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Manchester United goalkeeping coach Frans Hoek is adamant David de Gea could become as good Peter Schmeichel or Edwin van der Sar if he remains at the club.

De Gea received the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award for the second season running and was named in the Premier League's Team of the Year for the second season in three.

The Spaniard's development into one of the best goalkeepers in the world has not gone unnoticed in Madrid, though, and De Gea is believed to be torn over a transfer to Real or signing a new contract with United.

De Gea's deal expires next season and the impressive Hoek, who has worked with Louis van Gaal at Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Holland, believes De Gea has the attributes to be remembered as a United great.

"He is now at one of the biggest club in the world," Hoek told Man Utd Poland.

"The moment you are playing at a high level there, you're great and if you continue to do that, then automatically you become one of the better ones in the world.

"He showed at a very young age - he became 24 this season - that he is able to do the job in all elements of the game, in construction, but also in defence.

"So nothing stands on his way to become one of the best like Schmeichel, like Van der Sar at United."

Should De Gea leave Manchester, United have a ready-made replacement in Victor Valdes, although the club are keeping tabs on Petr Cech and Hugo Lloris.

Hoek worked with Valdes at Barcelona, where the Catalan fell out with Van Gaal in his debut season after failing to report for training.

Valdes, though, recovered to win three Champions League winner's medals at Camp Nou and enjoyed an impressive full debut for United at Hull on Sunday.

Overcoming setbacks, such as the knee injury which sidelined him for nearly a year, is one of Valdes' biggest strengths according to Hoek.

"I worked with Victor for about six years in his youth between 1997 till 2003. Now it's 2015 and you can see there's a big development of his game," the Dutchman added.

"Victor has been, of course, very lucky that he has been playing for Barcelona and Barcelona always has been the team that is playing in the way we like to play in United as well.

"Victor has always had a big role in a team, which won all these prizes and playing so well, so it was fantastic to see how he overcame the big injury.

"We have been working on that very very hard, but he's capable of everything again that he has been doing. He's very eager to work hard and to improve."

See pictures from United's Player of the Year awards