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David de Gea will not be tried in court over sex abuse claims as Manchester United keeper considers legal action

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea will not be called before the courts over the allegations of sexual assault that erupted on the eve of the European Championship in France this summer.

An unnamed prostitute alleged that she and one more female were forced to have sexual relations with two footballers, Athletic Bilbao forward Iker Muniain and an unidentified Premier League Spanish player who was also part of Spain's Under 21 squad at the time.

United's goalkeeper De Gea was named as the person alleged to have organised and paid for the encounter between the two Spanish players and two women in Madrid's five-star Hotel Urban in 2012.