MANCHESTER UNITED may consider a shock bid for Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford amid uncertainty surrounding David De Gea’s future, reports suggest.
According to the Telegraph, United are not convinced they want to extend De Gea’s contract, which runs out in June and earns him a whopping £350,000, and could let him go for free in June.
The Spanish shot-stopper, who was omitted from Luis Enrique’s Spain squad for the international break, suffered a poor start to the season with a raft of errors most notably at Brentford.
And United are also dealing with a high wage bill that reached a Premier League record of £384million last season.
The Red Devils announced earlier this week that their salaries have increased by a whopping £61.6m from the previous year.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s return as well as Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane’s arrivals led to a 19.1 per cent increase in their salary bill as well as a net loss amounting to £115.5m.
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United are assessing their long-term plans and a change between the sticks can’t be ruled out, even though De Gea, 31, has improved recently and has been integral in the last 11 years at Old Trafford.
That could bring England’s No1 Pickford, 28, into the frame come January.
The Everton shot stopper has various clubs carefully monitoring his situation as he will have just one year left on his Everton contract at the end of the season.
The England international is also a homegrown player, which is very appealing to his suitors.
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United have other options as well as they signed Martin Dubravka on loan from Newcastle as De Gea’s back-up.
The Red Devils also sent Dean Henderson out on loan to Nottingham Forest during the summer transfer window.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
