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Manchester United tweet WEIRD David De Gea contract update and fans react brilliantly
MANCHESTER UNITED have hinted at a new contract for David De Gea with a weird tweet today that has got fans talking.
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De Gea is out of contract at United at the end of this season but the club can extend his deal but a further year.
They are expected to trigger this option to block any potential exit of the Spain international.
PSG are interested in signing De Gea and could make his the best-paid goalkeeper on the planet if he does head to France.
But United appear determined to keep their shot-stopper and tweeted a strange message about De Gea that some fans are taking as a sign that he’s agreed the extension.
They posted a message that read: “A list of goalkeepers better than @D_DeGea” followed by a gif of the Spaniard wagging his finger.
Manchester United - like many top-flight clubs - often tweet out a pre-announcement message to raise supporters’ interest before confirming breaking news.
And fans reckon the tweet is a signal that De Gea’s contract has been extended.
“New contract then?” one fan wrote.
Another put: “Pay him more than what he wants.”
A third joked: “Best tweet man united have made this season.”
A fourth said: “Our last diamond. Don’t loose him. If we lose him we really are Liverpool in 1994.”
Yet other fans are still dissatisfied with the Red Devils.
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One fan put: “All that is to get him to stay, right? Why not get a real manager and a real football director in, so we can be more attractive to world class players?”
And others listed the goalkeepers they reckon ARE better than De Gea.
“Don't forget that @Bernd_Leno exist in this world,” one fan wrote, with a winking emoji.
“Peter Schmeichel’ another wrote.
And a third put: “Alisson. Oblak. Ter Stegen. Many more”
A fourth then echoed two of those names, writing: “Oblak, Ter Stegen, Neuer.”