Last Saturday was the 10-year anniversary of the Spaniard’s debut in the 2011 Community Shield and he marked it by keeping a clean sheet in our 4-0 friendly victory over Everton at Old Trafford.
Fittingly, David was able to celebrate his personal milestone on a day when 55,000 fans returned to his beloved Theatre of Dreams and he made a noticeable point of thanking them at full-time.
With 441 competitive matches to his name, De Gea is 21st on the club’s all-time list and recently overtook Peter Schmeichel to become our leading overseas appearance-maker in any position.