de Gea intent on having long and successful Man Utd career

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea says he plans on being with the club for a very long time and is intent on winning plenty of trophies.

The 21-year old Spanish gloveman, who has taken time to adapt since his summer move from Atletico Madrid, is desperate to haul in neighbours Manchester City before making a run to this season’s title and then onto bigger and better things.

“As for me, longer term, I've every intention of spending many years here and I want to go on to become a great United keeper, I want to earn and deserve the respect I hope to engender. And I want to help United make history here,” he told the club’s official website.

“We've got to keep up the pressure to go on and win that – obviously Manchester City are causing us a few headaches so it's not going to be easy but we've got to keep that up, that's our principle objective.

“I do know about the second half syndrome. Last year we managed to peg Chelsea back a lot of points and went on to win, of course.

“I think generally as a club we have to maintain a hard line all season and keep our level high, and if the team can maintain that I think we can go on to do great things.

“We made a very good start as a team but it was clear then that it would be difficult to maintain that level. So after five or six games our form did dip a little bit but now we're working hard and we're progressing. We're playing well, we're keeping the ball and we're going in the right direction.”

 

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