Andre Onana can give Manchester United what David de Gea can't

If ever you needed proof that Manchester United should be on the hunt for a new goalkeeper this summer, their 62nd and final match of the 2022/23 campaign provided it.

As Manchester City's second choice shot-stopper, Stefan Ortega, produced a solid and commanding performance at one end of Wembley, David de Gea, not for the first time, wilted at the other. He should have done better to prevent Ilkay Gundogan from scoring his second and what turned out to be the winning goal in the FA Cup final.

Gundogan's effort trickled into the bottom corner and De Gea should have reacted quicker to get across and keep it out. The power of the City captain's effort was not too dissimilar to the power on the strike from Said Benrahma that slipped through De Gea's fingers a few weeks earlier.

In truth, however, it has not always been De Gea's shot-stopping that has let him and United down over the years; it has often been his distribution of the ball with his feet. We all remember what happened when the Reds were beaten 3-0 by Sevilla in the second-leg of their Europa League quarter-final defeat in April, don't we?

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That was one of De Gea's darkest hours in a United shirt and that night, for many of United's fans, was when it became crystal clear that the club needs to recruit a new goalkeeper this summer. The Spaniard, who joined the club back in 2011, has a contract offer on the table to extend his stay beyond the end of this month, but it is now looking increasingly unlikely that he will sign it.

The Manchester Evening News understands that the situation is not as positive as it previously was amid fears for De Gea that Erik ten Hag cannot guarantee that he will remain his first choice