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02nd Jun 2015

Manchester United fans go through five stages of grief as De Gea exit looms

Tom Victor

Losing a star player can hit football fans hard, and the pain is only greater when it’s your player of the year who moves on.

Some Manchester United supporters have been preparing themselves for David De Gea’s exit for a while now, but that doesn’t make the latest news any easier to bear.

The Old Trafford faithful have responded in a variety of ways, and between them they have covered the five stages of grief in a matter of minutes.

First there was denial…

https://twitter.com/AbhiNandwani/status/605688932743811072

Next up was anger…

https://twitter.com/ItsTheRedBaron/status/605701836541067265

Then bargaining…

Followed by depression…

And finally acceptance.

Twitter even speeds up the cycle of grief these days. United fans are probably soooo over him already.