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title: "Manchester United: Key man set to leave with Juventus looking at opening January talks"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-key-man-set-to-leave-with-juventus-looking-at-opening-january-talks/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Lee Connor"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2019-09-08T21:00:49Z"
modified: "2019-09-08T21:00:49Z"
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# Manchester United: Key man set to leave with Juventus looking at opening January talks

**Manchester United could be set to lose goalkeeper David de Gea for nothing, with Juventus looking to open talks with the Spaniard in January ahead of a summer move.**

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De Gea has [thus far refused to sign a new contract](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1175198/Man-Utd-Transfer-News-David-De-Gea-Juventus-Manchester-United-Jan-Oblak-Atletico-Madrid) with the Red Devils in protracted talks which has so far failed to yield a resolution for either club or player.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

And now [The Express is reporting](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1175198/Man-Utd-Transfer-News-David-De-Gea-Juventus-Manchester-United-Jan-Oblak-Atletico-Madrid) that Italian giants Juventus are looking to snap up de Gea as they look to further strengthen what is already a strong squad which includes the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Matthijs de Ligt.

De Gea has found himself under pressure in the last 12 months, although a [report](https://talksport.com/football/534857/premier-league-errors-goals-de-gea-alisson/) earlier in the year showed that he had only actually made two errors leading directly to goals at that point.

The Spaniard has been a regular for United even since making his move to the club back in 2011. Despite winning the [United Player of the Year](https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/de-gea-claims-players-player-of-the-year-award) award on more than one occasion during his time at Old Trafford, de Gea only [managed](https://footystats.org/players/spain/david-de-gea) seven clean sheets last season as he conceded 51 goals in the process.

**![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)**

United have known all along the risk of losing de Gea on a free is something which was an option if they failed to tie him down to a new deal, and this [latest report](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1175198/Man-Utd-Transfer-News-David-De-Gea-Juventus-Manchester-United-Jan-Oblak-Atletico-Madrid) looks like the worst case scenario could be coming true for United and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

This has lingered on for so long now and it is amazing a club the size of United has not managed to tie down de Gea to a new deal.

If he does move to Juventus, it only adds more quality to a squad which is already full of brilliant players.

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