Manchester United and Real Madrid have agreed a deal for David de Gea, according to Sky Sports.
The former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper is
set to return to the Spanish capital in a deal worth £29m, with Keylor
Navas also agreeing to move the other way and join United.
Sky revealed that the deal had
been held up as Costa Rican goalkeeper Navas decided on his future, but
he has ultimately chosen to swap the Bernabeu for Old Trafford.
“He (De Gea) is a Real Madrid player –
40m euros, that’s £29m and Manchester United are happy because it is a
near record for a player who had only one year left (on his contract),”
Spanish football expert Balague told Sky Sports.
“Since early this morning the
communication started going more fluently with Manchester United. The
fear was that they didn’t have enough time to finish the deal. That was
because it was all pending on Keylor Navas.
“He has been thinking about it, he did not travel with the national side with the intention of actually deciding on his future.
“Finally
he has decided, I believe he is going to earn double what he earns at
Real Madrid, he has accepted to be part of the deal.
“And that’s what sped things up
eventually. As you know the transfer [window] finishes at 11pm UK time
in Spain and Real Madrid, the highest possible sources, only about an
hour and a half ago were saying they were scared that there would be no
time to do it.
“There was eventually, Keylor Navas said ‘OK, I’m coming to Manchester United’.”
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