According
to reports in Spain Real Madrid have agreed terms with David de Gea and
now only need to settle on a fee with Manchester United
The
shot-stopper has long been linked with Los Blancos, despite his
Atletico Madrid past, and the newspaper claims it is a “done deal” as
President Florentino Perez made the signing of a new No 1 a priority.
De
Gea’s contract expires next summer, and it is understood that he has
rejected several lucrative offers of a renewal, the last of which came
in at €7.5m per season, in order to focus on securing a move to Madrid.
Marca
adds that super-agent Jorge Mendes has once again played a key role in
making the deal happen as a result of his “special relationship” with
both sets of owners.
Despite
denials from Sky Sports News that personal terms have not yet been
agreed, United appear resigned to losing the 24-year-old and are set to
demand at least €40m in return.
Such
a fee should not deter the recently-dethroned European champions - they
happily shelled out €35m for Danilo, even though the right-back’s
contract with Porto only had a year left.
The
Spaniard will reportedly pen to paper on a contract of at least five
years at the Santiago Bernabeu, although financial details remain
undisclosed.
United
boss Louis van Gaal admitted on Friday that his club had already drawn
up a list of potential replacements for De Gea, who joined the Red
Devils from Atleti in 2011.
“We
have a list of goalkeepers who can replace him because we have to be
organised always," he was quoted as saying at his weekly Press
conference by BBC Sport.
“We
want him to stay and I hope he shall sign. You have three parties
[involved] and the most important party is always the player.
“It’s
dependable not of Manchester United, not of me, because we want him to
sign. He has to sign, he has to want to stay here at Manchester United. I
don't know [why he hasn’t decided].
“[On
speculation the club could move for Gareth Bale with the De Gea funds],
I have seen that I buy everyone in the world but it’s not like that
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