Man Utd to make De Gea earn new contract with star needing to play half of games to pick up full £250k-a-week salary
MANCHESTER UNITED intend to make David de Gea earn his new £250,000-a-week contract.
United plan to pay him a lower guaranteed wage but throw in extras if he plays enough.
Keeper De Gea would have to start about half of the 60 or so games the Red Devils play at home and abroad next season to hit the maximum salary.
Old Trafford chiefs are looking at giving the Spaniard two more years at the top level after he produced displays close to his best under boss Erik ten Hag.
But they want to avoid him becoming a highly-paid reserve.
De Gea has been superb for the Red Devils this season.
The Spaniard has kept ten clean sheets in 24 Premier League games.
He also has four clean sheets in eight Europa League outings this campaign.
As well as consistently impressing this term, De Gea was named Players’ Player of the Year in the 2021-22 campaign.
He has been at the club since June 2011.
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In total De Gea has made 524 appearances for the Red Devils.
He has won the Premier League, Europa League, FA Cup and two League Cups in his time at Old Trafford.