[Russ]

Yep I wouldn't mind betting that's the plan. As much as I feel he's not the right man for the job I'm impressed at how LVG gave them the middle finger - RM aren't used to not walking all over a club to get their man so maybe they'll take the public embarrassment of missing out on De Gea by minutes and get their ego-restoring revenge by stealing - and with likely zero resistance - United's best player (I've no doubt he'll return to being 1st choice keeper, surely not even LVG would be stubborn/arrogant enough to dump one of the best goalies in the world on the bench as 'punishment' when we don't have a reliable/proven alternative?) mid-season for free.

I only hope De Gea will remain professional enough to not want to try to 'justify' his transfer to the fans by 'accidentally' putting in some below-par performances. You'd think that kind of suggestion would be ridiculous but given how LVG's attitude seems to negatively affect players who knows....