Man Utd keeper De Gea set to become a free agent

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David de Gea with his Manchester United team-mates

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea's declaration volition travel to an extremity connected Friday with nary determination implicit whether helium volition stay astatine Old Trafford.

It is understood the model of a declaration hold that had been agreed was subsequently changed.

This has led to some sides stepping backmost to bespeak connected the concern and preferred direction.

De Gea is getting joined this play and face-to-face talks volition not resume until aft this play is over.

The Spain goalkeeper, 32, has spent 12 years astatine the club, wherever helium has played successful 545 games.

United stay successful interaction with De Gea, whose effect to the immense magnitude of speculation astir his aboriginal was to station a yawning emoji connected Twitter earlier this week.

Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea posts a yawning emoji connected Twitter connected 28 June

Last season, the four-time United subordinate of the twelvemonth won the Premier League Golden Glove for the 2nd clip arsenic helium kept 17 cleanable sheets.

Both De Gea and manager Erik 10 Hag spoke confidently astatine the extremity of past play astir the subordinate staying astatine the club.

He could inactive motion a declaration but from Saturday, the Spaniard tin motion for immoderate different club, having been escaped to hold pre-contract presumption with overseas suitors successful January.

United person been wanting De Gea to instrumentality a important wage chopped from the grounds £375,000-per-week woody helium signed successful 2019.

Even astatine a reduced level, De Gea's declaration would inactive enactment him successful the apical scope of goalkeepers and it is hard to spot him matching those presumption elsewhere.

However, if helium does opt to permission the nine aft 12 seasons, during which clip helium has won 5 large honours, a grounds 4 nine player-of-the-year awards and is the past remaining subordinate to person won a Premier League rubric astatine United, it volition make a occupation for Ten Hag.

It is understood tentative discussions person taken spot with Inter Milan's highly-rated Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana. However, Ten Hag is operating connected a constricted fund and, aft reaching an statement to motion Mason Mount from Chelsea for £55m and with United besides targeting a centre-forward, they would request to merchantability earlier making a determination for 27-year-old Onana.

United person triggered a one-year enactment for seasoned keeper Tom Heaton, who is attracting involvement from Luton, portion Dean Henderson has returned to the nine to retrieve from the thigh wounded helium sustained during his indebtedness spell with Nottingham Forest successful January.

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