David De Gea: His Amazing Comeback To Football

David De Gea, born on 7th November 1990 in Madrid, Spain, is a renowned goalkeeper and up for debate to be called a "legend", making over 600 appearences and being the main goalkeeper for the spain national team from 2014 to 2020, and having 13 throphies to his name throughout his career. Now playing for Fiorentina after having to leave Manchester United in June 2023, and has attracted people eyes due to his amazing performance and calling it the greatest comeback story this year.

In his 12 years he played for Manchester United, he won one Premier League title, one FA Cup, two English League Cup, one Europa League, and three English Super Cup. Having over 500 appearences and 190 clean sheets with them, surpassing Peter Schmeicel, the goalkeeper for Manchester United before him. Even with these amazing statistics, fans still harassed him for his poor performance towards the end of his time in Manchester United, before forced to leave due to a breakdown on renewing his contract on June 2023 and spent a year clubless as a free agent.

While being a free agent, there were rumours about him considering hanging his boots if there were no clubs willing to offer him a good contract. He trained by himself for a year as a free agent to stay in shape and be ready for the next summer transfer window until he finally signed with Fiorentina on August 9th 2024 for a one year contract with an option to extend. With him being in the goal for Fiorentina, the team has improved vastly, now sitting at fourth place on the table, defeating big clubs such as AS Roma, Lazio, and AC Milan, with a 9 game unbeaten streak and 5 clean sheets. In addition, De Gea sits at the first place in save percentages, second place in saves per 90 minutes, two man of the match awards, and being the highest rated Serie A player in the 10 opening games, with these statistics its no wonder that it has caught a lot of people's attention.

David De Gea went from being harassed due to his performance and not having a club for a year to being one of the best goalkeeper in Serie A this season and helped Fiorentina climb the table. This just proves that performance is temporary, but class is permanent, and is also a testament to his resilience and greatness.