Alvarez claims De Gea’s decision to split with his agent, Jorge Mendes, during the final stages of contract negotiations and sign a new deal with United without telling him led to his departure.
‘After almost three years with lots of work and meetings with United to renew him and to make him the best-paid player in the world, I learned that he had renewed behind my back,’ Alvarez said in an interview with AS.
‘Honestly, it felt like a lack of loyalty. During negotiations, he also had a falling out with the person who had carried out all the talks in order for him to be paid what he was paid.
Alvarez claims De Gea’s decision to split with his agent, Jorge Mendes, during the final stages of contract negotiations and sign a new deal with United without telling him led to his departure.
‘After almost three years with lots of work and meetings with United to renew him and to make him the best-paid player in the world, I learned that he had renewed behind my back,’ Alvarez said in an interview with AS.
‘Honestly, it felt like a lack of loyalty. During negotiations, he also had a falling out with the person who had carried out all the talks in order for him to be paid what he was paid.