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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 18 SEPTEMBER 2019 23 SPORTS FOOTBALL Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday Weather Partly cloudy Visibility Good Wind West Southwest force 2 to 3 Sea Slight Swell Negligible TODAY TOMORROW Weather Crossword Across 1. Powerful dog (7) 4. Paving substance (7) 8. Superb (11) 12. Increase in size (4) 13. Yellow metallic element (4) 14. Toss (5) 15. Bequest (6) 17. Purchaser (5) 22. State in the central United States (4) 23. Make amends (5) 24. Canines (4) 25. Seraglio (5) 28. Minister (6) 30. Men (5) 32. Apparatus for weaving (4) 34. House rodents (4) 35. Using obscene language (4-7) 38. Sunset (7) 39. Opposes (7) Down 1. Margarine (5) 2. Melt (4) 3. Amusement (3) 5. Not sweet (3) 6. Suspended (4) 7. Most tender (9) 8. Additional (4) 9. Indolently (4) 10. Charged particles (4) 11. Member of the Conservative Party (4) 14. Fragment (5) 16. Wine fruit (5) 18. Unwarranted (5) 19. Blind (9) 20. Leap on one foot (3) 21. Fruit (5) 26. Upper covering of a house (4) 27. Injury (4) 28. Republic in W South America (4) 29. Stated (4) 31. Trials (5) 33. Emotional state (4) 34. Lake or pond (4) 36. Not high (3) 37. Label (3) PARTLY CLOUDY UV: 7 MAINLY CLOUDY UV: 7 29 0 / 21 0 29 0 / 22 0 MANCHESTER United goalkeeper David de Gea has signed a new contract to stay3 with the club until 2023. De Gea, 28, has made 367 United appearances since Sir Alex Ferguson brought him to the club from Atleti- co Madrid in an £18.9m deal in June 2011."Now my fu- ture is fixed, all I want is to help this team achieve what I believe we can and win tro- phies again, together," said the Spaniard. "It has been a privilege to spend eight years at this great club." De Gea, capped 40 times by Spain, helped United win the Premier League title in 2012-13, the FA Cup three seasons later and both the League Cup and the Europa League in 2016-17. The Spaniard, who has consistently been linked with a move to Real Madrid in recent seasons, was in the last year of his contract and would have been able to open talks with clubs out- side England over a possible move in January. He came close to joining Real in a £29m move in Sep- tember 2015, but the deal collapsed because the neces- sary paperwork was not sub- mitted in time on the final day of the transfer window. United and De Gea were in negotiations for more than two years over the new deal with the club making an im- proved offer in July. "The opportunity to con- tinue my career at Man- chester United is a genuine honour," said De Gea, who has the option to extend the contract for a further season. "Since I arrived here, I could never have imagined I would play over 350 games for this club. "I still feel I have so much more to achieve at the club and I truly believe that Man- chester United can build on the club's tradition of suc- cess and reward our fans for their support." De Gea extends contract with Manchester United FEELS LIKE 30 0 FEELS LIKE 30 0 David de Gea, pictured with boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, joined Manchester United from Atletico Madrid in 2011