This archive report was first published on 14 September 2019.
Published on September 14, 2019, by AFP
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident that goalkeeper David de Gea will commit his future to the club, despite the Spanish international entering the final year of his contract.
De Gea, 28, would be free to speak to any European clubs from January 1 and leave next summer on a free transfer if a new deal is not agreed upon.
United have reportedly offered a deal worth around Sh37 million-a-week ($363,000) to make De Gea the joint highest earner still at the club, alongside Paul Pogba.
"I've obviously not been involved in all the discussions, but I'm pretty confident we'll get this sorted," Solskjaer said.
"David has never said anything else to me, other than that he loves this club, he wants to stay here and he's had a fantastic time," Solskjaer added.
Despite De Gea's poor form towards the end of last season, Solskjaer retains the backing of the goalkeeper, who was part of the last United team to win the Premier League title in 2013.
"He has had a fantastic time here but of course whenever he concedes a goal, it's headlines, that he should have saved it," Solskjaer said.
"You have to be resilient and you need to have robust confidence and he's fine. I don't worry about David at all," Solskjaer added.
