Why De Gea’s founded an esports team

Already an avid player of video games in his spare time off the pitch, our no.1 took his enthusiasm a stage further last November when he became the founder and president of the Madrid-based outfit.

Just last month, the team’s first-ever headquarters opened in the Spanish capital with a state-of-the-art complex for the players to train, play and hang out.

David invited us to have a look around the facility and have a chat about his newest project, in a full interview which you can read in the May edition of our monthly magazine, Inside United, on sale now.

“A year and a half [ago] I was talking with Jose, one of the guys I trust and work with,” said De Gea, during our exclusive chat.

“He knows…