David De Gea asked to cut short his summer holiday and start pre-season early to resurrect his Manchester United career, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed.
De Gea's future at Old Trafford was plunged into doubt after he lost his place to Dean Henderson last season and then finished a difficult campaign by missing the decisive penalty in the Europa League final having failed to keep out any of Villarreal's 11 efforts in the shootout.
But De Gea has been in inspired form this season, making a crucial save in the win at Wolves and a penalty stop in injury-time of last weekend's victory at West Ham.