Information issued from Old Trafford said that goalkeeper De Gea nodded and agreed to stay with Manchester United longer in a new contract.
The new contract for the time has not been disclosed but will have a huge salary of £375,000/week. With this figure, De Gea will become the highest-paid goalkeeper in history, more than 175,000 pounds/week compared to what he is receiving.
The contract between De Gea and M.U will only expire in 1 year. This is a timely move by the "Red Devils" leadership to keep their best player. In recent months, De Gea has been constantly criticized by Real Madrid and PSG, causing M.U to worry many times.
Having joined the Reds in 2011, spent 8 years studying, playing and becoming a solid support, De Gea has never made Manchester United fans feel insecure. That is the feeling they have only had with Peter Schmeichel and Edwin Van der Sar throughout the history of the Premier League.
In this new commitment, both sides will aim for better and longer-term things, specifically the upcoming journey and goals of the club.
First, after 6 years of the Sir Alex Ferguson era, Manchester United have finally found the reason for their failure, which is their weak defensive foundation. Despite having a "light-fast" reflex from De Gea, M.U is still among the clubs that have conceded the most goals in the tournament. Since then, the achievements have been dragged down the steep slope.
That is why when Ole Solskjaer took charge, in his first transfer window, he bought players with a more defensive nature. Daniel James and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are two such cases. Wan-Bissaka is a pure full-back. Meanwhile, James could also be pulled down to the current full-back position.
M.U will not spend money on expensive deals but will be very generous like Angel Di Maria and accept playing with Harry Maguire, who is considered one of the best central defenders in the world at the moment. M.U asked Leicester for 80 million pounds, the "Foxes" sometimes increased it to 95 million pounds but were still nodded by the "Red Devils".
This signal shows that Man United accept to do everything, even spend a lot of money to build a solid defensive system. Perhaps Ole Solsa has never forgotten the words of coach Alex Ferguson that defense is the factor that makes the champion.
Second, the salary increase for De Gea and keeping Paul Pogba in the squad shows the ambition to build a stable, profound and cohesive squad over many years. This will avoid the situation where stars keep coming and leaving Old Trafford, not creating a bridge in the squad and playing style.
M.U has done everything possible to keep Pogba and now De Gea, coach Solskjaer also said he is planning to hand over the captain's armband to the French star. Although there have been many unknown and unknown stories in recent times, it cannot be denied that Pogba is still a good player, a World Cup champion. He deserves to lead the "Red Devils" squad at this time.
A champion needs big stars and has been stable for many years, the unimaginable salary increase for De Gea is one of the steps to realize the ambition to rebuild the team as soon as possible.
Harry Maguire is coming and will have many more stars coming to Old Trafford. Don't be surprised if Man United don't buy players who are floating in the player market, be happy because in the end, they know where to go to get things right.
