Tyler Blackett to be rewarded with new £50,000-a-week Manchester United contract (that's a 2,400 per cent increase)

Manchester United are ready to give Tyler Blackett a new contract.

The 20-year-old defender is currently earning just £2,000 a week at Old Trafford.

Blackett has been playing alongside the likes of Wayne Rooney and Angel di Maria this season — who both earn three times more per week than he does in a year.

VIDEO Scroll down to watch Tyler Blackett's thunderbolt free kick in FA Youth Cup

Tyler Blackett is expected to be handed a new £50,000-a-week deal to extend his stay at Manchester United

Manchester United starlet has been handed a number of chances to impress new manager Louis van Gaal

It seems the Dutchman has been pleased with the defender, instructing the board to hand Blackett a new deal

Tyler Blackett scores with thunderbolt free-kick in FA Youth Cup

HIS UNITED CAREER SO FAR 

Swansea (h) lost 2-1 - Sportsmail rating 6

Sunderland (a) 1-1 - 5

Burnley (a) 0-0 - 5.5

QPR (h) won 4-0 - 6.5

Leicester (a) lost 5-3 - 4.5

Everton (h) won 2-1 - 7 (came on at 70 mins)

But United boss Louis van Gaal has recommended to the board that the youngster is rewarded for his breakthrough into the first team with a deal representative of his new standing.

This means Blackett will jump up to somewhere near the £50,000-a-week level when he signs his new contract - that's a wage increase of 2,400 per cent.

United’s early-season injury crisis thrust Blackett in to the fray and Van Gaal believes he has a future at Old Trafford. 

The defender has generally equipped himself well in his six Premier League matches so far, although he was sent off in the 5-3 defeat by Leicester.