De Gea Is Real's Priority

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea should be Real Madrid's priority signing this summer, according to David Garrido on the La Liga Weekly podcast.

Real have come close to signing the Spaniard on a number of occasions in the past, but Garrido believes this is the year when they should finally make the deal happen as they need a replacement for Keylor Navas.

"De Gea is [Real Madrid's] priority for me," said Garrido. "Navas is under such pressure right now, you can really sense that. People are talking about it and you can see it by his demeanour on the pitch.

"For me I think that [De Gea] is the next Galactico."

Terry Gibson, however, believes that the most important thing for boss Zinedine Zidane this summer is to have the power to make his own decisions in the transfer market.

"If I was Zidane my priority would be making sure he's the one who buys the players," said Gibson.

"The rumour is that it's another election year for [club president] Florentino Perez, and he always opens an election year with a burst of Galactico signings, and in the past that hasn't always been successful.

"Zidane has shown so far he has the necessary power to play the likes of Casemiro and Dani Carvajal, when at the time he took over he was under pressure to play the expensive Danilo ahead of Carvajal at right-back, although it didn't take long for everyone to see he was the better player.

"Casemiro was a tough one, to get a holding midfield player who wasn't a household name and make him a first-choice player. Whatever Real Madrid do, though, there's no doubt they'll spend an absolute fortune in the summer."

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