The future of Dean Henderson’s Manchester United will become much clearer in the coming weeks as talks between the two sides reach a crucial stage.
There has been a lot of talk about where the goalkeeper will play football next season.
His performances at Sheffield United have attracted interest from Chelsea, who are ready to pay a lot of money for the 23-year-old.
But United and Henderson are discussing a lucrative five-year deal that will make him one of Europe’s highest paid shooters, reports Sky Sports.
Ed Woodward is ready to discuss Old Trafford’s budgets with some of the club leaders this week.
United sees Henderson as a future n. 1, but only signed David de Gea with a new long-term deal last summer.
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It leaves Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a great decision to make, but the Norwegian has regularly backed his first-choice goalkeeper amid his recent string of mistakes.
But the boss Red Devils is not opposed to bringing the Englishman back to the fold and allowing him and De Gea to fight for a starting place.
Henderson has had 13 clean games this season on Bramall Lane, which has put him in the running to be England’s number 1 for the European championships next summer.
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is probably on the market for a new goalkeeper who dropped Kepa Arrizabalaga for the last day’s victory over the Wolves.
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The Blues are ready to offer large sums of money and have already proven not to wait this summer after adding Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner.
He supported Solskjaer in the corner and his former teammate turned Sky Sports expert Gary Neville pushed him to be ruthless.
He said: “In the past 18 months he has been full of mistakes and only Solskjaer can make that decision about the goalkeeper.
“What I would say about that decision is that Solskjaer must be decisive and ruthless with that decision, he must think of himself and the club. If he thinks that De Gea will return to the level he was before, stay with him.”
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