David de Gea: Manchester United confident goalkeeper will sign new deal
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Manchester United are confident David de Gea will sign a new long-term contract to stay at Old Trafford.
The 27-year-old's present deal expires in 2019, although United have an option to extend it by a further season.
The Old Trafford club were keen to begin talks with goalkeeper De Gea's representatives and their hand has been strengthened by Thibaut Courtois' £35m move to Real Madrid from Chelsea.
Real have repeatedly been linked with Spain international De Gea since 2015.
The Bernabeu club came within minutes of signing De Gea, only for a broken fax machine to prevent the required paperwork from being sent.
In May, De Gea, who joined United from Atletico Madrid in 2011 in an £18.9m deal, was named the club's player of the year for an unprecedented fourth time.
He was also included in the Professional Footballers' Association team of the year after an impressive season at Premier League runners-up United.
However, De Gea was not as convincing for Spain at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and he came in for criticism after making an error which allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to score for Portugal in a 3-3 draw in their first game of the tournament.
He was back in action for United in the first game of the 2018-19 Premier League season against Leicester City and made two key saves in helping his side win 2-1.
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"Positive news for United in their ongoing desperate bid to remain a top 6 Premier League club."
Yeah, that 27 point gap to Burnley last season was too close to call...
e.g, Hart, Karius, Bravo, Mignolet. It's not rocket science.
DDG is committed to Utd and unlike others has remained professional at all times. Now it's up to JM and Woodward to properly and professionally seal the deal.
Then I woke up.
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Positive news for United in their ongoing desperate bid to remain a top 6 Premier League club."
Your club didn't happen to spunk out nearly £70 mil on a goal keeper recently, in a desperate bid to finish top 4, did they?
He's the second best keeper in the league now behind Alison
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LOL you cannot spell his name ha ha ha ha
Yes, he had his head turned and United and RM were haggling. He was what you call unsettled.
So he got his head together, spoke to players and management like a real professional does, thougjt about it then instead of running his contract down like others have, signed a new contract at Utd.
Remembering certain facts to justify an ABU stance is most convenient.
All the talk of a move to Spain must surely have unsettled de Gea. The sooner United tie a deal the better so the lad can focus on what he does best. An absolute must keep for United as he is a truly world class goalkeeper.
"I own a company that gets jobs for people with special needs and no formal education "
Lol, what an awful attempt at lying. Your company can't be very successful if the owner spends his time on HYS threads insulting his customers. That and it being imaginary.