De Gea eyes PSG as Mourinho’s men are booed off yet again

DAVID DE GEA is set to become the highest-paid goalkeeper in the world by joining Paris Saint-Germain in the summer when his contract runs out at Manchester United.

De Gea, 28, has been stalling on signing a new deal in the knowledge a bumper £300,000 a week is on offer at PSG, who could get round any Financial Fair Play restrictions by selling Neymar to Real Madrid and building their team exclusively around Kylian Mbappe.

The Spain star could be set to earn around £15.5million a year in wages with the French giants, taking his potential salary to over £60m if he were to sign a four-year deal in Paris.

Losing a player of De Gea’s quality would be a huge blow to United and to manager Jose Mourinho, whose side produced yet another underwhelming performance as they were held to a goalless draw by Palace which leaves them seventh in the Premier League table.

De Gea was able to claim his first league clean sheet at Old Trafford since March. That is where the good news ended for Mourinho and United, who were booed off at full-time with the odd shout of ‘Get lost Mourinho’ emanating from the stands.

United made a mockery of his optimistic assertion that he wanted to be inside the top four by New Year’s Day.

They have seven league games in December but, if they cannot see off Crystal Palace, the division’s lowest scorers bar Huddersfield and without a goal at United in six visits, it is hard to envisage a significant winning streak in the offing.

For the last 15 minutes, United went lower league, piling Marouane Fellaini, Chris Smalling, Romelu Lukaku and other six footers into the box to try and win headers.

‘It’s a bad result,’ said Mourinho. ‘We played as if it was just one more game, not a game we really needed to win. We found the space very well by analysing the opponent and by training, but not enough intensity, not enough desire.

‘My feeling is it wasn’t enough from the heart. We must play with brain but we must also play with heart.’

Palace boss Roy Hodgson said: ‘We could even have won it if we had been a bit more clinical and fate had been a bit kinder.’