{"id":16182,"date":"2023-07-09T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=16182"},"modified":"2023-07-10T15:20:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:20:30","slug":"david-de-gea-leaves-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/david-de-gea-leaves-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"David De Gea leaves Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has officially left the Old Trafford club after his contract ran out last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spanish goalkeeper has been at United since 2013 and became the club&#8217;s record clean sheet holder this season. 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