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Real Madrid and ManU fight over DeGea

David de Gea

Transfer business in the modern era surprisingly resembles the old barter trade, with all the inefficiencies inherent in doing business the old school way. Documents disappear in the air as it often happens in many a Government office or the processing is simply not done in time despite the market having been open for nearly three months.

In a very long time there has not been a low-key transfer market as the one that closed on Tuesday evening. But alarmingly too, there has not been as big a controversy as the one that has pitted top European giants Manchester United and Real Madrid over the transfer of Spain’s number one goalkeeper David de Gea.

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