‘The club and David are in dialogue and hopefully they will agree': Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hoping De Gea will sign a new contract at Manchester United to repay club's faith in him Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes David de Gea will pen a new Manchester United deal He wants De Gea to repay the faith showed in him during a tough start in England The Spaniard has grown into arguably the best goalkeeper in the worldBy Chris Wheeler for MailOnline Published: 10:23 GMT, 1 March 2019 | Updated: 10:29 GMT, 1 March 2019 Viewcomments Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes David de Gea will sign a new contract at Manchester United to repay the faith the club showed in him during a difficult start at Old Trafford. United’s decision to sign De Gea from Atletico Madrid for £18.6million in 2011 was questioned in many quarters after Sir Alex Ferguson backed the judgement of his goalkeeping coach Eric Steele. But the Spaniard has grown into arguably the best goalkeeper in the world since then and been voted United’s player of the year in four of the last five seasons. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes David de Gea will sign a new contract at Manchester United Solskjaer wants him to repay the faith the club showed in him during a difficult start in England United remain hopeful that De Gea will agree a new contract after triggering the 12-month extension on his current deal until next year, and Solskjaer hailed him as the best in the world. ‘The club and David are in dialogue, and hopefully they will agree,’ said Solskjaer. ‘It's out of my hands but I'm sure we'll do what we can. ‘David has done fantastic since he came here. The club really showed how much they wanted him back in the day when Eric and the gaffer found him. 'There was probably keepers better at that time, but the belief the manager showed in him with the criticism he got paid dividends. United are hopeful that De Gea will agree a new deal after triggering a 12-month extension ‘He's been player of the year for I don't know how many years and we're grateful to have him. Then again we've got Sergio (Romero) and Lee (Grant), a fantastic goalkeeper department, I don't think there's any manager in the world who'll beat me in that respect.’ Asked to compare De Gea with other United greats, Peter Schmeichel and Edwin van der Sar, he added: ‘I don’t think Edwin and Peter ever won player pf the year. David has meant so many points for us over the years. ‘I would say he’s the best goalkeeper in the world, but you could say Peter and Edwin were at the time. He’s such a humble and confident boy.’ Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility