Spain boss Luis Enrique has defined why he did not name goalkeeper David De Gea to his newest squad.
In a press convention, Enrique revealed that De Gea was not within the squad as a result of he didn’t go well with their type of play.
Many trendy goalkeepers are required to have the ability to play with the ball at their ft and be comfy taking part in the ball underneath strain however Enrique feels that De Gea has by no means been sturdy with this side, and because of this the Spaniard is just not within the 23-man squad.
“De Gea is Spain’s greatest goalie by a distance” is barely true if you happen to analyze soccer by FIFA rankings and never by truly watching video games.
Luis Enrique and nearly everybody else can see it, other than the Utd followers who’re blinded by their nostalgia and clueless agendas. https://t.co/mtUnED7aEb
— Zach Lowy (@ZachLowy) March 18, 2022
De Gea has post-shot anticipated targets minus targets worth of 10.6, which means De Gea has prevented 10.6 extra targets than the typical goalkeeper would have been anticipated to concede this season.
Raya solely has a worth of 1.3 on this metric, whereas Sanchez has a worth of 0.7 however each have been handed a name up by Enrique.
Nevertheless, different metrics additionally present a scarcity of willingness to depart his field from De Gea, and his static positioning in relation to his choice to depend on his reflexes fairly than sweeping means have been a large explanation for debate amongst sections of the United fandom.
