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Colin Millar

Erik ten Hag U-turns on David de Gea after "private chat" as 'new keeper talks begin'

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag reportedly wants to sign Borussia Monchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer to give David De Gea some competition between the sticks.

De Gea's role has come under intense scrutiny after his side's humiliating four-goal loss at Brentford on Saturday evening. Indeed, Ten Hag's post-match analysis ripped into the "naive" actions of the goalkeeper in the embarrassing defeat.

De Gea made errors for each of Brighton's goals the previous week. He failed to cut out a ball across the face of goal for the opener before palming the second into the path of Pascal Gross for a tap-in. But those errors were not on the scale of his showing at Brentford.

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