Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel insists they'll survive the sale of David de Gea. De Gea is expected to leave for Real Madrid this summer.

"Clearly there's an issue where either himself or his girlfriend wants to go back to Madrid and you can't argue that Real Madrid isn't as big a place as Manchester United - some would say bigger," Peter Schmeichel told Perform.

"If he wants to go, he's done fantastically well for Manchester United. We should be thanking him and we, of course, will move on.

"I think the most important thing for Manchester United is that we have a positive transfer window and we get players in that can take the club forward. It will never be about one player, it's not just about David de Gea.

"If he wants to continue playing [for us], we'll be very happy with that. If not, we move on and the manager will take decisions on who takes over but we need more than one player - everybody knows that.

"Hopefully we have positive messages coming in terms of players coming to Manchester United and we build an atmosphere and spirit where we can move on and challenge for trophies again."