David De Gea close to sign brand new deal, reveals Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that goalkeeper David De Gea is close to signing a new deal with the club. The Spaniard has been amongst the club’s best players over the last few years but has just one year left on his current contract with the Red Devils.
Manchester United and David De Gea have been at an impasse over the last few months with the Red Devils struggling to get their superstar to sign a new deal. At the moment, the 28-year-old has just one year left in his current contract, with United desperately trying to get the Spaniard to sign a brand new deal.
However, wage issues have caused a rift within the team, with earlier reports from the Independent revealing that De Gea wanted somewhere close to what Alexis Sanchez is earning. That saw United make a brand new offer to the Spanish number one and his agents in June, with ESPN reporting that the offered wages are in excess of £350,000-a-week.
While the offer is on the table and hasn't been touched yet, Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed that the shot-stopper is on the brink of signing the new deal. “Hopefully we can agree with David as I've said a few times. That'll be up to David and the club to announce when that happens, if and when," Solskjaer said.
It brings close to a long and arduous 18 months of talks, removing the risk that the Red Devils could lose one of the best goalkeepers in the world for nothing next summer.
