As David De Gea deal falls through Real Madrid say "We didn't realise they'd sent a fax"

The long running saga over the on/off David De Gea transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid spectacularly feel through last night after it appears Madrid didn't realise that United had sent them a fax.

A spokesman for Madrid said "We have a fax machine in our club office but nobody has used that since 2003, ironically the last time we used that was to complete the transfer of David Beckham, also from Manchester United.

The Spanish goalkeeper has now been left in limbo over his future unsure where he'll be playing this season.

The Madrid spokesman said "We feel for the player, if Manchester United are still using fax machines then what equipment do they use during training, medicine balls?  We were sat waiting all day waiting for the email, I even missed my siesta waiting for it to come through.