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I don't care rather he's the best in the league, or the world... I'm just over the moon that he's ours. I honestly think his ability makes him our best player. He's almost too good.
 
He looks like he's developed that aura all great GKs have, that he will not be beaten. Solid display in a tough fixture.

Getting him to sign a new contract must be the priority before the summer.
 
Traub said:
Although he had a good game, there was that one moment where he let the ball bounce in his area. I'll have to rewatch to see if he could've caught it, but it's small things like that which are holding him back from Neuer's level IMO.
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I agree, and it feels harsh to be critical on De Gea, as I almost consider him invincible because he is just so incredibly important to us.

But overall, his judgement of knowing when to come off his line is still a bit poor. A lot of loose balls roll into his penalty area and his defenders scream for him to claim them but he is often rooted to his line.

De Gea has definitely improved when it comes to claiming aerial balls, but I still think there is a lot of improvement to be made when it comes to leaving his line and cleaning up. It's not a major criticism as such, as these things come with experience and confidence. I'm sure it will come to him in time. He stops the opposition from scoring first and foremost, and that's what's most important, but I hope he keeps improving.
 
Double it, and throw in Varane, and maybe Van Gaal will answer the phone.

I'd be gutted to see him go though. I've said it before, but no matter what Madrid pay, we can't possibly replace him with someone who is as good. Any replacement will be a downgrade because Neuer and Courtois are impossible acquisitions.
 
Mister_Stubbs said:
Back of the express and star say Madrid to bid £35m in the summer :(
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When that bid comes through, the club should send them this T-Shirt.

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OnlyTwoDaSilvas said:
I agree, and it feels harsh to be critical on De Gea, as I almost consider him invincible because he is just so incredibly important to us.

But overall, his judgement of knowing when to come off his line is still a bit poor. A lot of loose balls roll into his penalty area and his defenders scream for him to claim them but he is often rooted to his line.

De Gea has definitely improved when it comes to claiming aerial balls, but I still think there is a lot of improvement to be made when it comes to leaving his line and cleaning up. It's not a major criticism as such, as these things come with experience and confidence. I'm sure it will come to him in time. He stops the opposition from scoring first and foremost, and that's what's most important, but I hope he keeps improving.
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Agreed. It's on the same level of criticising a striker who scores 30+ goals a season by complaining that he missed a few sitters here and there.

Having said that, it really is a case that if he could be more assertive in his area, he would undoubtedly be number 1 in the world IMO.

Don't get me wrong though, there are literally a handful (if that) of keepers who I'd rather have in goal for us. However, if he is looking for a move to Madrid, I would force him to run down his contract and move on a free. We clearly don't need the cash and it really would show our financial muscle IMO.
 
He's just great. Please don't leave us Dave, even if we don't deserve you :(
 
If we buy Bale in a £100m swap deal involving Dave going the other way, then it'll only confirm my suspicions that the club is run by idiots.
 
Selling De Gea makes as much sense as having Phil Jones taking corners, playing Angel di Maria as a striker, Rooney as a central midfielder etc.
 
http://therepublikofmancunia.com/de...r-but-atleti-fans-wouldnt-begrudge-real-move/

De Gea insight I: “He is very, very happy in Manchester, but Atleti fans wouldn’t begrudge Real move”
JANUARY 19, 2015 26 COMMENTS
Reports in most newspapers at the moment claim that Manchester United are lining up a deal with Real Madrid that would see David de Gea leave the club with Gareth Bale signing for us.

Adam Crafton, who is a journalist for The Daily Mail, has written several articles on De Gea and has a good insight to player’s past, as well as his potential future, and has answered a few questions on the player.

Why did David De Gea leave Atletico?

De Gea left Atletico because Manchester United came calling. It is that simple. Remember, too, that despite Atletico’s remarkable success in recent times, they do seem to be a selling club (see Aguero, Costa, Filipe Luis etc). They develop players and move them on.

Did he choose United over other clubs – if so, who?

Iker Casillas and Victor Valdes were very secure at Real Madrid and Barcelona at the time of his transfer to United. Barcelona did make a couple of attempts to sign David as a teenager. They made one particularly strong attempt when David was 14 years old but they were unable to force through the move.

How does he feel about United? And living in Manchester?

