Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard says David de Gea should use Manchester United's defensive shake-up to build his leadership skills.
De Gea has conceded 13 goals in seven games this season and looked a forlorn figure with the personnel in front of him changing regularly due to injury, suspension and differing formations.
Howard argued: "It is easier when everything is settled in front of you, but for a goalkeeper it is part of the challenge when it's not.
"De Gea is still a young goalkeeper, even as talented as he is. If he can learn that, how to get your point across to different players and get them to respond to you very quickly, that will be a good lesson.
"You have to use a lot of body language, when the ball is out of play and there is a lull in the crowd, you try to make your point concisely.
"You talk to players in the dressing room before the game. You don't want to cloud their thoughts with too many things but you get a few points across to them. It is all a learning process.
"It feels like it was only in the last five years when I turned 30 that I started to really perfect things so it takes a while. But some guys do it quicker than others."
