adminLONDON. — Manchester United are yet to receive a bid from Real Madrid for David de Gea and will be sticking to their £35 million valuation of the goalkeeper.
De Gea (24) has not signed a £200 000-a-week contract extension to remain at Old Trafford amid strong interest from the La Liga giants.
He only has a year remaining on his current deal and could leave for free next summer. However, as reported by Sportsmail last week, United officials would rather keep De Gea for another 12 months than accept an offer they would deem derisory. They believe that Madrid-born stopper is worth £35 million. The logic behind the high-stakes stance is based on the theory that De Gea played a huge role in ensuring United landed fourth spot and a Champions League play-off.
Should Louis van Gaal’s side progress to the Champions League as expected, they would pocket around £50 million. United may also be using De Gea as a bargaining chip in a move for Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos.
They have already had one bid rejected for the Spain international (29) and are expected to return with another. Meanwhile, Manchester City face an increasingly desperate battle to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus, but hope to take a step closer to landing Kevin De Bruyne when his agent meets with Wolfsburg next week. City’s fears that Pogba could end up at Barcelona next year were confirmed on Wednesday when two senior representatives of the Spanish club, Ariedo Braida and Albert Soler, met with Juve’s managing director Giuseppe Marotta and sporting director Fabio Paratici at a Milan restaurant. Marotta later confirmed that a bid of £56,7 million had been received for Pogba, but insisted the 22-year-old France midfielder would not be sold.
Although Barcelona cannot sign any players until a transfer embargo is lifted in January, and will not know the identity of their club president until an election on July 18, it is understood that they want to put a deal in place for Pogba to remain in Turin next season and then move to the Nou Camp in a year’s time. — Mailonline.
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