I should make clear that I do not know De Gea personally but I know a lot of people who are close to him and there is no doubt that he is very, very happy at Manchester United. He is now one of their longest-serving players such has been the flux of recent times and he is enjoying the responsibility that comes with this.

When I met with Emilio Alvarez Blanco (his goalkeeping coach at Atletico Madrid and close family friend) for an interview for the Daily Mail, he said this: ‘David suffered the effect of ‘choque’ when he moved and so did his family. He had a frankly difficult time at the start and he needed them. He was feeling lonely, he was fearing that he couldn’t be a great goalkeeper. He doubted whether he could do it out there. He was really anxious.

‘His family were always on to me. “Emilio, help us with this – David had two great years working with you, now it’s not going as well”, I explained it’s normal, with the change of environment, and to move to Manchester. It’s a different lifestyle, language, weather, food and a club as big as United. Old Trafford, Manchester, Sir Alex Ferguson, that’s something else. When you are so young, that’s hard. David was feeling alone and he wasn’t at his best in the first two years at United. He made some amazing saves, the odd brilliant match, but it was flashes of his potential. David showed his class but at Atletico he was brilliant almost every week.

‘Marivi and Jose [his parents] found themselves in a different place, they are a humble family. They lived in a small town in Illescas and the family are incredibly close. They had a tight nucleus of friends and family and they left that for Manchester. It’s another world. Difficult for David and his parents. They live together still.’

With his Atletico roots, would a transfer to Real be viable?

When I visited his first youth club, affiliated to Atletico Madrid in Toledo and where De Gea began at the age of 6, the answer to this was unanimous. Atleti supporters would not hold a grudge if De Gea were to join Real Madrid. Such was his respect for the club when the United move came about, the fans there hold him in the highest regards and only wish him well.

Personally, I still find it hard to believe there won’t be a few boos if he turns out in Real colours at the Calderon but I don’t think it will be an issue that plays a major part in his decision making.

Alvarez Blanco said: ‘In this case, it would not be a problem with the Atletico link. David has a great personality, he was excellent for them but he has always spoken of them with respect and he has not created any problems. Ok, he was great there but the fans would not be annoyed.’

Would it be a possibility for him to see out the majority/all of his career at United?

In truth, dad Jose and mum Marivi – who mostly live with De Gea in Manchester – are thought to enjoy the stress-free English lifestyle and have little desire to see De Gea return to the burning spotlight of the Spanish game.

As one source close to the family said just a fortnight ago: ‘They are super-happy in Manchester. If it was all up to them, they would prefer for him to stay here. In Spain, there would be huge pressure. You have four newspapers per day devoted to Real and Barcelona, invading your privacy. To replace Iker Casillas for both Spain and Real Madrid – can you imagine the scrutiny he would face?’

It is believed that De Gea’s parents would like him to remain at Old Trafford in the long-term. They are certainly in no hurry to leave Manchester, where they have now found a close circle of friends. They have emerged through a testing settling-in period, in which both the player and his parents regularly questioned his suitability for the English game.

It was even suggested to me recently that De Gea and his family would be happy enough to spend the rest of his career at United. That may be pre-emptive but it does reflect his happiness in Manchester at the moment.
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Letting him go (for that chimp or alone) would be a big mistake on our part. He's become an integral part of the team and, might I say, one of the few responsible players we currently have.
 
I'm hoping van Gaal has given him some time off and he is off in Dubai or something.
 
It'd be a joke if he goes for less than 50 million and it would be a joke if he doesn't sign a new contract to make that a possibility. Oh and it'd be a joke if we don't milk this situation and get Bale/Varane.
 
Dunk said:
It'd be a joke if he goes for less than 50 million and it would be a joke if he doesn't sign a new contract to make that a possibility. Oh and it'd be a joke if we don't milk this situation and get Bale/Varane.
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As great as he is, I can't see him going for anymore than £50m. Goalkeepers usually don't fetch anywhere near as much as top midfielders/forwards generally do, so £40-50m would technically be a pretty good price from a certain perspective.
 
I don't think there is any question when it comes to him vs Bale. I would choose De Gea any day of the week. GKs aren't easily replaceable, especially the top notch ones.
 
It'd be an absolute tragedy if he ends up moving for a flat £30-40m sum. A goalkeeper like him does not come around often. Why is it so different for a goalkeeper in terms of transfer fee? He is one of the best, and potentially THE best goalkeeper in the world. Like any midfield/attacker who is as highly regarded as himself, and has proved himself on the top stage at such a young age (not to mention the amount of years he has left exceeds that of an outfield player), he should be going for no less than £60-80m. This may seem excessive, but in today's market - I don't think so.

