Hendersons shot stopping isnt better than De Gea. That is simply silly to claim given the nature of goals he has conceded.
But regardless. My point is not that De Gea can play well in a high line, even if his distribution when he first arrived was quite good. He simply is to glued to his line.
My point is Henderson is not the answer either. And given we need funds to rebuild our team, swapping those two for a upgrade in some areas while downgrading shop stopping isnt enough of a gain to warrant it.
We can sell Henderson. We cannot sell De Gea.
I said it had been better than De Gea's over the past few seasons, because it had been, I'll back it up if you wish:
PSxG
2018/19: De Gea +0.1 / Henderson no data - De Gea conceded 54 goals in 38 leagues games this season.
2019/20: De Gea +2.1 / Henderson +5.2
2020/21: De Gea +0.1 / Henderson +0.3 - caveat to this is that De Gea played 26 games, Henderson played 12, so De Gea had more than twice the game time to boost his number
2021/22: De Gea +7.5 / Henderson no data
Bare in mind this is the one statistic that De Gea is good at; sweeping & crosses he is one of the worst 2 goalkeepers in the league in, distribution, bottom third of the league.
I don't know how many times I need to repeat it btw, literally nobody is saying Henderson is the long term answer. However he is the best fit of the goalkeepers currently at the club, so if we don't want to spend money on a goalkeeper in the summer then we would be better suited with him in goal than De Gea.