'David de Gea is the only world class player Manchester United have got,' Gary Neville said recently.
That is in a team including Alexis Sanchez, Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba. The previous two cost a combined fee of £175million. So it was certainly high praise.
But no one would challenge Neville's words. The Spain international has vindicated them with his constant brilliance this season.
He has regularly come to Jose Mourinho's rescue and achieves levels of consistency beyond any rival.