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Solskjaer Confident Over New Utd Deal For De Gea by Oluwatosin10(m): 9:14am On Sep 14, 2019 |
Solskjaer confident over new Utd
deal for De Gea Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he is still
confident David De Gea will stay at
Manchester United by insisting that the
club has a track record of holding onto
the players it wants to keep. United goalkeeper De Gea is in the final
year of his Old Trafford deal and can
leave as a free agent next summer if he
continues to stall on signing a new long-
term deal. - Italian champions Juventus are long-
term admirers of De Gea, with the Turin
outfit also having a track record in
recent years for signing top-class
players at the end of their contracts. But despite the uncertainty surrounding
the 28-year-old's future, Solskjaer
believes De Gea can be persuaded to
commit to a new deal at United. "We are always aware of what's
happening around in the world [with
other goalkeepers], but my focus, and
the club's focus, is to convince David to
stay," Solskjaer said. "He can see what
we're doing, and knows what we're doing. "We want players here, the best ones,
and the ones we want, most of the time
they stay. There are not many who we
want to keep that we don't manage to
keep. "I think you'd need to ask David and the
club [why he hasn't signed]. I've
obviously not been involved in all the
discussions, but I'm very -- or pretty --
confident we'll get this sorted. "David's never, ever said anything else
to me, other than that he loves this club,
he wants to stay here and he's had a
fantastic time. So let's hope we just get it
over the line." De Gea has been criticised for making a
series of uncharacteristic mistakes for
United in recent months and the
Spaniard has started this season in
unconvincing form. But Solskjaer claims that De Gea's
mistakes are being highlighted simply
because of the spotlight that comes with
playing for United. "Well, I think he's had a fantastic time
here, but yeah, of course, whenever he
concedes a goal, it's headlines, that he
should have saved," Solskjaer said. "Whenever we lose a game -- we've lost
one game since July 1 and it sounds like
we're really struggling -- but that's just
the way it is at Man United and you have
to handle it. You have to be resilient,
you've got to have robust confidence, and he's fine. I don't worry about him at
all. "I have two very good backup keepers
with Sergio [Romero] and Lee [Grant].
Dean [Henderson] is playing [on loan] at
Sheffield United, so the goalkeeping
department is in good health." Manchester United host Leicester City on
Saturday, with the Foxes in third place in
the table and Solskjaer's side sitting in
eighth place.
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