Maryland, July 24: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has assured its fans that first Choice goalkeeper David De Gea will "100 percent" remain in the club this Summer.

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The Spanish number one has been constantly linked with a move to Real Madrid for the past three years and a transfer with the Los Blancos was close to be finalised in 2015, only to dramatically collapse in the final minutes on transfer deadline-day in the summer window.

However, Real's pursuit of the goalkeeper again came to light this summer after it was rumoured that United opened negotiations with the Bernabeu side for a deal.

Prior to their pre-season friendly against Real Madrid, the Portuguese manager confirmed the news of United being open to sell De Gea to Real last summer, but revealed that the position has now changed.

Mourinho indicated that there were negotiations with Real for De Gea but the deal later fell through and the shot-stopper is now happy and focused on remaining at Old Trafford this summer.

"I can guarantee that he's not going this season," Mourinho said.

"And my feeling is it will be very difficult for him to go."

"He's a very honest boy, very straight. He was contacted for a long time, the club [Real] was close, then we open [negotiations] because I always have this feeling of when a player has a desire to go, I don't like to stop players to go because in the end you don't get what you expect from them if they want to move and they don't."

"So we opened it and then they decided to close [negotations] and I don't think the feeling from him [toward Real] is very, very good."

"I see him very happy and focused and working better than ever, so for me, 100 percent, he stays with us."

De Gea has been rated as one of the world's best goalkeepers in recent years and has been voted thrice as the Manchester United player of the year where he has won One Premier league, One FA Cup and One Europa league since arriving from Atletico Madrid six years ago.

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