Footage taken of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visit to the Spanish World Cup base on Tuesday showed his team-mates applauding the politician while De Gea stared ahead with a serious look on his face and his hands deep in his pockets.
Sanchez, who recently replaced Mariano Rajoy as Spain’s new PM after winning a no-confidence motion he proposed, had just wished the footballers good luck and urged them to return from Russia as winners in a short address.
De Gea appeared to be the only one of the players present who failed to applaud his country’s new PM.
Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez criticised the shot-stopper two years ago when he was implicated in sex assault claims David de Gea always denied any involvement in.
Sanchez said in an interview at the time: ‘I don’t feel comfortable with De Gea as the national team’s goalkeeper.’