David de Gea may be forced to see out the final year of his contract as Real Madrid refuse to pay Manchester United £20m fee

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea may be forced to see out the final year of his contract at Old Trafford with Real Madrid refusing to meet the Old Trafford club's £20million asking price.The two European heavyweights are refusing to budge on their different valuation of de Gea who only has a year left on his United contract.And the stand-off means there is a very real possibility of the 24-year-old Spaniard having to wait another 12 months before returning 'home' despite the move being considered a done deal a few weeks ago.

Madrid, with new manager Rafa Benitez at the helm, are steadfast that they will not give United more than £13m given that they can get him for nothing in a year's time.

But United, who are already committed to a big summer of spending on the likes of Morgan Schneiderlin, say they won't let De Gea go for that amount and have to buy a replacement goalkeeper to compete with Victor Valdes.

The impasse leaves manager Louis van Gaal in an awkward position of trying to coax top performances out of De Gea whose girlfriend wants to return to Spain immediately.