first-team coach Benni McCarthy claims it would be ‘a crime’ if left Old Trafford this summer.
The Spaniard is out of contract with United at the end of the month, .
De Gea won the ’s Golden Glove award for 2022/23 after keeping 17 clean sheets in the top flight this season.
However, United’s No.1 has and it’s understood that is keen for the club to recruit a new goalkeeper with better distribution.
McCarthy, meanwhile, believes United should strive to extend De Gea’s 12-year stint at Old Trafford.
‘He kept 17 clean sheets in the league. Yes, of course, you’re going to concede but to win the Golden Glove for yet another season is remarkable,’ McCarthy told .
‘You see how difficult the league is so I understand that, yes, everyone has a bad game here and there, but it doesn’t stop him from being one of the best goalkeepers I’ve seen and I’ve worked with. He is unbelievable.
‘When you spend every single day with a certain player, I get to see first hand more than what most people get to do. You only see him on a Saturday or on a matchday, and if you see a player make a mistake, [fans] yelling at him, the critics hit the roof.
‘But I get to spend every single day with him and he is an unbelievable guy, a great lad, very intelligent and one of the best goalkeepers I have seen.
‘It would be a crime if Man United lose a goalkeeper like David de Gea.’
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