Real Madrid have blamed Manchester United for the collapse of goalkeeper David de Gea's move to the Spanish giants, claiming the English side sent the documents needed to complete the deal after the Spanish transfer deadline had passed.
Madrid seemed set to conclude the
long-running transfer saga with a deal that would see the Spanish
giants pay a significant transfer fee for De Gea and send Costa Rican
international goalkeeper Keylor Navas to United as part of the deal.
However,
Spanish league sources confirmed that the player had not been
registered and Madrid admitted they had sent the required documentation
to the league after the window closed at midnight local time (2200 GMT)
on Monday.
"Manchester United
introduced into the Transfer Matching System (TMS) the details for the
transfer of David de Gea, not those for Keylor Navas, at 00:00 Spanish
time, sending simultaneously to Real Madrid the signed transfer
contracts. Real Madrid received the complete documentation at 00:02 and
tried to access the TMS but this was already closed," Madrid said in a
lengthy statement posted on their website on Tuesday.
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