The Spanish goalkeeper Dikia, who has played for Manchester United for 12 years, has been in a state of "inactive" since his contract expired last summer, failing to get any club's favor. According to The Athletic disclosure, the 33-year-old goalkeeper recently fell in love with Mexico's "board tennis", may be planning to end their own long 15 years of professional soccer career, turn to this emerging sport.
Since D'Aguiar's "unemployment", there have been many rumors of interest from teams such as Real Madrid, Betis, Westham, Newcastle, and even news that Manchester United wanted to bring him back to replace the underperforming Onana. However, all these rumors are just like clouds in the sky, and there is no substantial progress. It is reported that after the reopening of the winter transfer market, no clubs have formally thrown an olive branch to the winner of last season's Premier League "Golden Gloves", making people doubt whether he can return to the field of play this season.
The Daily Mail has reported that Dikia is only willing to play for clubs that are capable of competing for major trophies and as a starting goalkeeper, and if he can't find a suitable team, he would rather retire early. The latest news from The Athletic shows that Dikia is currently focusing on practicing "board tennis", which seems to indicate that he is looking for a new life after retirement and to keep his fitness.
Originated in 1969, "plate tennis" combines the technical characteristics of tennis, squash, table tennis, badminton, etc., relatively low requirements on the strength and skills of the athletes, which is very suitable for Dikia such as "semi-retirement" state of the players.
