United winger Valencia set to sign new Old Trafford deal

New deal: Valencia to sign new United contract

Antonio Valencia will sign a new long-term contract at Old Trafford next week, chief executive David Gill confirmed.

The Ecuador winger is only halfway through the four-year deal he signed when joining from Wigan for £16million in 2009, but the 25-year-old has agreed new terms in the region of £80,000-a-week.

Gill said: 'We're in the process of finalising that. He's been to the Copa America and we've been away but that will be sorted out next week. It's a long-term contract.'

Gill also revealed that United are looking at offering Javier Hernandez improved terms to reward him for an outstanding first season at Old Trafford.

Even though the Mexico striker signed a five-year contract when Sir Alex Ferguson bought him from Chivas Guadalajara for £7m last summer.

The United chief said: 'Hernandez came on a five-year deal, as did Chris Smalling. We did Chris because there was a re-negotiation clause in his contract, which we would have done anyway, if he met a certain number of appearances.

'There's no such clause in Javier's contract. Having said that, we intend to address it. But we want to address it when there is no pressure with regards to that issue, so we intend to do it in the autumn.'

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Less clear is Dimitar Berbatov's future at Old Trafford. The Bulgarian striker signed a four year deal when he moved from Tottenham for £30.75m in 2008.

And even though United have the option to extend it by another year, the club's relaxed attitude to the situation and Ferguson's decision to leave him out of his squad for the Champions League Final in May, has placed a question mark over whether the English champions will exercise that option.

'He's not in the final year of his contract. People keep telling me that but there is an option to extend Dimitar's contract by another year, on the club's side.

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'We can do it whenever we want to do it. There are no conditions around it. Everyone has been talking about Berbatov from the outside, saying he wants to leave or that we want want him to leave, but we don't want him to go. We want him to stay.

'He scored over 20 goals last season, so there is no desire on our behalf to see him go. From our perspective he has, effectively, two years to go.

'There's no point in extending that option. We have until the end of the season, so we can assess how it goes, talk to him, see how he performs and see what happens. 

'I've not had one conversation with Dimitar (about his future). There has been no correspondence in that respect.

'The decision Alex took was a decision he took for that particular game. It wasn't a decision taken with a view that we want Dimitar to go, because we don't.'