David De Gea

I worry that this will be the summer we lose him.

The question is who do we go for? A seasoned, established keeper nearing the end of his career (like VDS) or someone young with potential (like the Milan boy) that could get poached away once he's developed?
 
The team has been mediocre for some years now, and he probably wants to move on with his life. I thank him for years of service when there were managers were putting absolute shit in front of him. Him going to Madrid makes sense for everyone involved except for us. We should have got Navas when we had the chance.
 
NinjaZombie said:
So I'm saying, in a roundabout way, that i don't want us to sell De Gea. Not unless we get a keeper cloned from the genes of VDS and Schmeichel.
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Closest you'll get to that clone is Kasper. I wouldn't mind if we sold DDG and bought Kasper. Let him and Romero fight for starting spot next season. If we strengthen the defense, Romero and Kasper are perfectly capable of being our first choice keepers. However, if we continue with the CB options we have now, I'd be worried with those keeper choices.

First choice, fight to keep DDG but only if he truly wants to continue here. None of this play one more year then go to Madrid bullshit cause that will only be on his mind the entirety of next season. If he so much as hints he'd rather be in Madrid, which he very well may already have made that statement to his agent, then sell him to Madrid. But make them pay what he is worth as a player to us and them, not as a keeper alone. I'm confident Jose will demand a premium.

Second choice, buy a young up and coming keeper like Donnarumma or Kasper to rotate with Romero if we can't tempt and already established keeper in their prime.

3rd choice, Let Romero be our #1 until the above can be accomplished in another season.
 
Schmiechel is not United level, come on lads. That's sentimentality, you WANT him to be as good as his dad was for us, not that he IS as good.
 
Kasper Schmeichel is a combination of VDS and Peter Schmeichel? :lol:

I know of at least 5 goalkeepers I'd take before him.
 
carvajal said:
That happens everywhere Cantona.Fans use to support to the players playing well.
Here posters were also excited with Rojo,Darmian or Schweinsteiger and the good words turned into critics.
We both would be happy sending our top goalscorers to China.
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Dunno, I just think Real aren't that arsed about their gooakeeper, after all it's not the end of the pitch you are that fussed about, you alluded to it yourself last year when you laughed at me suggesting Real should pay so much for a keeper, if he makes great saves he's just doing his job, if he makes an error then you'll be on his back, that's about the top and bottom of it.

Like I said I'm not really up for the fight second time around, if he wants it then good luck to him, but you won't appreciate what you've got... You're right about Rooney though!
 
ReallyUSA said:
The team has been mediocre for some years now, and he probably wants to move on with his life. I thank him for years of service when there were managers were putting absolute shit in front of him. Him going to Madrid makes sense for everyone involved except for us. We should have got Navas when we had the chance.
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Navas ? Are you serious ?

:lol:
 
For me the deal would involve Varane or Casermiro who would both strengthen positions where we are short and I would go for Oblak or Donnarumma. Others on the shortlist would be Pickford or Butland if the first options are unavailable
 
Donnarumma would be a horrible buy.

We need to keep De Gea under any costs.

We would just be waiting about 3 or 4 seasons for Donnarumma to hit his prime before we start worrying about him doing the same thing. Terrible.

If De Gea leaves, it has to Lloris for me. A world class keeper who's already in his prime.
 
peridigm said:
Closest you'll get to that clone is Kasper. I wouldn't mind if we sold DDG and bought Kasper. Let him and Romero fight for starting spot next season. If we strengthen the defense, Romero and Kasper are perfectly capable of being our first choice keepers. However, if we continue with the CB options we have now, I'd be worried with those keeper choices.

First choice, fight to keep DDG but only if he truly wants to continue here. None of this play one more year then go to Madrid bullshit cause that will only be on his mind the entirety of next season. If he so much as hints he'd rather be in Madrid, which he very well may already have made that statement to his agent, then sell him to Madrid. But make them pay what he is worth as a player to us and them, not as a keeper alone. I'm confident Jose will demand a premium.

Second choice, buy a young up and coming keeper like Donnarumma or Kasper to rotate with Romero if we can't tempt and already established keeper in their prime.

3rd choice, Let Romero be our #1 until the above can be accomplished in another season.
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Kasper Schmeichel is 30.
 
If De Gea leaves, then it'll be 50/60M£ for us and we should do everything to get Oblak.

I don't know if Donnaruma would be ready to leave his country so young, and especially if Milan are in Europe next season.

Well, he's a Mino Raiola player, the connexion is good, but i'd rather buy Oblak than Gigi
 
Why are some people suggesting Kasper Schmeichel as possible replacement if DDG was to leave!!!! Kasper is an average keeper, a leader yes, but not good enough to be a starter in a team like United.

I strongly hope we keep De Gea as currently I don't see someone better than him; he may not be as commanded as Neuer or Lloris but he has his own attributes that make him the best in the world.

Calling him overrated is very strange, the guy have been the best United player for 3 consecutive season now and I bet most of the team in the world would take him without any doubt! I really hope we don't lose him.
 
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Donnarumma would be my first choice to replace De Gea too. After him, Leno and Oblak. All three are around the same level, but Donnarumma is much younger and IMO has the highest potential from all of them. He is also a giant, so he will not have the same problem De Gea had here at the beginning. The only problem I can see is that Juve will likely go for him very soon.

Still, the thing we should do is keep De Gea. feck Madrid, ask them for a world record fee if they want him.
 
De Gea is not going to leave, he won't leave in Jose Mourinho's second season, I can put money on that. When has Mourinho agreed to sell a player he considered important to his plans?
 
