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Erik ten Hag might not be able to afford to follow Pep Guardiola's lead when making David de Gea decision

Manchester United appear to have turned a number of corners this season, but they risk going around in circles if they don't make the ruthless decisions they need to this summer.

Defeat in the FA Cup final to Man City was not the note they wanted to end on, though it might well do them some good in the long term if it pushes them closer to the uncomfortable changes that need to be made.

For all the improvements that Erik ten Hag has made, there are some things that are still beyond his control. He has taken this current set of players just about as far as they can go, and it is quite clear that some of them simply won't ever be good enough to make them title winners again.

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United are well aware they need a world-class striker and another top-class midfielder this summer. After the weekend, they might have finally opened their eyes to the desperate need for an improvement in goal as well.

"I am sick of saying it. A top goalkeeper saves that," Roy Keane said at the weekend. "They get you over the line in big games and that could have been the difference today. They need a world-class goalkeeper and he isn't."

According to John Harrison, head of data science for goalkeeper.com, Ilkay Gundogan's second goal in the FA Cup final would be stopped 81 per cent of the time by Premier League quality 'keepers.

It is true that David de Gea remains one of the finest shot-stoppers in the world on his day, but those days are growing fewer and further between. He remains a glaring contradiction to the controlled style of play that his manager wants to implement.

There is a sense of tribalism around De Gea, just as there has been for the last four or five years. He

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