Veterans praise De Gea

Manchester United veterans Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs have praised young goalkeeper David De Gea, after the 21 year old managed to put a string of decent performances against Chelsea, Liverpool and Norwich, following a horrendous start to his Old Trafford career.

De Gea, signed for a massive £18million from Spanish club Atletico Madrid, has made 25 starts for the Red Devils thus far. Often criticized for his inability to overcome aerial threat, De Gea has made some fine saves in last few games, thereby managing to silence his critics to some extent.

De Gea in action against Norwich City

And his performances haven’t gone unnoticed as two of United greats Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes have praised the stopper. Giggs, who was making his 900th United appearance against Norwich and scored the winner in the dying moments of the match, said:

“David has been in good form over the last four or five weeks and credit to him. He is a young keeper and is constantly improving. He works hard on the training pitch and so he deserves everything he gets. He is great to have around the place.

“I was really pleased for him at Norwich. That performance doesn’t surprise me because he is a talent. There is pressure being a United player full stop and then there is extra pressure when you have a price tag like David has. It is an added pressure but the form he is showing is great for him and us. He has coped well with it all.”

Scholes, who opened the scoring against Norwich with a fine header, added:

“David de Gea was great at Norwich. He has made some really great saves. He came out and took some good crosses and held onto everything as well. When you have a keeper playing like that it gives the back four and all the team a lot of confidence.”