<text>  The girlfriend of David de Gea has dealt a blow to Manchester Uniteds hopes of keeping him by describing his adopted city as not very nice. Singer Edurne Garcia, Spains Eurovision Song Contest entrant, made the comments on light entertainment show El Hormiguero. Host Pablo Motos asked her: Ive been told Manchester is uglier than the back of a fridge. Edurne Garcia is the girlfriend of Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea . De Gea has been Uniteds star player during a difficult season at Old Trafford under Louis van Gaal . Garcia told Spanish entertainment show El Hormiguero that Manchester is not very nice, thats for sure And rather than leap to the defence of the city where her boyfriend plies his trade, the 29-year-old replied: Its not very nice, thats for sure. You have to hunt out specific places, the nice places. But even then Spain is nicer. The reason I like it is because Davids there. With him being there, everything looks wonderful. De Gea, 24, sees his contract expire at Old Trafford at the end of next season. The 29-year-old singer has fueled speculation that De Gea could be set for a future away from Manchester . De Gea was labelled the best goalkeeper in the world by Roy Keane this week, and may leave United . The Spanish goalkeepers Old Trafford contract expires at the end of next season . The keeper has once again been in superb form after a shaky start to his career with the club following his 18.9m switch from Atletico Madrid in 2011. He has been strongly linked with a summer move to Real Madrid and Garcias comments led to speculation she will pressure him to return to his home city. In December, senior officials at United said they were relaxed about his contract situation. Last month De Gea dismissed rumours of a rift between himself and manager Louis van Gaal as lies but stopped short of committing his future to United. Garcia did not deny that Manchester was uglier than the back of a fridge De Gea saves a shot from Alexis Sanchez during Uniteds 2-1 FA Cup defeat against Arsenal . 