article_snippet.sent: Real Madrid have also privately declared them interest in making David de Gea the long-term successor to Iker Casillas, just as Real Madrid's £86million player is expected to be in the Spain side.
article_snippet.sent: The possibility of a Bale-plus-cash move for De Gea this summer would certainly suit Manchester United and please those Real Madrid supporters who fail to see the value of Real Madrid's £86million player and those goals that won the club three trophies last year, but the player remains adamant that the player future is in Real Madrid.
article_snippet.sent: In the Spanish capital, while no one expects the player to leave this summer, nobody sees the player's desire to stay put as something that would necessarily prevent De Gea from arriving at the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of the season to become De Gea team-mate.
article_snippet.sent: De Gea punches clear under a challenge from John Terry during Saturday's defeat by Chelsea .
article_snippet.sent: De Gea girlfriend continues to live in Real Madrid and De Gea's girlfriend recent unflattering comments about Manchester United did little to quell rumours that family pressures are being applied on the keeper to return to Spain.
article_snippet.sent: De Gea's girlfriend appears no closer to signing a new contract and last year
article_snippet.sent: De Gea spent one season in the Atletico first team before joining United in 2011 for £18million .
article_snippet.sent: All that points to the possibility of a return to Madrid where De Gea previously represented Atletico but left after only one season in the first team.
article_snippet.sent: Despite Atletico Atletico past De Gea has none of the emotional pull that Fernando Torres once had leading De Gea to declare De Gea would never play for Real.
article_snippet.sent: It only remains to be seen just how much De Gea wants to join Bale in the Spanish capital.
highlights_snippet.sent: A swap deal involving Manchester United keeper David de Gea has been mooted .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Real are interested in bringing United keeper David de Gea to Spain to replace Iker Casillas .