De Gea to sign by Friday and take United summer spending to £50million
Published 22:59 28/06/11 By David McDonnell
Manchester United expect to conclude the £18million signing of goalkeeper David De Gea by Friday.
De Gea passed a medical in Manchester on Monday and has agreed a five-year deal worth £75,000-a-week.
But the 20-year-old's change of agents has held up the deal, although United are confident it will be completed by the end of the week.
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De Gea, writing on his official Twitter account, said: "I have been invited by Man U to see the club and the city with my family and to be given an offer."
The arrival of De Gea will take United's spending this summer to £50m, following the capture of defender Phil Jones from Blackburn and midfielder Ashley Young from Aston Villa, both for £16m.
Sir Alex Ferguson revealed last month United had been working on a deal to sign De Gea for "quite a while" and the completion of his move to succeed Edwin van der Sar is imminent.
