Rohan Sengupta
Manchester United will take the option to extend David De Gea’s contract by a further year and Jose Mourinho is unsurprisingly keen to tie down our star goalkeeper for the long term. De Gea has been United’s standout player this season. Indeed, he’s saved the Red Devils on multiple occasions with his phenomenal saves, most notably in the 3-1 win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in December 2017.
The most recent deal the Spaniard signed in 2015, just days after a move to Real Madrid collapsed, runs out next year, although United have an option to extend that by a further 12 months. Mourinho regards activating that clause as inevitable but also expects the board to offer the 27-year-old fresh terms to ward off any renewed interest from Madrid and ensure he prolongs his stay at Old Trafford.
“It’s obvious that we are not going to let the option [to extend his deal] disappear,” Mourinho told reporters at his press conference on Friday, as quoted by the club’s official website.
“A goalkeeper like he is, at a club that wants to be better and better and better – we are not going to let that option go away. We are going to try.
“[Executive vice-chairman] Mr Woodward is not on holiday – he barely has holidays – and of course he is going to try to give him a contract that keeps him here for much more than the option that, of course, we are going to execute.”
The United boss was asked if talks were already underway with the 27-year-old Spanish international, who has been at Old Trafford since 2011.
“I don’t know,” the boss added. “I just trust the board and the work they do. I don’t negotiate players; I don’t discuss numbers and contracts.
“I just say what is obvious and any one of you would say the same: David is to keep.”
So if our club agrees to a new deal with De Gea, it will be massive as the Spaniard is currently the best not only in the Premier League but across the continent as well.
No stopper in the Premier League can match De Gea’s agility, reflexes and ability to make saves in key moments and win games. He has the joint-most clean sheets in England’s top flight this campaign, along with Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois.
