t build ups from the back and in order to both widen and condense the pitch a goalkeeper had to be proficient with his feet and reading of the game, enter David De Gea.
Victor Frankenstein in Mary ShelleyÂ’s novel held fast onto his vision of imparting breath and thus life into non living material, it was his lifeÂ’s work and his studies were all geared towards that eventuality.
“This boy is as cold as a wolf
He has composure, nerve and self-confidence
The pressure that others might feel doesn't affect him.”
His youth coach certainly believed the above statement and so did Sir Alex Ferguson who rolled the dice in such an almighty way Steven Soderbergh might as well have recruited him for Oceans Thirteen
Replacing a legend like Edwin with a scrawny, wolf-like introvert was the biggest gamble Sir Alex took in his career alongside purchasing Bebe, one of those decisions went sideways but it wasn't David
Any physical team salivated at having to constantly barge into David at corners and intimidate him, more so after his formative howlers
Berated, plastered on Monday morning publications, ridiculed, the pitch forks were out and the media smelt blood and they hounded
Even Sir Alex had a seed of doubt sown in his mind by all the razzmatazz and uproar and rotated him with Lindegaard, the media expected him to be laughed out of town and back to the sleepy hollow that was Spain, what they hadn't counted on was the young boyÂ’s steely resolve, unflinching belief in his ability and borderline sociopath status, criticism didn't faze him,
Eric Steele and the back-room staff started working on him, Alex FergusonÂ’s little experiment, and its outcome would either be a Waterloo of sorts or an epochal moment in the next great team he intended to leave behind
Protein shakes and supplements incorporated, junk food discarded, gym-work brought to the forefront, sleep patterns altered, kicking skills bolstered
He still made the odd clanger but the media detail with hemlock laced pens cocked soon grew bored of waiting for apocalyptic mistakes and soon reverted to singing his praises complete with a tambourine and trumpet
But the tide really changed on the 13th of February 2013 at the Bernabeu where he put in the most commanding, sublime and authoritative display a visiting goalkeeper had ever mustered, on the night he was unplayable- a term usually reserved for outfield stars
On the night he frequently shape shifted into a god, he put in the greatest kicking game since Jonny Wilkinson won England the 2003 Rugby world cup, it was the night he earned a seat in the pantheon of great champions league performances.
Victor Frankenstein found a way to give life to the various non living parts and he creates a creature 8 feet tall and nothing like the beauty heÂ’d imagined, what with the veins and muscles popping out of the creatureÂ’s skin and yellow eyes, he fled from his creation when he realized that he had created a fiend.
In the summer of 2013 Sir Alex Ferguson retired and Real Madrid had already started stealing glances at the buffed, hulking and imposing but still law defyingly agile shot stopper, his Spanish roots meant that he was always going to be a prime candidate to replace the infuriatingly declining Iker Casillas, it was too convenient
Ill tenures or not, DavidÂ’s genius has been the only beckon of hope, like a lighthouse to the fast declining club
ItÂ’s 2015 and Madrid have come knocking, and when that lot come knocking you open the door, whip out your best China, slaughter your choice lamb, offer them the seat at the head of the table and let them say Grace.
“I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together
I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life, and stir, with an uneasy, half vital motion
Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavour to mock the stupendous mechanism of the creator of the world."
The fiend that Victor Frankenstein had created killed his best friends and his wife to be and he soon realizes the malevolence that resides in the creature he molded
Sir Alex Ferguson created a monster, monsters attract attention and sooner or later the police pull you up and ask to search your trunk, Real Madrid are that police and now they have come to collect
David De Gea has become a Frankenstein, or rather the fiend, he is so powerful and he made United fans so happy, when he leaves it will be akin to killing those very same fans who adore him
A scrawny bearded boy has become Captain America [Captain Manchester?], muscles popping and number one plastered on his back, hulking, agile, brilliant and omnipotent, Alex FergusonÂ’s Frankenstein.
Source : DSG
Source: DSG