David de Gea is finally ready to end the uncertainty over his future by signing a new long-term contract with Manchester United once the club return from their pre-season tour of Australia and Asia.
The deal is likely to be worth in excess of 350,000 pounds ($A 622,000) a week and will make De Gea the highest-paid goalkeeper in the world.
David De Gea.Credit:AP
De Gea, 28, has been locked in a contract stand-off with United for the past year and the club have risked losing him for nothing when his existing deal expires at the end of next season amid interest from Paris St-Germain.
But United made the Spain No.1 an improved offer in recent weeks and it is now expected that he will end the impasse by putting pen to paper on a bumper deal.
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It is likely to make him United's best paid player after Chile striker Alexis Sanchez, whose basic 391,000 pound ($A 695,000) a week salary balloons to around 500,000 pounds ($A 889,000) a week once assorted bonus clauses are factored in.
It follows the news that Marcus Rashford had signed a heavily incentivised new four-year contract worth 200,000 pounds ($A 356,000) a week rising to more than 300,000 pounds ($A 534,000) with bonuses.
United are due to face Leeds United at Optus Stadium in Perth on Wednesday, when security will be beefed up amid fears of trouble between rival fans.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's squad then travel to Singapore to play Inter Milan in the International Champions Cup (ICC) on Saturday before flying to Shanghai for an ICC game against Tottenham Hotspur five days later.
They are due to play Kristiansund in Oslo on July 30 and AC Milan at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff four days later.
The prospect of De Gea following Rashford by committing his long-term future will be a boost to Solskjaer at a time when there is disillusionment among the fan base with less than four weeks until the start of the new season.
United have encountered frustration in their attempts to strengthen a squad who finished sixth last season, 32 points behind champions Manchester City. Leicester and Newcastle are playing hardball over centre-half Harry Maguire and midfielder Sean Longstaff respectively and other deals are yet to get off the ground.
Solskjaer's two signings to date, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James, had still to make senior professional appearances 18 months ago and uncertainty surrounds the futures of high-profile stars Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku, who want to leave for Real Madrid and Inter respectively.
There has been frustration among fans that Solskjaer's vow to oversee a "ruthless" cull of the squad has failed to materialise, with Andreas Pereira, Ashley Young, Matteo Darmian, Phil Jones and Juan Mata among those to have been given new contracts in recent months.
Solskjaer has said United need to sign a Bryan Robson-style leader, but sought to reassure supporters that the club can get back on top under him as manager.
"We need to win again," Solskjaer told fans at an event in Perth that was aRead More – Source
David de Gea is finally ready to end the uncertainty over his future by signing a new long-term contract with Manchester United once the club return from their pre-season tour of Australia and Asia.
The deal is likely to be worth in excess of 350,000 pounds ($A 622,000) a week and will make De Gea the highest-paid goalkeeper in the world.
David De Gea.Credit:AP
De Gea, 28, has been locked in a contract stand-off with United for the past year and the club have risked losing him for nothing when his existing deal expires at the end of next season amid interest from Paris St-Germain.
But United made the Spain No.1 an improved offer in recent weeks and it is now expected that he will end the impasse by putting pen to paper on a bumper deal.
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It is likely to make him United's best paid player after Chile striker Alexis Sanchez, whose basic 391,000 pound ($A 695,000) a week salary balloons to around 500,000 pounds ($A 889,000) a week once assorted bonus clauses are factored in.
It follows the news that Marcus Rashford had signed a heavily incentivised new four-year contract worth 200,000 pounds ($A 356,000) a week rising to more than 300,000 pounds ($A 534,000) with bonuses.
United are due to face Leeds United at Optus Stadium in Perth on Wednesday, when security will be beefed up amid fears of trouble between rival fans.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's squad then travel to Singapore to play Inter Milan in the International Champions Cup (ICC) on Saturday before flying to Shanghai for an ICC game against Tottenham Hotspur five days later.
They are due to play Kristiansund in Oslo on July 30 and AC Milan at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff four days later.
The prospect of De Gea following Rashford by committing his long-term future will be a boost to Solskjaer at a time when there is disillusionment among the fan base with less than four weeks until the start of the new season.
United have encountered frustration in their attempts to strengthen a squad who finished sixth last season, 32 points behind champions Manchester City. Leicester and Newcastle are playing hardball over centre-half Harry Maguire and midfielder Sean Longstaff respectively and other deals are yet to get off the ground.
Solskjaer's two signings to date, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James, had still to make senior professional appearances 18 months ago and uncertainty surrounds the futures of high-profile stars Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku, who want to leave for Real Madrid and Inter respectively.
There has been frustration among fans that Solskjaer's vow to oversee a "ruthless" cull of the squad has failed to materialise, with Andreas Pereira, Ashley Young, Matteo Darmian, Phil Jones and Juan Mata among those to have been given new contracts in recent months.
Solskjaer has said United need to sign a Bryan Robson-style leader, but sought to reassure supporters that the club can get back on top under him as manager.
"We need to win again," Solskjaer told fans at an event in Perth that was aRead More – Source
