Unemployed for a year, and the comeback is a latch? The 33-year-old De Gea cut his salary by 90% and 3 clean sheets and 2 saves in 7 Serie A games

Can you imagine it? Don't want De Gea's Ten Hag was sacked by Manchester United, and De Gea, after being unemployed at home for a year, switched to Serie A this season, joined Fiorentina, cut his salary by ninety, and came back again!

In the 10th round of Serie A (double matches in a week), Fiorentina defeated Genoa 1-0 away. De Gea made four saves, including one in stoppage time, to help the Purple Lilies walk away with three points. After the game, David De Gea was named Man of the Match.

De Gea joined Manchester United from Atletico Madrid for €25 million in the summer of 2011 and left the club in the summer of 2023 after 12 years at the end of his contract. De Gea's annual salary during his time at Manchester United was as high as 20 million euros, and such a high salary made De Gea a little lost after leaving, because no one cared about asking for a high salary, and finally lost his job at home for a year. In the summer window of 2024, De Gea put down the burden of high salary, cut his salary by 90%, and joined Fiorentina with an annual salary of 2.22 million euros without a visa, thus starting his Serie A journey.

De Gea is 33 years old, a goalkeeper with three years of youth, 1.92 meters tall, a right-footed player, a contract with Fiorentina until the end of the season, and De Gea is worth 5 million euros.David De Gea has played seven Serie A games for Fiorentina so far this season, starting all of them, keeping three clean sheets and making two saves。 With the exception of a 3-2 defeat to Atalanta on his debut, De Gea started a six-game unbeaten run with five wins and one draw, beating Lazio, AC Milan, Lecce, Roma and Genoa before drawing with Empoli.

With De Gea's super play, Fiorentina broke into the top four of Serie A with four consecutive wins, and ranked fourth with 19 points in 10 rounds, 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, tied with third Atalanta and fifth Lazio.