12 days before our first friendly against Leeds.
We either extend DDG on a cheap or sign a new GK (most likely Onanananana) before that.
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12 days before our first friendly against Leeds.
We either extend DDG on a cheap or sign a new GK (most likely Onanananana) before that.
Henderson isn't going anywhere till we get a New Keeper .
He burned his bridges a longtime ago.
Just let De Gea play and make it his leaving party. Leeds usually ship at least 4 against us so it will be fun all round.
I don't think Henderson is welcome back regardless of our keeping situation.
Yes, but we won’t be starting a season with Heaton in goal and Kovar on the bench, so if no GK is signed, Henderson will still play…
Hardly matters it's not as if we are making him no 1 going forward , we will just delay his departure till the time we get Keeper signing sorted .
He won't play for free. I.e. we have to give home a contract to play!
Rather play Heaton.
As OP said, Henderson burnt bridges. And ETH doesn't seem like one to tolerate jerks..
If DDG leaves today then the absolute priority becomes GK, even if it means a season of Rashford starting as ST with Garnacho starting LW.
I'm sure he'll agree to play one game with a testimonial contract. Players do it all the time.
The signing of Mount suggests a GK is a priority before a ST.
I am not saying Play Henderson just suggesting that keep him till the time we get new No 1 sorted obviously it should be done before the competitive season starts .
Just for appearance sake.
Onana will be done by next Thursday.
We have a month to get a new keeper, why do we need to keep Henderson? He's goner regardless of our situation.
This will happen 100 percent. We'll have just Heaton without backup. Godness knows what will happen if he gets injured.
Yeah I understood that, but I'm pretty sure Henderson has been told to clear his locker out when he left.
I see. So we were incapable of organizing anything before January. Thats amazing that the club didnt fall apart completely before that. Course you're probably just wrong
Relax. We’ll sign Onana. Simon stones just giving his personal opinion and is famous for being a negative bastard that loves pouring cold water over things.
Why would we go out and secure a keeper when we didn't even know who the manager was going to be? Go take your head for a shit.
Fair enough then .
Yep think so too.
That's why such a definite move of rejecting DDG a contract extension.
Think the problem with De Gea is that even still on occasion he has the ability to make saves only ten keepers in the world could make (and maybe Onana can't) but he will then concede possession in games United are dominating and allow a goal where you think "FFS Massimo Taibi saves those".
Can't put my finger on it but he's so cowardly and the opposite to clutch. Absolutely hates the physical stuff. It's a shame but as amazing as he's been on a personal basis, I now associate him more with things like his performance in Ole's EL Final - making no penalty saves and that embarrassing Arsenal goal a couple of seasons back where he was just lying on the floor after getting an accidental kick from Fred expecting play to stop and Arsenal just slot it in while he's rolling around. His peaks have been during the team's nadir - best keeper in the world when we're getting hosed but blunders come into his game as we improve. Really looking forward to having someone like Onana or Costa if it comes to it and we can hopefully start building up like every other modern team does.
Then what was starting with Heaton all about .
He left on really bad terms from what I remember, then went public about it once he joined Forrest.
More than appearance, the important point is to actually have a pre season with the number 1 GK.
We obviously have to keep Henderson till we actually sell him, so he will be in the squad. Maybe just won't be played at all
Pre-season presumably. DDG is out of contract tomorrow and until we sign a new one most likely we need to play Heaton in the friendly games.
I wouldn't want to start Henderson in our pre-season as it makes zero sense. He's goner either way. Play reserve keeper or ideally get a new one asap.
You're still going with this?
Its called planning. Something you should do before posting. De Gea had been performing poorly, one of the reasons we were looking for a new manager. Of course you'll find an excuse for that too
Yeah I remember that but weren't there reports of Ten Hag wanting him back in January after Dubravka left or am I imagining .
Oh My bad then ideally I wouldn't want Henderson to feature either if he doesn't have future here , get the new Keeper sorted out quickly and let him gel with the team as soon as possible .
Just so we are clear, YOUR plan would involve securing a goalkeeper (or indeed any player) who the eventual appointment might not fancy/doesn't fit into their preferred game model?
Thank feck you aren't in charge of any football club, let alone this one.
The question mark would suggest i don’t agree with the statement but you do you lad.
Isn't that one of his strengths? From the limited times I've seen him it's one of the qualities that stood out to me.
Every club does this. Managers come and go just like the players. The club needs a structure and plan above that, plenty have directors of football for just that and others have owners that are heavily involved with who the players are and the manager needs to work with it. There are few clubs that let transfer windows go by because they havent decided on their manager yet.
Not sure, think he was already injured at that point and was out for the season?
Take a deep breath, people not knowing Onana's contract situation from a year ago is no reason to get worked up.
are we the only club that agrees personal terms with players before agreeing a fee with the club? I use to think a bid would have to be accepted and then you talk to the player.
Nope - Real Madrid did the same with Bellingham, and countless other clubs do it.
Nope I think most big clubs do this as a way of avoiding wasting time. Imagine we spent ages chasing Onana only to find out he will only sign for us for a wage that we don't find acceptable or worse doesn't want to sign for us at all.
This is a complete guess but I think that's why you're not hearing about us chasing Kane. I reckon he told us he didn't want to sign here.
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