“I need a saga, what’s the saga? It’s songs for the deaf, you can’t even hear it.” QoTSA.

So, finally the wantaway goalie gets his wish. It’s a $45m cash plus player deal which will see Keylor Navas move to Old Trafford. Man Utd brought down their valuation with Real Madrid calling the shots after De Gea had forced his club’s hand. Rather than risk losing him on a free, the Manchester side decided to sell him with a year left in his contract.

The sign of the times: Man Utd increasingly bypassed by top drawer talent and resorting to financial doping to buy offloaded past the peak ball carriers and youth projects.