Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic told Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson that one of their teammates wasn't good enough.
Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic vented to Sir Alex Ferguson about a teammate they thought wasn't at it, according to Patrice Evra.Ferguson had missed a League Cup to watch him in action and personally selected him as the replacement for Edwin van der Sar.And according to Evra, United's centre-backs Ferdinand and Vidic expressed their concerns to Ferguson about De Gea's lack of communication compared to Anders Lindegaard."The problem came when David de Gea came.
"We'd play one game with Anders, then one game with De Gea. And we said to the boss: 'You need to pick one, because this is making the defence fragile.'"He won the club's Player of the Year award on four occasions and holds the record for the most clean sheets in United's history with 190. Evra added: "I remember there was one game, De Gea was playing really bad. And he said to him: 'You know what, you are really s***'. But actually now you are going to play every game, you are going to be the number one. Because I believe in you. I trust you.'"And that's when David de Gea started play. But Anders told me he was supposed to be the number one. And one training session before that game, he got injured.
De Gea left United last summer and spent a year without a club before returning to football with Serie A side Fiorentina.Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and wrestling. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News.
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