4 David De Gea – Manchester United
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For all the misery and allegations of boredom surrounding Manchester United this season, David de Gea has been one of the few bright spots of Louis van Gaal’s recently concluded tenure at Old Trafford. When a Twitter meme floats around with an image of De Gea and Martial captioned ‘Manchester United Team Photo 2015/16’ – one can be sure that the Spaniard was critical to United this season.
Indeed, prior to the FA Cup final, De Gea rated this the best season of his career, an assertion that was justified by the Spaniard winning United Fans’ ‘Player of the Season’ award for the third year in succession. Indeed, such has been De Gea’s consistency that he also picked up the BBC Match of the Day ‘Save of the Season’ award for the third year in a row – his stunning stop against Liverpool gaining 19% of the votes.
De Gea has marshalled a shaky United backline into a statistically successful one, but was let down when Smalling conceded an own goal in the final minutes of the Premier League season, thus denying the Spaniard the Premier League ‘Golden Glove’ award for the most clean sheets, with Petr Cech winning.
Notwithstanding that, De Gea’s performances have made him the most coveted keeper in Europe.
| 2015/16 Stats | |
|---|---|
| Appearances | 49 |
| Goals Conceded | 48 |
| Clean Sheets | 19 |
| Saves (League + UCL + UEL only) | 100 |
| Saves Per Goal (League + UCL + UEL only) | 2.38 |
| Penalties Saved / Conceded (League + UCL + UEL only) | 0/4 |
| Distribution accuracy (League + UCL + UEL only) | 71% |
