Wednesday 11 March 2015 16:08, UK
Sky Sports pundits Jamie Carragher and Neil McCann believe Real Madrid will look to sign David de Gea this summer.
The Manchester United goalkeeper has been in fine form this season with manager Louis van Gaal describing his displays as "unbelievable", but he has less than 18 months left on his contract.
Madrid need a new keeper. De Gea wants to win trophies. No brainer.
Real Madrid 'keeper Iker Casillas was criticised as he conceded four goals at home to Schalke in the Champions League on Tuesday night and Carragher thinks the club will now try to tempt De Gea back to Spain.
He wrote on Twitter: "Madrid need a new keeper. De Gea wants to win trophies. No brainer."
United’s FA Cup defeat to Arsenal on Monday night effectively ended their hopes of winning silverware for a second season in a row and McCann reckons De Gea, 24, would now jump at the chance of a transfer.
"I think that will happen," McCann told Sky Sports News HQ.
"I think De Gea would like to go to Real Madrid. I don’t think he’ll be best pleased by how things are going at Manchester United.
"Casillas is a top-class goalkeeper. We’ve seen him for generations playing at the very top and he’s won everything there is to win in the game.
If a goalkeeper makes mistakes, it's in the back of the net and I don't think it will be long before Real Madrid make a serious bid for De Gea.
"But he’s making mistakes that top goalkeepers don’t make. There are little saves that normally he pushes wide and doesn’t give any opportunities to strikers to follow up – but he is palming them into areas where strikers are sniffing around and scoring goals past him.
"I think there just seems to be a lack of confidence in his game at the minute and every sportsman needs confidence, but not only has he been affected, but the back four are conceding goals and the midfield looks as if they are not playing as a unit with the back four.
"It’s a team thing, but he has been highlighted. If a goalkeeper makes mistakes it’s in the back of the net and I don’t think it will be long before Real Madrid make a serious bid for De Gea."
