Real Madrid have defended their conduct over the failed bid to sign David de Gea and accused Manchester United of holding up the deal.
However, the Spanish club will not fight to complete the signing after they were unable to register the goalkeeper with the Spanish league before the country’s midnight deadline on Monday.
United had claimed Madrid were the ones to blame for the collapse of the deal, but the Spaniards put out a statement on Tuesday condemning the actions of the Old Trafford club.
“Real Madrid has done everything necessary, and at all times, to implement these two transfers,” they said, insisting that it was the late completion of negotiations between Manchester United and Keylor Navas, who was to go in the opposite direction in a deal worth £29.3m to United, that slowed the process down. The club said it received “the full documentation at 00:02 and tried to access the TMS but it was already closed”.
Despite having initially briefed that they had not given up hope, Madrid will not appeal against the decision meaning that De Gea will remain at Old Trafford with Navas to continue at the Santiago Bernabéu. He is out of contract next summer and will be able to leave United on a free transfer.
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