{"id":296885,"date":"2023-10-23T14:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296885"},"modified":"2023-10-23T14:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:24:38","slug":"david-de-gea-meets-up-for-coffee-with-old-man-united-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/david-de-gea-meets-up-for-coffee-with-old-man-united-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"David de Gea meets up for coffee with old Man United friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Spilling the tea on your Old Trafford exit, David? De Gea meets up for a &#8216;coffee and friends&#8217; date with his ex-Man United team-mates&#8230; but there&#8217;s no room for his \u00a347m Red Devils replacement Andre Onana at the table<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David de Gea left Manchester United in the summer after 12 years at the club<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Bruno Fernandes shared how he met up with hid old team-mate on social media<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David de Gea continued to reunite with his old Manchester United team-mates on Monday, as Bruno Fernandes took to social media to share his &#8216;coffee and friends&#8217; date with the goalkeeper and a handful of Red Devils stars.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard, who left Old Trafford as a free agent this summer\u00a0to make way for \u00a347million signing Andre Onana, showed over the weekend how he was still close to the Manchester United captain, sharing a selfie of the pair embracing on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>De Gea and Fernandes continued to spend plenty of time together in the wake of Manchester United&#8217;s 2-1 win over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Saturday, as the Portuguese star shared a photograph of them enjoying coffee alongside his team-mates Victor Lindelof, Tom Heaton and Raphael Varane.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Coffee and friends, it&#8217;s always a good choice,&#8217; Fernandes wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Brothers,&#8217; De Gea replied with a love-heart emoji.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/14\/76893905-12662279-image-a-85_1698068981147.jpg\" height=\"485\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tom Heaton, Raphael Varane, Bruno Fernandes, David de Gea and Victor Lindelof (left to right) met up for a &#8216;coffee and friends&#8217; date after Manchester United&#8217;s 2-1 win over Sheffield United<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/07\/76880967-12660801-image-a-6_1698042918631.jpg\" height=\"474\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former team-mates De Gea and Fernandes posed for a selfie on Instagram over the weekend<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyvaGMnINPZ\/<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Bruno Fernandes (@brunofernandes8)<\/p>\n<p>There was no room at the table however for Onana, who has struggled to impress since his high-profile move from Italian giants Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>De Gea called an end to his 12-year spell at Old Trafford in controversial circumstances, as the former Spanish international refused to take a drastic\u00a0pay cut on his \u00a3375,000-a-week wages after months of lengthy negotiations with the club.<\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag\u00a0was keen to sign a goalkeeper who was more adept with his feet and thus De Gea announced his exit from Old Trafford, vowing to &#8216;seek a new challenge&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Onana is already under significant pressure at Old Trafford after making a series of costly errors during the first few months of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag admitted ahead of the win at Bramall Lane that Onana has to &#8216;step up&#8217; after a difficult start at Manchester United, but he backed the Cameroon goalkeeper to overcome his early problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Onana has been criticised for a series of shaky performances and hit a low in the Champions League tie against Bayern Munich last month when his costly blunder led to United&#8217;s defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/07\/76880937-12660801-image-a-5_1698042903716.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The club&#8217;s new goalkeeper Andre Onana has struggled for form since arriving from Inter Milan<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/07\/76880939-12660801-image-a-3_1698042876021.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag urged the Cameroon stopper to &#8216;step up&#8217; after making a catalogue of poor errors<\/p>\n<p>Even when Ten Hag&#8217;s side snatched a dramatic win over Brentford a fortnight ago, the 27-year-old came under fire again for conceding Mathias Jensen&#8217;s opener.<\/p>\n<p>In the initial Instagram post the goalkeeper had shared over the weekend, De Gea and Fernandes smiled while embracing and wearing matching shirts in the picture, captioned &#8216;together again&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>And several Manchester United supporters took the opportunity to implore De Gea to return in the wake of Onana&#8217;s poor run.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Come back in January,&#8217; one fan eagerly wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8216;Yeeeeeees! Wish we had you guys back together at United!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A third wrote: &#8216;Please come back to United Dave, we&#8217;re sorry, on behalf of everyone at United.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Some fans instead saw the photograph as opportunity to criticise Onana.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/07\/76880933-12660801-image-a-4_1698042890110.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>De Gea left Manchester United in the summer, bringing an end to his 12-year spell at the club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/23\/07\/76880941-12660801-image-a-2_1698042872490.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fernandes helped guide United to a 2-1 win over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You are better than Onana my friend,&#8217; a fan wrote in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>A second added: &#8216;I bet you are laughing about how rubbish Onana is aren&#8217;t you?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after De Gea confirmed his exit on social media in the summer, Fernandes posted: \u2018You deserved to say goodbye to the stadium with all the fans cheering you for all the beautiful memories.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard is yet to find a new club three months after confirming his Old Trafford exit.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12662279\/Spilling-tea-Old-Trafford-exit-David-Gea-meets-coffee-friends-date-ex-Man-United-team-mates-theres-no-room-47m-Red-Devils-replacement-Andre-Onana-table.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spilling the tea on your Old Trafford exit, David? 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