Man United goalkeeper David De Gea wins the 2022-23 Premier League Golden Glove award after getting his 16th clean sheet in their 2-0 win over Wolves… as the Red Devils captain take the accolade for a second time wins in his career
- David De Gea has claimed the Golden Glove award for the 2022-23 season
- The Spaniard has recorded 16 clean sheets during the top season
- There are three more goalkeepers who can match De Gea’s tally this season
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has claimed the Golden Glove award for the 2022-23 Premier League season.
The Spaniard picked up his 16th clean sheet of the season in United’s 2-0 victory over Wolves on Saturday afternoon to claim the accolade for a second time.
It’s been a turbulent season for the 32-year-old, whose future has been thrown into question in recent weeks amid the approaching summer transfer window.
Despite the suggestion that his time at Old Trafford may be drawing to a close, the Spaniard has not let this affect his performance over the season.
His record in goals for the Red Devils this year puts him at the top of the Premier League clean sheet list, although he is not yet an outright winner.
Man United goalkeeper David De Gea has won the Premier League’s Golden Glove award
There are still three goalkeepers who could match De Gea’s score, meaning he would share the prize, but the odds of that happening are slim.
Aaron Ramsdale, Nick Pope and Alisson Becker are all on 13 clean sheets, with three games left. Should De Gea concede in his last three games and one of those three goalkeepers is not beaten in the remaining games, then they are tied with De Gea.
It will be the second time the Spaniard has claimed the award in his career, having previously won the accolade during the 2017-18 season.
Although his time at United has been questioned lately, the United goalkeeper looks ready to sign a new contract with the club that will see him take a pay cut on his £375,000 a week salary.
His new deal of around £200,000 a week puts him in line with the rest of the United backline and it became clear to the player, given his inconsistent form, brilliant one week and bizarre the next, that no one in Europe would want him to offer. more.
De Gea is certainly a Manchester United legend in terms of goalkeepers. He won every major national trophy and was on the bench for Jose Mourinho’s 2017 Europa League win.
His 540 appearances for United are already the most for any goalkeeper and seventh on the all-time list. By the time his new contract expires, he will almost certainly have Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville jumped into the top five.
The Spanish goalkeeper kept 16 clean sheets in his 35 appearances in goal this year