Manchester United’s late attempt to finalise David de Gea’s transfer to Real Madrid ended in chaos and finger-pointing on Monday night when the paperwork was not signed off in time at the end of a hectic and sometimes baffling day of transfer movement that also saw the Old Trafford club make Monaco’s Anthony Martial the most expensive teenager in world football.
De Gea’s paperwork was not filed before the midnight Spanish transfer deadline, with the goalkeeper described as “distraught” about the late twist to a remarkable day in which United also moved out Adnan Januzaj and Javier Hernández. Real were working into the early hours to try to persuade the Spanish authorities to let the deal happen but, whereas there are many examples of transfers being conducted after the deadline in England, stricter rules are applied in La Liga. Real are expected to try again on Tuesday by appealing to Fifa but at 2am in Spain the deal looked as if it had collapsed and there were reports blaming United for purportedly faxing one of the documents too late.
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