Andy Mitten, who spoke to the people involved on both sides. The fax machine was Madrid PR.
David de Gea has left Manchester United
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The rest were on Instagram I think. Rashford and Bruno posted something, or their people posted something.
Nope. Once he's gone, he's gone. He'll never be a yardstick to judge a future keeper by, a one trick pony and possibly the most over rated keeper in the history of the game.
So many videos at the moment, but thought this one was impressive. Of course, it shows only his best moments, but they are true legendary stuff.
I know he hasn’t been in his best form, but I’d expect some clubs to go for him. No rumors at all.
I have not been following the news so I am wondering if there are any leaks regarding the reasons for this.
If we was not offered a new deal, I might just regain some faith in the squad building strategy.
If we was not offered a new deal, I might just regain some faith in the squad building strategy.
I think that the issue is that the club at his current level cannot pay his desired wages. Will be very interesting to see where he ends up.
Possibly the worst thing I have read in this forum. One trick - the trick being saving goals? Terrible post, atrocious statement.
Whole fiasco should have been avoided, I understand EtH had to keep him onside until the season ended but I’m gutted he didn’t get to say ‘goodbye’ at the ground, on a final home match day.
To be fair, shot stopping is a pretty good one trick for a keeper.
I get the game has passed him by & in all honesty he’s always had a mistake in him but feck me that’s a horrible take on the player.
A lot of the saves he had to make were caused by his shortcomings in other areas (ie, you save a difficult header when you could have just collected the preceding cross).
I liked him and we probably should have treated him a bit better with his deparure but I don't think he's a club legend. I wish him the best for the future and hope he gets a good deal somewhere else.
He was never the same goalkeeper after his displays for Spain at the 2018 World Cup, and since then he has cost us so many times in high profile games.
His departure was long overdue, so much so that I am now happy he has left.
I will remember him for his cowardice more than anything else.
To be the goalkeeper of any top club in World football you must show bravery, and that was something that De Gea never ever showed in all of his time here.
He also never improved any aspect of his game (namely collecting crosses, commanding his area, sweeping and saving penalties; though he did recently try to improve his distribution but even that was miles off).
Yet despite never improving his all round game he was still happy to rinse the club for all he could, with his extortionate £375,000 per week wages; which made him the highest paid goalkeeper in World football, despite not even being the best goalkeeper in the league he was playing in.
Every hammering we have had over the years the one constant was De Gea. Each time a goal went past him in those games he just wilted and became smaller and smaller and showed no leadership.
The final nail in the coffin was the 7-0 demolition job at Anfield (which in the grand scheme of things didn’t matter because it didn’t impact our season, with us securing Champions League football and them ending up in the Europa League). To concede that many goals from 8 shots on target though was utterly pathetic from De Gea.
The subsequent displays against Sevilla and West Ham were just par for the course from him.
I welcome our new goalkeeper (whoever it may be) with open arms.
His departure was long overdue, so much so that I am now happy he has left.
I will remember him for his cowardice more than anything else.
To be the goalkeeper of any top club in World football you must show bravery, and that was something that De Gea never ever showed in all of his time here.
He also never improved any aspect of his game (namely collecting crosses, commanding his area, sweeping and saving penalties; though he did recently try to improve his distribution but even that was miles off).
Yet despite never improving his all round game he was still happy to rinse the club for all he could, with his extortionate £375,000 per week wages; which made him the highest paid goalkeeper in World football, despite not even being the best goalkeeper in the league he was playing in.
Every hammering we have had over the years the one constant was De Gea. Each time a goal went past him in those games he just wilted and became smaller and smaller and showed no leadership.
The final nail in the coffin was the 7-0 demolition job at Anfield (which in the grand scheme of things didn’t matter because it didn’t impact our season, with us securing Champions League football and them ending up in the Europa League). To concede that many goals from 8 shots on target though was utterly pathetic from De Gea.
The subsequent displays against Sevilla and West Ham were just par for the course from him.
I welcome our new goalkeeper (whoever it may be) with open arms.
Think he’d still be at the club if not for the ridiculous contract he was given and subsequently him wanting similar.
On his day a very good keeper (won‘t talk about pens), overrated no, overpaid yes.
On his day a very good keeper (won‘t talk about pens), overrated no, overpaid yes.
I disagree. If to Ten Hag it is very important to have a keeper who is good with his feet then De Gea has no place at the club even if he played for free.
It's nothing against De Gea it's just us needing players with different attributes.
