David de Gea has AGREED a new Man United contract

David de Gea has AGREED a new Man United contract on less than £375k-per-week but the club have not yet signed off on the deal… with Forest poised to trigger £20m Dean Henderson move once it is done

  • David de Gea’s contract is expiring and he will become a free agent on June 30
  • Dean Henderson will join Nottingham Forest on a permanent basis this summer
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David de Gea has agreed a new contract with Manchester United but is still to be signed off by the club’s hierarchy. 

Once the deal is done, Nottingham Forest are poised to trigger their deal for Dean Henderson and United will look for more cover.

De Gea has been in protracted talks with the club over a new deal that would reduce his current £375,000-a-week salary.

The 32-year-old Spanish goalkeeper has been at United since 2011, but he will be a free agent on June 30.

Erik ten Hag said last week that he was hopeful De Gea – who was presented with the Golden Glove for the most Premier League clean sheets in a season after United’s 2-1 win over Fulham on Sunday – would stay at the club.

Man United boss Erik ten Hag (right) wants to keep David de Gea at Old Trafford next season


Roy Keane (left) believes Manchester United need to get rid of David de Gea (right) in the summer

De Gea was awarded the Premier League’s Golden Glove title at Old Trafford on Sunday

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‘I think we want him to stay and he wants to stay, so I think we will find each other,’ said the United manager. ‘I never give a comment about how negotiations are going.’

But former United captain Roy Keane has told the club to get rid of the Spaniard ‘quickly’ as he slammed De Gea’s team-mates for posing with his Golden Glove award.

‘They’re [United players] all patting De Gea on the back there…I’d move him on quickly. He wouldn’t be for me, he’s not going to get Manchester United back winning trophies, absolutely not,’ Keane said on Sky Sports.

‘The idea that the players are patting him on the back is ridiculous, that’s his job.

‘You wouldn’t keep him as a No. 2. He wouldn’t want that, he wouldn’t stay for that.

‘He’s done okay, he’s won a few Player of the Year awards – but what big deal is that? It’s about what the team is achieving.

‘I think he’s made far too many mistakes over the years. He was trying to leave the club for a few years ago and go to Real Madrid.’ 

Ten Hag is aiming to sign a new goalkeeper this summer to provide more competition for De Gea with uncertainty hanging over the future of back-up options Tom Heaton and Jack Butland.

But he would prefer to spend in the region of £15million to buy a No 2 rather than find a replacement for De Gea, which would take up a bigger chunk of his transfer budget.


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