Not saying it wont happen but you can't ignore the step up and the scrutiny. Look at Karius, this interview below is from a year ago where he was cementing his place as number 1 for Liverpool, and would go on to be a keeper for the champions legaue fina; where he fell apart and is now struggling at Besiktas. You can have Nicolas Bendtner levels of self belief and then just implode like, well, Nicolas Bendtner.Trust me, he has. Watch any of his interviews and you’ll see that mentally he’s fine. He’d back himself to play for United now. His self belief is through the roof. In fact he has so much that he will rub people up the wrong way. As long as you deliver, you can get away with it.
There is a reason why there are very few elite keepers out there, its impossible to maintain that high level for most and you're in a position that has no room for error. If a striker misses 3 sitters but scores a winning goal all is forgiven. If a keeper makes 3 great saves and lets in a soft goal to lose the match, they're the scape goat.
I am all for having the next long term goalkeeper already on our books but there's many obstacles before we get to that point and talk of binning DeGea is premature to say the least.
https://www.eurosport.com/football/...king-number-one-jersey_sto6666161/story.shtml