GOALKEEPERS HAVE A reputation for being eccentric and David de Gea, it seems, is no exception to the stereotype.
The goalkeeper, who earns in the region of £70,000-a-week, was let off with a warning, after he allegedly stole a Krispy Kreme donut from a local Manchester store recently, according to The Sun.
The young Man United star was reportedly tackled by security staff and subsequently shown CCTV footage of his theft, with onlookers saying de Gea “looked pretty embarrassed” during the incident.
A source said that de Gea was then confronted by a staff member who spoke fluent Spanish, before being allowed to leave, while adding:
“They [de Gea and his two friends] weren’t very subtle. They swaggered in chatting loudly in Spanish. The security guards who monitor the CCTV watched two of them take a doughnut each out of the Krispy Kreme cabinet. Incredibly, they then appeared to try to leave without paying – or buying anything else for that matter.”
The goalkeeper has had a less than comfortable start to life in the Premier League, with recent errors against Man City and West Brom suggesting he has yet to fully adapt to English football.
You don’t know what went on behind the scenes but at face value it looks like Moreno was treated very poorly
I’m not exactly sure what Moreno expected here. He was always going to be an interim manager. He was there for 5 months while they pummelled mickey mouse teams. Noel King would have comfortably managed that task. 10 weeks ago, he appeared to be happy for Enrique to take his rightful job back but since then he seems to have become bullish and wanted the job full time. That was never going to happen. Poor form to make things awkward for Enrique on his return and kick up this kind of fuss.
@M: based on what he said, it appears he would have been happy to be assistant again but Enrique must have seen him as a threat to his authority
@M: It was Enrique that made things awkward by saying he was ambitious and disloyal. Imagine if Mick had been out for personal reasons some of qualifying campaign, Robbie Keane had taken over temporarily, and then Mick came back, Robbie stepped aside to facilitate a return and then Mick fired him for the crime of taking over while he was gone and started badmouthing him to the press. As things stand, tragic circumstances aside, Enrique looks to be in the wrong here, though perhaps there’s more to it behind the scenes.
@ScewMadd: apparently Moreno asked him to let him stay in charge for the Euros and Enrique said no. That’s the fallout. The “another replacement wouldn’t have been so accommodating” thing is silly in light of that. Certainly does sound ambitious and a little disloyal. But the full comments from Enrique aren’t as bad as the headlines suggest