I think if his wage were more reasonable they’d have just triggered the extension already & it would have been rolled onto the end of next year.
Only reason we didn’t trigger it was because the wages were ludicrous, they’d have triggered long before the terrible end he had to the season if he were on say £150k a week.
I'm not sure about that.
I mean the first chance Ten Hag had he's refused to extend his deal at a reduced rate and gone to sign the very definition of the keeper who fits his preferred style of play. Even though funds are limited and he has other needs. Clearly sees this as important.
Not so sure… if that was the case why did Ten Hag consistently play him all last season?
Still think it’s De Gea’s wages that Ten Hag wanted off the books.
ie over the last four years De Gea has been paid £78,000,000
Nah, he's always been a liability in so many situations where even an average but assertive keeper without Dave's natural talents would bring calmness and assurance. He's been a big contributor to how often we look haphazard at the back. I expect we'll look a lot more secure at the back and a lot more assured on the ball going forward.
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Hardly any messages from our English players and Rashford’s is rather neutral. Maguire posted a couple of hearts and stuff probably because he is captain.
Probably because the alternatives were Heaton and Butland, both of whom have played next to no football over the past few seasons.
Who else could he play?
The first opportunity he has had Ten Hag has refused to sign him back on a cheaper contract and gone for a keeper who suits his preferred style of play to a tee despite funds being limited.
The dude is a Wum obviously, don't give him the time of day.
Huge fan of DDG, amazing club servant. Time to move on, but I will miss the man for sure.
Even as someone who wanted him out, fecking hell this gets me right in the feels.
Since David De Gea left Manchester United, they have never won a game of footbal. #Thingamajig #PutFancySmartWordHere
Absolutely atrocious post from you considering you have been a forum member since 2009
You should know better.
12 years! Model professional, decent bloke, some insane physics-defying saves. It’s really the end of an era. Dozens of times ima shot would look like it was already in the corner and DeGea would somehow claw it out. Too bad he had to spend so long in a misfit team, I hope he finds success at his next club.
I would rate him as 3rd best keeper for us in the Premier era. Great shotstopper, but was on the wane for the last 2 seasons with more mistakes happening. People saying he was loyal, but was wanting to go to RM (fax etc) and then we offered him over double the amount of any goalkeeper in the world, so of course he was loyal. Nothing lasts forever, so thanks for the good memories Dave, but the curtain had to fall sometime.
Be interesting to see how DeGea fares at his next club, he's only 32 and when United signed Van Der Sar he was 34 and stayed for 6 seasons with plenty of success along the way.
Normally I’d say calling someone a shithead is uncalled for, but after VAR review, I’ll allow it.
Why would he not be? Multiple player of the year and dread to think where we would have finished some seasons in the last 10 years without him. He’s at very least the third best keeper we’ve had in the last 50 years.
Agreed. Spot the brain cell
Thats a very low bar to set, that season is legitimately the only one in all my 25ish years of following United were I lost interest completely. Wasn't even the results it was the total lack of professionalism, but however.
I think if it is, we assume, Onana that is replacing him he'll have a hell of an act to follow, that much is sure. Recency bias is a thing, fans latch onto perceived weak points in a team but it can't be forgotten for most of the previous season De Gea was excellent at the bread and butter, keeping the ball out of the net and being stable, a few clangers from Onana and we might all be pining for him, regardless of how well he plays with his feet.
The club made an offer somewhere in the £100k’s mark months ago which would signify at some point they thought he was worth that figure & we’re happy enough to keep him; if it were simply a formality of extending his contract at that figure the club would have.
This isn’t some well thought out plan. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’ll end up being the right decision but they’ve stumbled on it. You don’t send out contracts for people to sign the renege for giggles.
Brilliant post. Can’t say much more than that. Time was up, but for 2013-2018 he was spectacular. Since then, painfully average.
Thanks Dave.
What are you trying to get at sorry?
Ten Hag had the final say here. There was a contract that was acceptable to the club (considering we are the ones who offered it). Ten Hag, the man who was given the final say here scrapped it and decided to go for a player who suits his preferred style of play.
This feels really unimportant but no I don't believe Ten Hag would have wanted him unless he took similar wages to the young keeper from Japan or Tom Heaton.
I just checked. He was in the PFA team of the year 5 times (4 times in a row), Uniteds players player of the year 4 times and made the world 11 once. Amazing how so much of the football world (including the actual players) thought he was brilliant when some Caf posters disagree. Who to believe?
Some of our fans have the memories of goldfish.
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