David de Gea did not look comfortable during the penalty shootout in Manchester United's Europa League final defeat to Villarreal, claims Peterborough director of football Barry Fry.

Fry, an apprentice at United during his youth, recently discussed the Spaniard's showing and the Red Devils' heartbreak in Gdansk in an exclusive interview with The Transfer Tavern.

De Gea was unable to save a single penalty before going on to miss his own spot-kick, which proved decisive, in the epic shootout that ended 11-10.

It means United have now not won a major honour since their own Europa League triumph back in 2017.

On the role De Gea played in Ole Gunner Solskjaer side's disappointing defeat in Poland, Fry said:

"Penalties is a lottery unfortunately and everybody took marvellous penalties. But I just thought David didn't look comfortable in stopping anything and he didn't look comfortable taking the penalty, to be honest."

Since then, it has emerged that the Spain international has now failed to save the last 40 spot-kicks he has faced, a truly damning statistic.

Still, given his quality, you would expect De Gea to bounce back, while supporters will surely be quick to forgive him after everything he has accomplished at the club.