What Ten Hag told the media in Spain

Erik, I wanted to ask you about David De Gea. We have seen him sweeping and his distribution is improving. Is that something you are asking him to improve and do you think he can continue to improve at that, at this stage of his career? Or do you see it as a situation of he is still making fantastic match-winning saves and you are not too fussed about how he is with his feet? What is the focus for you?
“The focus for me, the main part of the goalkeeper, is always the clean sheet, protect his goal, that’s the main part. But nowadays in football, it’s also important he can do something with his feet. There was maybe in the past a different style for him. But from the first day I was here, but also before, I saw some video content and you see David is capable to do it. When I see David playing our possession game, he is very composed. He is very good in boxes so it’s no problem for David to do that. He proved in the last games in that aspect he will grow and grow. And the other part, what is the most important, keep doing that, keep progressing and keep more clean sheets.”