LoveFootball said:
Why are some people suggesting Kasper Schmeichel as possible replacement if DDG was to leave!!!! Kasper is an average keeper, a leader yes, but not good enough to be a starter in a team like United.
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We'd be destined for mediocrity if you go by the caf these days. Downgrade everything then pretend it's good enough and it's just a matter of time til they all come good. Very Liverpool.
 
Revan said:
Donnarumma would be my first choice to replace De Gea too. After him, Leno and Oblak. All three are around the same level, but Donnarumma is much younger and IMO has the highest potential from all of them. He is also a giant, so he will not have the same problem De Gea had here at the beginning. The only problem I can see is that Juve will likely go for him very soon.

Still, the thing we should do is keep De Gea. feck Madrid, ask them for a world record fee if they want him.
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Not sure Juve will get Donnarumma. I know badge kissing means nothing nowadays but considering he kissed the Milan badge in front of the Juve fans last week he probably isn't too fond of joining them.
 
Jaybomb said:
Donnarumma would be a horrible buy.

We need to keep De Gea under any costs.

We would just be waiting about 3 or 4 seasons for Donnarumma to hit his prime before we start worrying about him doing the same thing. Terrible.

If De Gea leaves, it has to Lloris for me. A world class keeper who's already in his prime.
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Why does everyone think we can buy players off Spurs, especially someone like Lloris.. that ship where we could nick players off them is long sailed. We have to buy from elsewhere.. as right now they think they're rivals for us and ahead of us. They will not want to lose that advantage no matter how much we throw at them.
 
I certainly hope DDG stays, but I would not feel uncomfortable with Romero as our number 1 to be honest. I think we may have the best duo of GK's in the world.
 
If we replaced him with anyone but Romero then Romero would also leave and we'd need to buy two goalkeepers or rely on our youth goalies as backup. Romero has earned the chance to at least be tried for a season.
 
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...shrugs-off-real-madrid-talk-and-plans-to-stay

Speaking to the Spanish radio station Cadena Sur, Courtois said he was happy at Chelsea and grateful to the Premier League club for the opportunities they had given him.

“I don’t see myself at Real Madrid,” he said. “I see myself at Chelsea, the club that six years ago saw me playing in Belgium and gave me the opportunity to sign for them. They also allowed me to be three years at Atlético [Madrid], which helped me to be the keeper that I am now.”
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Ah so the Courtois reports are bullshit... So...
If 2+2 equals 4....then DDG should be too.
If he was leaving, he would have left when the clause was in place.
Stop worrying.
 
Kasper is a good keeper but he never will be world class in my opinion. I also think he's the king snake regarding the Ranieri fiasco, he was clearly lying in his interviews. I don't want that type of leader for United, we seen how those Chelsea rats give up on Jose last year. Don't know if Kasper is the right replacement, I could be wrong.

I think whoever we get will be a step down, I think De Gea is the best keeper in Europe. My opinion is that we should find the next future world class keeper. I'm all for Donnarumma, I think he's an absolute beast and is so young at 18. His height and physical presence are so commanding on set pieces. I've always been a fan of really tall keepers. He's very agile and his an unorthodox style and saving at times. I know that he said that he's happy at AC Milan but they will be tempted with a big offer. It's a horrible position to replace, I hope ed gets the most he can out of those parasites Real. I love big Dave but no point him staying if he wants out, sick of every summer and the same will be won't he. This is position is more important than any other, we will win nothing with a crap keeper.Just ask them Liverpool fans.
 
legball said:
De Gea is not going to leave, he won't leave in Jose Mourinho's second season, I can put money on that. When has Mourinho agreed to sell a player he considered important to his plans?
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The thing about Jose not selling important players is a good point normally, but stuff like forcing players to stay is why the wheels always fall off in the 3rd season, and he says he wants a long term career here, so for me if Dave wants to move Jose would be stupid to stand in his way, you can't have a disgruntled guy who might not feel like giving his all between the sticks.

I like romeo, he has some scary moments but reckon some regular playing time would calm them down, think we could do a lot worse as a first choice. Also, as much as I'd love Kasper to come here and be amazing, he's 30 and while he has some excellent moments, he's no where near ddg standard.
 
I wouldn't begrudge De Gea a move to Madrid, so long as we have his identified his successor. And the plan for when De Gea is replaced depends on the age/experience of the goalkeeper we're looking to bring in.

If the change is to happen this summer, then you'd expect Mourinho to want an experienced, possibly Premier League ready goalkeeper - Lloris, Oblak. Mourinho isn't going to go into his second season in charge with uncertainty over his goalkeeper - not if he's intent on challenging for the title.

If however, Mourinho is minded to bring in a young goalkeeper - Donnarumma or Dragowski, then I'd prefer De Gea to stay for one more season and his replacement brought in this summer, to spend a term as the No.2 before taking over the reigns. This also takes into account that Romero is likely to leave this summer if he is not given assurances that he will replace De Gea.

Either way we need to be actively looking at bringing in a new goalkeeper - to replace either De Gea or Romero. Unless of course Joel Pereira is considered to have a greater potential than that of the goalkeepers we could acquire.

EDIT: Also a deal for Donnarumma is doable - he's yet to sign a new contract, has only 18 months left on his current deal and his agent is non other than Mino Raiola. Though his preference would be to stay at A.C and I'd be very wary of how long it would take him to settle in Manchester.
 
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Chaky_Best said:
If De Gea leaves, then it'll be 50/60M£ for us and we should do everything to get Oblak.

I don't know if Donnaruma would be ready to leave his country so young, and especially if Milan are in Europe next season.

Well, he's a Mino Raiola player, the connexion is good, but i'd rather buy Oblak than Gigi
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50 - 60 m ounds are peanuts. De Gea is worth 100 m euros .or either a player swap with modric varane or kroos
 
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