if David De Gea leaves to join Real Madrid ,
according to Red Devils legend Paul Scholes.
The Spanish side have identified De Gea - who will
soon enter the final year of his current contract
with United and has so far declined to sign an
extension - as the ideal replacement for Iker
Casillas and have issued the 24-year-old an
ultimatum to persuade him to join this year.
Cech, meanwhile, is ready to leave Stamford Bridge
after being displaced as Chelsea No.1 by Thibaut
Courtois this season and his agent, Viktor Kolar, on
Tuesday revealed that his client would be open to
joining United or Arsenal .
Scholes sees Cech as the outstanding available
candidate to replace De Gea should he depart and
believes the 33-year-old could have a similar
impact at Old Trafford as Dutch goalkeeping great
Edwin van der Sar.
"If De Gea does go, United should sign Petr Cech,"
Scholes wrote in his column for the Independent.
"I remember the effect Edwin van der Sar had on
the club when he arrived in 2005. United had
struggled since Peter Schmeichel to find a really
commanding goalkeeper. Fabien Barthez was the
closest we got.
"Edwin came ready-made. He was a Champions
League winner, he had four years’ Premier League
experience with Fulham, and in the end our
manager got six extremely successful years out of
him.
"Edwin was almost 35 when he joined United. Cech
has only just turned 33. He could potentially play
another six years for United.
"There would be no concern about having to give
him time to play his way into the position or the
demands that the Premier League makes of a
goalkeeper new to the country. United won’t want
to lose De Gea but there is a solution in the
offing."
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