{"id":1101817,"date":"2019-08-15T17:16:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1101817"},"modified":"2019-08-15T17:16:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:16:31","slug":"peter-schmeichel-man-utd-david-de-gea-contract","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/peter-schmeichel-man-utd-david-de-gea-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Schmeichel becomes the latest Man Utd legend to &#8216;leak&#8217; David De Gea contract news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester United legend\u00a0Peter Schmeichel has\u00a0claimed David De Gea has put pen to paper on a new deal with the club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard&#8217;s future has been\u00a0up in the air across the past few months with his contract due to expire next summer.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is De Gea&#8217;s contract situation? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>United have been trying to negotiate a new deal with De Gea for several months.<\/li>\n<li>The Spaniard has now entered the last year of his present deal at Old Trafford.<\/li>\n<li>It has been reported that De Gea has been offered a deal worth in excess of \u00a3350,000 per week.<\/li>\n<li>Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus have both been credited with an interest in the Spaniard.<\/li>\n<li>But,\u00a0Schmeichel has seemingly confirmed De Gea has already penned a new deal at United.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7343141-chelsea-can-get-excited-about-n-golo-kante-s-messi-impression\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, former United shot-stopper\u00a0Schmeichel has now relaxed tensions over the 28-year-old&#8217;s future by revealing he has already extended his present deal.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0told <a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/peter-schmeichel-says-knew-harry-18934662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Mirror<\/a>: &#8220;David was a great signal that we start off with arguably our best performer over the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have tied him down, he is staying and now we move on and build on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>De Gea has been the subject of much transfer speculation, but\u00a0Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be relieved to have tied his No 1 &#8216;keeper down to a new deal, if\u00a0Schmeichel&#8217;s\u00a0revelation proves true that is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would You Rather Wan-Bissaka or Harry Maguire? Manchester United Fans Quizzed w\/Sophie Rose\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ERkTe8rZLgU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Neville lets slip<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Schmeichel&#8217;s comments come after another United legend\u00a0unwittingly revealed that the Spain international has already\u00a0dotted the i&#8217;s and crossed the t&#8217;s on a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the Red Devils trounced Chelsea 4-0 in their Premier League opener on Sunday,\u00a0Gary Neville all-but confirmed the news every United fan has been waiting to hear for several months.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;You\u2019d hope with De Gea now signed and [Harry] Maguire as a centre-back, [Paul] Pogba, at the moment, in midfield is obviously world-class on his day, and then you\u2019re talking about up front\u2026 Manchester United have got threats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"25f1756b-674a-468d-8861-7ec142b276a4\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United legend\u00a0Peter Schmeichel has\u00a0claimed David De Gea has put pen to paper on a new deal with the club. 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