The 31-year-old has experience of skippering both Germany and Bayern Munich and Rooney gave him the armband but, as a summer signing, he thought he should not wear it.ĭaley Blind suggested goalkeeper De Gea, who has been at Old Trafford since 2011 but who almost joined Real Madrid at the end of the transfer window before signing a new contract with United. The goalkeeper was handed the armband by the German for the final few minutes of United's 3-0 Capital One Cup win over Ipswich last week and subsequently said it was a proud moment.īut Schweinsteiger revealed that when regular skipper Wayne Rooney went off and with his normal deputy Michael Carrick not playing and third-in-line Chris Smalling having already been substituted, he was reluctant to take over as captain himself. Reuters/Livepic/Ed Sykesīastian Schweinsteiger has explained that Daley Blind was the man responsible for David de Gea captaining Manchester United for the first time in his career and declared that he does not deserve that honour himself yet. David De Gea wore the captain's armband last week as Manchester United defeated Ipswich Town 3-0.
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