils and enhance his document variety of clear sheets.

Brentford’s David Raya and Porto’s Diogo Costa are reportedly among the many choices into consideration by United as they begin to have a look at contingencies in case De Gea finally depart.

Sportsmail assesses the potential choices ought to Manchester United be pressured into the market in the summertime searching for a brand new primary.

David Raya (Brentford)

The Brentford goalkeeper is presently forward of De Gea within the eyes of latest Spanish nationwide crew coaches. Luis Enrique picked Raya in his squad for his or her ill-fated World Cup marketing campaign in Qatar and Luis de la Fuente seems to be following go well with.

The 27-year-old seems more and more more likely to be transferring on from Brentford in the summertime, with Tottenham stated to be eager on Raya as a successor to their long-standing primary Hugo Lloris.

Raya has twice turned down approaches to increase his contract in west London, which expires in 2024, resulting in ideas Brentford could money in for round £40million. The query is whether or not he might step up, with Gary Neville believing Raya might deal with the scrutiny at United.

Raya has conceded one much less purpose than De Gea within the Premier League this season, with each having been ever presents for his or her respective sides.

Data offered by the stats gurus at Delphlyx exhibits Raya has on common confronted extra photographs per recreation than De Gea by 5.19 to three.70, which might be anticipated when evaluating a Brentford goalkeeper to at least one at Man United. 

Raya impressively has a better save proportion in comparison with his countryman, retaining out 77.27 per cent of photographs this season to De Gea’s 70.83.

The Brentford goalkeeper is considerably extra proactive having registered 1.73 exits per 90mins to De Gea’s 0.66, representing the quantity of occasions the respective No 1s come off their line.

Given criticism of De Gea’s skill together with his ft, it is initially stunning to see he has a better proportion of profitable passes.

However, Raya tops the variety of passes by a Premier League goalkeeper this season with 1,026, considerably away from second positioned Gavin Bazunu of Southampton on 886. De Gea, by comparability, has accomplished 711 passes.

Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)

A brief-term answer might be Atletico Madrid’s Jan Oblak, who’s simply two years youthful than De Gea at 30.

The upside is that Oblak is a recognized amount on the very highest stage, with the Slovenian worldwide having coped underneath the highlight at Atletico Madrid.

He has been a significant member of their LaLiga and Europa League profitable sides throughout his time with the Spanish giants, together with ending as a Champions League runner-up.

Oblak is approaching 400 video games for Atletico Madrid since becoming a member of the membership again in 2014.

He has achieved a clear sheet in near half of his matches and has conceded simply 28 objectives in 34 video games this season.

Diogo Costa (Porto)

At 23, Porto’s goalkeeper Diogo Costa might characterize a long-term successor to De Gea.

Costa has been touted as one in all Europe’s prime younger stoppers and has supplanted Rui Patricio as Portugal’s first alternative since making his worldwide debut in 2021.

United followers could have reservations following a few high-profile errors by Costa on the World Cup. 

He first escaped embarrassment after being caught on ball within the dying seconds of a gaggle stage win over Ghana, earlier than being at fault for Youssef En-Nesyri’s profitable purpose when Morocco surprised Portugal within the quarter-finals.

At membership stage, Costa has stored 16 clear sheets in 33 matches this season with Porto having solely conceded 25 objectives with him between the sticks.

Similarly to Raya, Costa ranks properly when evaluating his save proportion and variety of exits per match to De Gea, whereas the Porto goalkeeper tends to search out his team-mates when passing out from the again. 

With Porto presently mendacity second within the Primeira Liga, it comes as no shock that Costa sometimes faces much less photographs per match. De Gea has the sting in relation to anticipated objectives xG saved this season by 1.24 to 0.61. 

Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao)

Ten Hag loved a lot of his success at Ajax with Andre Onana in purpose, with the previous Barcelona academy product recognized for his skill on the ball.

According to Delphlyx, Athletic Bilbao’s Unai Simon compares most equally to Onana this season.

At 25, Simon could be one other long-term choice for United however the goalkeeper boasts appreciable expertise. 

Simon has racked up 150 appearances for the Basque membership since coming by their youth system. He can be among the many goalkeepers to have been most popular to De Gea at worldwide stage, having been capped 30 occasions by Spain since his debut in 2020.

Simon has made 22 appearances in LaLiga this season, conceding 25 objectives and retaining eight clear sheets. Yet the stats level closely in favour of De Gea this marketing campaign, with the United keeper having a better save proportion regardless of going through extra photographs.

Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund)

German newspaper Kicker ranked Gregor Kobel because the Bundesliga’s prime goalkeeper this season throughout the World Cup break.

The 25-year-old has change into the newest identify linked with the Red Devils, amid reviews the present Bundesliga leaders are planning to supply him a brand new contract to keep at bay potential curiosity.

Kobel has been capped simply 4 occasions for Switzerland thus far, with Yann Sommer having lengthy been established as their first-choice goalkeeper.

The Dortmund shot stopper has loved an excellent second season on the Signal Iduna Park, after becoming a member of from Stuttgart again in 2021.

Kobel has conceded simply 22 objectives from his 25 matches in all competitions and the membership missed his presence when harm pressured him to overlook their 2-0 second leg defeat to Chelsea within the Champions League earlier this month.

He compares favourably to De Gea this season with Kobel having a excessive save proportion, regardless of going through extra shorts per 90 minutes. The Dortmund keeper additionally makes extra exits and a vastly excessive cross completion price to the Spaniard, whereas he finds team-mates extra typically from purpose kicks.

Dean Henderson (Manchester United, on mortgage at Nottingham Forest)

Could Manchester United have already got the reply at Old Trafford? Dean Henderson definitely thought so.

The 26-year-old claimed again in August the membership had promised he would usurp De Gea as first alternative final season, having made 26 appearances for the Red Devils the earlier marketing campaign. 

Henderson hit out on the membership for making false guarantees in a brutal interview after he performed simply thrice, resulting in him pushing for a mortgage transfer to Nottingham Forest.

The feedback seem to have burned Henderson’s bridges on the membership for good with a summer time switch a risk, given his contract expires in 2025.

Henderson had began 18 occasions for Forest within the league this season, earlier than struggling a thigh harm in January.

Prior to his harm, Henderson was going through 4.92 photographs per recreation on the relegation threatened facet, making 3.24 saves on common. His save proportion is decrease than De Gea, though Henderson has outperformed the present Man United No.1 on the xG saved.

Henderson continues to make considerably extra exits from the penalty space than De Gea, as he did when the pair had been going head-to-head for the primary spot two seasons in the past.