Erik ten Hag Acknowledging His Significant Error?
Exclusive: De Gea Shares Apology Text from Ten Hag After Onana’s Blunders
Former Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has disclosed that Erik ten Hag reached out to express his apologies in the wake of a series of high-profile mistakes made by his replacement, André Onana.
With Opta, the sports analytics company, releasing data confirming that Onana has a save percentage of just 0.001% since joining United, it is reported that ten Hag sent a message at 4 am to the Spaniard, expressing his affection for the player and his remorse for their parting, possibly hinting at a potential reunion.
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Exclusive: De Gea Shares Apology Text from Ten Hag After Onana’s Blunders
“Are you awake?” ten Hag inquired late on Tuesday night following his team’s error-filled performance at Old Trafford earlier in the evening, to which his former goalkeeper did not respond.
He received a follow-up message on Wednesday. “Hey, mate, I’ve got the BT Goals Show and a casual Nando’s if you fancy some UEFA Champions League action and relaxation?” accompanied by three smiley faces. De Gea responded with, “No, mate, I’m focusing on delivering accurate passes to my teammates tonight,” followed by a nail-painting emoji.
“Erik apologised and wanted to outline his plan to move Onana into a deep lying playmaker role where he can utilise the ball playing skills of the Cameroonian and basically keep him as far away from the goal as possible”.
And we have been told the 32-year-old ex-United man might be keen on a return.
“David likes the idea of reuniting with former team-mate and fellow Premier League winner Jonny Evans,” a close associate sad.
“He also believes they should also bring back Tom Cleverley, Chris Smalling and Anderson as they’d do better jobs than Antony, Mason Mount and Marcus Rashford.”
De Gea, who remains without a club, is understood to be open to a return to the club where he spent 12 years winning five major trophies in the process, and this news could not come soon enough for his family who have just about had enough of him being “between jobs”.
“He’s been staying up all night playing the Xbox, sleeping on the sofa all day, making hundreds of trips to McDonalds on his e-scooter, and hanging around the park with his mates vaping.
“It’s time for him to get a real job,” confirmed an irritated close friend of the Spaniard.
Further news coming from Old Trafford surrounds the release of VAR audio from their Champions League defeat to Galatasaray.
Having lost 3-2 to a side who haven’t won away in the Champions League for the best part of 10 years, it is understood the sought-after audio which consists of five VAR executives laughing hysterically for 90 minutes will be released to the media later this week.