While United are widely seen as having a good goalkeeper, United fans are well aware of the faint discomfort that De Gea is currently exuding in the team's tactics.
In an interview with the media, Tenhach also did not want to pretend that everything was fine. After such a mistake in the first leg of the Europa League against Real Betis:
Ten Hach attributed the possible reasons to different game balls and the winds in the pitch, but then said: "We will continue to work hard, De Gea will do the same, I think we have seen him improve this season and I believe he will continue to improve. ”
Of course, recent British media reports have also said that the key to whether the goalkeeper can be introduced is whether the funds in the summer window are enough, after all, it is foreseeable that a large amount of funds will be used to introduce players in the center position.
If not, De Gea could continue to use it, but perhaps on the basis of a salary cut extension.
So the talk about goalkeeper signings is hypothetical at this stage, but on the list of hypothetics, Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa is indeed among them.
In the two legs against Inter Milan, Diogo Costa performed well, accumulating eight saves in two games and conceding only one goal, especially these three saves in the first leg, showing a very good sense of position:
This save in the second round, although he did not choose to pounce under him and bounced out, but it was okay:
The conceding round was less lucky, Lukaku's first shot just back at his feet, so close that it was very difficult to complete the save, and the goal conceded was understandable:
What impressed me the most about Diogo Costa over both legs was his steps before making saves:
Through the action of small jumping steps, he constantly fine-tunes his position, comes to the best position according to the latest situation, and always activates his legs, ready to jump at any time, which is what I appreciate, and in actual combat, it really has a good effect:
In addition to the goal-line technique, he also grasped the timing of the attack, as well as observed and predicted the ball path, and the chest stop and save were directly connected to the long pass and directly launched a counterattack:
During the World Cup, he blocked Bentancur's close-range shot with a quick strike:
This time it was actually very difficult, because when he started, Bentancur was about to enter the box and had to be fast enough and determined hard enough to effectively limit the opponent's shooting angle:
As for long and short passes, we have not seen any obvious shortcomings at this stage.
Because Inter Milan rarely presses the goalkeeper in the two-legged match, it is difficult to observe the accuracy of his shot in the pressing, but the accuracy is still very good. With accurate passing, the defender line does not have to be as close to the goalkeeper as possible when receiving the ball, which reduces consumption and keeps the line high.
However, it is worth noting that he should be a right-footed player, and long passes and most short passes are played with the right foot:
During the World Cup, he also had a moment when he attacked directly with a long pass:
But when the pressure is low, he chooses to use his left foot to play to the right:
If you intend to practice your weak foot, this is actually very good, because when pressed, the goalkeeper's main foot is likely to be targeted, and if the accuracy rate decreases at this time, mistakes can be fatal, so training more left foot is not harmful to his career.
Against Inter over two legs, Diogo Costa's obvious problem was his repeated mistakes in the middle of the first half of the second leg due to quick throws:
Coach Kong Seição quickly told the players with gestures on the sidelines not to worry:
The technical problem with the hand ball throwing is not big, it may be that there was some misunderstanding in his communication with his teammates, and the teammates may not understand his intention to launch a fast attack, so they are not prepared.
For the intention to participate in the attack, this may be a more obvious problem for him at this stage, because such a hand-tossing mistake is similar to the mistake he almost caused in the World Cup:
It's all too busy getting back to the game and not recognizing enough risks around them (people behind you and teammates not being prepared), so there are some problems.
After all, he is still very young, only 23 years old this year, and there is still a lot of time to settle and improve.
However, although he is a young goalkeeper, he does not play in his own style, and he is quite proactive when directing his teammates:
This may have something to do with the number of honors and championships he has won.
As a goalkeeper produced in Porto, he has won a number of honours at the club, including the first team and youth team, and won two European youth titles in Portugal's U17 and U19 national youths.
So that's great, but with a change of environment, it takes time for him to re-adapt to the environment, especially when moving to the Premier League, which involves learning a new language to build on that strength.
At this point, he is certainly inferior to Brentford goalkeeper Raya, who already has Premier League experience, but the latter is 27 years old and shorter, which is a small disadvantage compared to Diogo Costa.
Overall, a very good and well-rounded young goalkeeper with a lot of potential.
He is very capable and confident when directing his teammates, so he is a goalkeeper who can make the entire back line feel reassured and calm. There is actually a prime example of this, forgetting whether it was Schmeichel or Van der Sar, who could have allowed the Manchester United defender to take the initiative to shoot from distance.
On the contrary, Lisandro Martinez's position selection and operation in these two defensive positions actually have some distrust of De Gea's mentality behind it:
Of course, there are still some areas for improvement in terms of technical aspects and mentality processing.
Including some hands-off situations:
And the performance of struggling with this after a mistake in the World Cup:
But taking into account his age, basically there is no need to worry about the ultra-long-term guarantee of the goalkeeper position for ten years after the introduction.
So if Manchester United wants to bring him in, considering Manchester United's attraction to Portuguese players, plus there are many Portuguese-speaking players in the team, it will be a lot of benefits for him to choose to join and integrate into the environment, but in the final analysis, it depends on his own adaptation and progress to the new environment.
Either way, he's a good player who deserves constant attention.