David de Gea is set to marry singer Edurne Garcia this weekend after his £375,000-a-week contract with Manchester United expires, with his future still up in the air
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea is reportedly set to marry his singer next weekend, after his current £375,000 contract with the club expires.
The Red Devils’ goalkeeper of the past 12 seasons has not yet been signed and United would look to Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana to replace him.
But De Gea’s thoughts next week will be more on his bride-to-be Edurne Garcia and his wedding guests than on his football career, Spanish reports suggest.
More details are emerging about the couple’s “big day,” with claims they rented an old quarry near the Minorcan port city of Ciutadella for a “weekend-long bash.”
De Gea, 32, and Edurne, 37, have a two-year-old daughter named Yanay and started dating 12 years ago shortly after they first met in December 2010 to record a Christmas carol to raise money for children with cancer and their families.
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea (right) and his girlfriend Edurne Garcia are set to tie the knot next week after his contract with the club expires
There is so much speculation whether the Spanish goalkeeper will sign a new contract after a difficult season with the football club
Spanish showbiz reporters Laura Fa and Lorena Vasquez claim that between 80 and 100 guests will attend the weekend-long wedding.
They have not said whether the footballer and his long-term partner will tie the knot on July 1, the day after De Gea’s current Man United contract expires, or the following day.
The company that reportedly organizes everything has been dubbed “La Puta Suegra,” an event planner with an office in Barcelona and says on its Instagram site that it’s “available for events and weddings around the world.”
The company’s name in English, if translated directly from Spanish, would be “The F****** Mother-in-Law.”
There is no official comment yet from the company or De Gea and his girlfriend, who would have wanted to keep their plans ‘private’.
The footballer’s last post on Instagram, just over a week ago, showed him bathing in a turquoise-blue sea on vacation. He wrote next to the module: ‘Relax. To upload. Think over.’
A familiar face in Spain, Edurne has continued to live in her home country despite her relationship with David, although she regularly visits Manchester when she has a gap in her busy work schedule.
In 2015 she represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest.
United have been linked with possible replacement Andre Onana, who played for Inter Milan in the Champions League final
The Spanish shot-stopper joined Man Untied in 2011 for a hefty £18 million, a record for a goalkeeper in the UK at the time.
At the time the pair met, De Gea was seven months away from signing for Man United for a UK transfer record for a goalkeeper worth nearly £18 million.
Edurne had already cemented her status as a pop singer by recording four albums after making a name for herself on the Spanish equivalent of Pop Idol five years earlier.
She described her partner as “the best dad in the world” shortly after the birth of their daughter in March 2021.
The youngster’s name comes from the Quechua language and translates into English as ‘My beloved’.