This one is be very significant for Manchester United. After a shaky start to his Manchester United career between the sticks for Sergio Romero – who, let’s face it, looks as if he has literally just woken up during some performances – he doesn’t seem like a long term solution.
But, even more frustrating, United have a worldie sitting on the bench. And reports today in The Guardian suggested that the player may be about to do a massive U-turn and sign a new deal at Old Trafford.
Manchester United’s David de Gea makes U-turn towards new contract
• Agent Jorge Mendes holds talks with Louis van Gaal at Carrington
• Goalkeeper could sign deal worth £200,000 a week
De Gea – World Class
And The BBC confirmed:
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has signed a new-four year contract with the club.
“I’m looking forward to putting a difficult summer behind me and working hard,” said De Gea.
“Manchester United is a special club and Old Trafford is an ideal place for me to continue to develop my career.”
The mere fact that De Gea will be at United for the next three months, let alone 4 years, may have saved Van Gaal’s career at the club.
But, by convincing the supreme Spaniard to sign a new deal, it will increase the Dutchman’s popularity no end.
Furthermore, it will give the team the chance to really challenge for honours this season.
Most teams start the season slowly and only Manchester City have managed to hit the ground running this term. So all is not lost.
And with De Gea back Manchester United can pick up their form and start to show what they are made of.
Louis van Gaal signed another 6 players this summer and would expect all of them, except Romero, to be starters before long. So it’s a make or break season for the manager and his plight will be helped no end by De Gea’s return.
We imagine that the new contract will have a high, but realistic, release clause at the insistence of De Gea.
But his importance to the current set up was crystallised by the defeat at Swansea. Manchester United desperately need De Gea back – starting against Liverpool.
