Manchester United announce record-breaking deal for star man

David de Gea has put pen to paper on a new four-year deal with Manchester United, the Premier League giants have announced.

United have agreed to make De Gea the best-paid goalkeeper in the world on reported £375,000-a-week wages.

De Gea had entered the final 12 months of his previous deal and his future at Old Trafford was far from certain.

Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid have all been monitoring De Gea’s future in recent months.

Failure to agree new terms with De Gea would have seen the 28-year-old leave the club for nothing next summer.

However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side finally made a decisive breakthrough in talks with De Gea’s camp and have an option to a further 12 months.

“It has been a privilege to spend eight years at this great club and the opportunity to continue my career at Manchester United is a genuine honour,” De Gea told the club’s official website.

“Since I arrived here, I could never have imagined I would play over 350 games for this club. Now my future is fixed, all I want is to help this team achieve what I believe we can and win trophies again, together”

“As one of the senior players in the squad, I want to support and lead in any way that I can to assist the younger players, so they know what it means to play here. I still feel that I have so much more to achieve at the club and I truly believe that Manchester United can build on the club’s tradition of success and reward our fans for their support.”

De Gea has endured a nightmare past 12 months for club and country but is still considered one of the world’s best goalkeepers.

Having spent the last nine seasons at Old Trafford, the Spain international is also keen to become United captain next season.

United finished last season with their worst ever defensive record in a Premier League campaign (54 goals conceded) and De Gea only managed seven clean sheets.