All that being said, I would much prefer for him to sign on for another 5 years. There's no-one even close to him to replace him with.
 
As long as Bale comes the other way I'm honestly not that bothered. In fact I'd be happy with the deal.

If Bale doesn't come and we lose De Gea for £35m (£5m more than fecking Shaw cost us) I'll be furious.
 
JUPITER said:
As long as Bale comes the other way I'm honestly not that bothered. In fact I'd be happy with the deal.

If Bale doesn't come and we lose De Gea for £35m (£5m more than fecking Shaw cost us) I'll be furious.
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Why would Real give us Bale for de Gea when de Gea has one year left on his contract come summer.
 
£35 million for a 'keeper in the final year of his contract is very good, although I wouldn't accept it for de Gea, and I don't think the club would either.
 
JUPITER said:
As long as Bale comes the other way I'm honestly not that bothered. In fact I'd be happy with the deal.

If Bale doesn't come and we lose De Gea for £35m (£5m more than fecking Shaw cost us) I'll be furious.
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I'm surprised by that mate, would you really swap our long awaited goalkeeping solution for another world class attacker? We've got plenty of those!

World class goalkeepers are so hard to come by. After Schmeichel left, we had years of longing for somebody to tie down the #1 spot, we had so many who tried and failed. Then Van der Sar came along and nailed down the spot, but he was in the twilight of his career. De Gea was a great find, and still so very young. He's going to get better and better, arguably he's already in the world's top 3 keepers, how can you be happy to lose him just to get another great attacker?

Damien said:
It's fecking Metro. Get a hold of yourself biffa!
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Hehe, I know, I just hope it's BS is all.
 
Damien said:
Why would Real give us Bale for de Gea when de Gea has one year left on his contract come summer.
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Perhaps I should have said De Gea and cash.

To answer the question, maybe/hopefully just as Spanish players long to return to the shores of home, so too do British players. Bale's not had the greatest season thus far and being booed after scoring in a CL final can't have felt too great.

If he does want to return to England, we can outbid most clubs now due to FFP. And we'd be a great fit for Bale.

Also I'd like to think that Real would like to keep a good relationship with us, and so Bale coming in the other direction would be something of a sweetener - a sweetener which would also relieve their wage bill.

17 Van Der Gouw said:
I'm surprised by that mate, would you really swap our long awaited goalkeeping solution for another world class attacker? We've got plenty of those!

World class goalkeepers are so hard to come by. After Schmeichel left, we had years of longing for somebody to tie down the #1 spot, we had so many who tried and failed. Then Van der Sar came along and nailed down the spot, but he was in the twilight of his career. De Gea was a great find, and still so very young. He's going to get better and better, arguably he's already in the world's top 3 keepers, how can you be happy to lose him just to get another great attacker?
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After Schmeichel left we won 3 out of the 4 next Premier Leagues. And with all due respect to DDG, he ain't Peter Schmeichel (despite how some are making out).

Also, DDG is going to be Spain number 1. And, without wanting to sound pessimistic, this means (imo) that he WILL be going back to Spain within the next 2 years. Now, if Bale joined us it's quite likely that he'd stay here for a long while.

And so if given the choice of 2 more seasons of DDG or 6 of Gareth Bale I'd take the latter every time.

Where you refer to Bale 'another great attacker' I'd have to disagree - Bale is nothing like any player we have...

- He knows the PL and is proven to be able to destroy it. For fun.
- He's fast as feck, direct and takes great care of himself.
- He's British, so the likelihood of him fecking off would be very low.
- He plays for Wales so International breaks are minimal (sorry Welsh folk, but it's true).
- He provides guaranteed good service AND goals.

No other player we've got combines even 3 of those qualities.

All the attacking players we've got are either old (RvP, Falcao), slow (RvP, Falcao, Mata), non PL proven and unsure as to whether they can adapt here (Di Maria, Falcao), foreign and will quite likely feck off again (Di Maria, Falcao) or Wilson.

The only one who stands head and shoulders above the rest is Wayne Rooney - and he's being turned into a midfielder!

Bale would be immense here, he's a proper United player. I've always thought so.
 
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