{"id":381329,"date":"2011-04-18T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/18\/manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-sends-scout-to-watch-atletico-madrid-keeper-david-de-gea-report\/"},"modified":"2011-04-18T13:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T13:46:00","slug":"manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-sends-scout-to-watch-atletico-madrid-keeper-david-de-gea-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/18\/manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-sends-scout-to-watch-atletico-madrid-keeper-david-de-gea-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson sends scout to watch Atletico Madrid &#8216;keeper David de Gea &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>18 Apr 2011 14:46:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"55.4971521562\">\n<div readability=\"15.1111111111\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David De Gea, Atletico de Madrid, Barcelona (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/beae109821_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>David De Gea, Atletico de Madrid, Barcelona (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"12.546835443\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> has been keeping further tabs on highly-rated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/129\/atl%C3%A9tico-de-madrid\">Atletico Madrid<\/a> goalkeeper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/21189\/david-de-gea\">David de Gea<\/a> by sending his brother Martin Ferguson, to watch De Gea in action against Espanyol on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old &#8216;keeper has been the subject of a number of reports in both the Spanish and English press as the heir apparent to current United number one Edwin van der Sar, who will retire this summer.<\/p>\n<p>United boss Ferguson has sent scouts to watch De Gea on numerous occasions this season, and speculation continues to mount that the Spain under-21 international will be moving to Old Trafford this summer in a \u00a320m deal.<\/p>\n<p>The goalkeeper is currently ranked 102nd in the <a href=\"http:\/\/cn.castrolfootball.com\/\">Castrol EDGE Rankings<\/a>, 54 places below current Manchester United number one Van der Sar.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/beae109821_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/18\/2447072\/manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-sends-scout-to\" title=\"Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson sends scout to watch Atletico Madrid 'keeper David de Gea - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson sends scout to watch Atletico Madrid &#8216;keeper David de Gea &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 Apr 2011 14:46:00 David De Gea, Atletico de Madrid, Barcelona (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been keeping further tabs on highly-rated Atletico Madrid goalkeeper David de Gea by sending his brother Martin Ferguson, to watch De Gea in action against Espanyol on Sunday evening. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-381329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson sends scout to watch Atletico Madrid &#039;keeper David de Gea - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/18\/manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-sends-scout-to-watch-atletico-madrid-keeper-david-de-gea-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson sends scout to watch Atletico Madrid &#039;keeper David de Gea - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"18 Apr 2011 14:46:00 David De Gea, Atletico de Madrid, Barcelona (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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