The jury is still out for some over Manchester United's new goalkeeper signing David De Gea.
Sir Alex Ferguson checked out Atletico Madrid No1 De Gea when he and United goalkeeping coach Eric Steele went to watch him in action against Valencia back in September. They have been monitoring him ever since.
United have scouted far and wide to land the right man to succeed Edwin van der Sar, says The Sun.
They looked at Schalke's Manuel Neuer, who faced them in the Champions League semi-final.
But Neuer, 25, opted for a move to Bayern Munich.
Ajax keeper Maarten Stekelenburg was also heavily scouted, as was Sporting Lisbon's Rui Patricio.
The move for De Gea is considered as a gamble by some as he has been playing regular first-team football for only 18 months.
But Fergie clearly sees something special in the Spain Under-21 star, who has told his Atletico team-mates he is on his way.
