Topics: Real Madrid, Manchester United, La Liga, English Premier League, David de Gea, Keylor Navas, FIFA, Transfer
Madrid could now get De Gea as a free transfer next season when his contract with the Red Devils expires. Manchester is blaming Navas' agent for the delay.

The documents that were needed for Real Madrid to confirm David De Gea as their new star goalkeeper arrived two minutes past midnight. Moments later Real Madrid announced they would not appeal the decision of La Liga to cancel the transfer process. It is now official that De Gea will not leave Manchester United.

What was supposed to be a transfer contract worth £29m could now go down to zero next season when De Gea's contract with Manchester United expires. In this contract, David de Gea would become the new goalkeeper for Madrid and Keylor Navas would move to Manchester in order to take his spot. 

Madrid's Side of the Story

Real Madrid claims that Manchester United waited until Monday to establish negotiations regarding the future of their 24-year old goalkeeper. They sent their paperwork at around noon (13:39) but it took a while for Manchester to send some corrections back (21:43).

The Red Devils then entered De Gea's details into Fifa's Transfer Matching System (TMS) at exactly midnight but they forgot to fill it in with Keylor Navas' information as well. By the time that Real Madrid received all the documents, it was two minutes past the deadline and the TMS had already closed.

Manchester's Side of the Story

The Red Devils do not agree completely with what Madrid has to say about how things went down. They mostly blamed Real Madrid's IT department for not being able to download the documents in timely fashion as well as Navas' agent for providing slow responses.

Manchester claimed they did everything on time but it was not their fault that the deal was not finalized. Most of what appears on Real Madrid's statement is not true according to the Red Devils.

Appeal Process

Real Madrid was given the option to appeal the fact that the documents were submitted in late. FIFA's TMS invited Madrid to move on with the appeal process. The problem was mainly with the Liga de Fútbol Profesional since the transfer window in England remained open at the time.

Los Blancos decided not to submit an appeal due to the fact they knew that La Liga would not make any exceptions to their timeframes. Now De Gea stays in Manchester and Navas will continue being number one in Madrid.

WATCH: A quick recap of what happened late Monday night