David De Gea relishing Manchester United challenge

16 June 2011 07:44
By Telegraph staff and agencies[LNB]8:44AM BST 16 Jun 2011[LNB]Comments[LNB] The Atletico Madrid keeper, currently on duty with the Spanish Under-21 side at the European Championships, is widely thought to be the man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has pinpointed to replace the retiring Van der Sar. [LNB]A fee of £18 million has been mentioned for the 20 year-old, but he claims that does not interest him and that if he does move to Manchester, he will only be concerned with ably filling Van der Sar's boots. [LNB]"I feel incredibly motivated by the fact that Manchester United are thinking about me," he said. [LNB]"I like the fact that they are considering me as a replacement for a goalkeeper of Edwin van der Sar's calibre. [LNB]"I will need to keep on striving and working hard, as I am still in the outset of my career, and I still have much to do at this level. [LNB]Related Articles

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