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Manchester United have finally secured David De Gea to a new, long-term contract with the Spain international signing terms that make him the English Premier League club's best-paid footballer.

De Gea's improved five-year deal is worth over €15million net per season, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

The contract - which includes an optional fifth year - meets the goalkeeper's long standing stance that he placed at the summit of Manchester United 's pay scale, alongside Paul Pogba .

A fraught and torturous negotiation process had seen the 28-year-old enter the final, optional, year of his existing Old Trafford contract, raising the prospect that De Gea would exit United without a transfer fee in nine months' time.

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Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid ranked amongst the player's suitors.

Voted the Premier League's best goalkeeper in five of the last seven seasons, De Gea wanted his status as United's most consistently accomplished footballer to be rewarded with the same financial terms as United granted Alexis Sanchez in January 2018.

The stance of the club's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward had been that such an increase was impossible.

At his Friday morning press conference, United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said: "I want David to stay here. He knows that. And David's, for me, the best goalkeeper in the world.

"We've seen that over the years, and I hope that I can make sure that he'll finish his career at Man United at the highest level. There's been loads of talks, loads of discussions between David and the club, and hopefully we can get it done."



For further analysis of David De Gea's decision to sign a new contract with Manchester United please listen to The Transfer Window podcast.