David De Gea

Not too fussed to be honest. As long as we get someone like Oblak to replace him. DDG is the best keeper in the world though.


My sentiments as well.

As far as I'm concerned, I've made my peace 2 years ago. It will be always a question of when rather than if.

If we can get Oblak from Atletico, and get Kroos to come as part of the deal for De Gea, then I'll be super happy to be honest.
 
My sentiments as well.

As far as I'm concerned, I've made my peace 2 years ago. It will be always a question of when rather than if.

If we can get Oblak from Atletico, and get Kroos to come as part of the deal for De Gea, then I'll be super happy to be honest.

Except neither of those things will happen inevitably
 
Except neither of those things will happen inevitably


Well in that case all we can hope for is £70 million fee from Madrid.

Okay, if Oblak doesn't happen, who else is there? Handanovic? I haven't seen enough off him though. As good as Romero has done, I wouldn't have him as our number one as some has suggested.
 
Not arsed, under LVG etc. we were reliant on DDG, under Jose we simply aren't. He's the best manager in the world at setting up defences, Romero or a new signing would be more than good enough as a replacement.
Diego Simeone is the best manager in the world at setting up defences.
 
Diego Simeone is the best manager in the world at setting up defences.
Diego Simeone is the best manager in the world at setting up the Atletico defence. Just because Jose is having a difficult season and Chelsea drama queens such as Hazard didn't want to play football and get him sacked doesn't mean he has lost it.
 
I think it would be foolish to downplay what having someone the caliber of Dave does for us. We need him and if he leaves and we severely downgrade with someone like Romero it will cost us.

He was our best player and won/saved us a lot of points in the LvG era where we dominated possession limiting chances for the opponent, yet we still needed him and would've never made top 4 without him.
 
The only way we will let DDG go is with a player coming in the opposite direction. Personally I would be sad to see him go, but the positives are that we would lose an element of our defence, probably to strengthen our weakest areas. Our defence is rock solid this season, so replacing one world class goalkeeper with another (hopefully) and then bringing in one of RM's players to strengthen in weak areas could actually be seen as decent business. Much better business than nearly selling the best keeper in the world for 30m!
 
I think it would be foolish to downplay what having someone the caliber of Dave does for us. We need him and if he leaves and we severely downgrade with someone like Romero it will cost us.

He was our best player and won/saved us a lot of points in the LvG era where we dominated possession limiting chances for the opponent, yet we still needed him and would've never made top 4 without him.

He was back then, but lets be honest under Mourinho's management he hasn't been our most important player, and won't get the player of the year award. He's been good when called upon but in the past 3 seasons he was literally saving us 1-2 points per game every week.

Back then it would have severely damaged us to let him go, this time round I think we're much more solid defensively, and the ability to sell him and slot another top keeper in without us losing ground is greater now than then. We could also use DDG to generate some sort of swap deal with RM for one of their better players so we can strengthen one of our weaker areas.

Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer he stay, but this time round we don't rely on him like we once did.
 
Well in that case all we can hope for is £70 million fee from Madrid.

85m pounds including add ones or else we get player in return we need. No less. Oblak has a 85 m buyout clause too so we should get atleast that
 
Hows Neuer doing these days? I've always thought he'd be a good replacement for Dave, and one that would be good to go straight away rather than have to spend a couple of years developing.
 
He was back then, but lets be honest under Mourinho's management he hasn't been our most important player, and won't get the player of the year award. He's been good when called upon but in the past 3 seasons he was literally saving us 1-2 points per game every week.

Back then it would have severely damaged us to let him go, this time round I think we're much more solid defensively, and the ability to sell him and slot another top keeper in without us losing ground is greater now than then. We could also use DDG to generate some sort of swap deal with RM for one of their better players so we can strengthen one of our weaker areas.

Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer he stay, but this time round we don't rely on him like we once did.

We say that now but football can change quite quickly. I'd say this has perhaps been his least notable season in a good few years, but in a sense he's good to the point where we'd perhaps only notice what we're losing once he's gone if we don't get a proper replacement.
 
Wonder what Big Dave's intentions are. If he gets his head turned every time Madrid shows an interest, then we'd be better off selling him this summer.
 
Wonder what Big Dave's intentions are. If he gets his head turned every time Madrid shows an interest, then we'd be better off selling him this summer.

Maybe. But De Gea has been nothing but a top notch professional in this area. It's not unreasonable that he wants to play in Madrid and would of course be interested in that opportunity. But I don't think it affects his game at all, as he's shown through his performances. When he was benched by LVG during the start of the last season, it wasn't because his head wasn't in it, but rather, it was all but decided he was moving, so why not get Romero used to the #1 role from the off?

I'm not convinced he's leaving this summer and I don't think he would push for it, otherwise, he could have just wound his contract down and went to Real afterwards instead of signing the new deal. I do think De Gea cares about United and appreciates his role here quite a bit.
 
Not arsed, under LVG etc. we were reliant on DDG, under Jose we simply aren't. He's the best manager in the world at setting up defences, Romero or a new signing would be more than good enough as a replacement.

I like how you think.
I agree with how you think.
 
Maybe. But De Gea has been nothing but a top notch professional in this area. It's not unreasonable that he wants to play in Madrid and would of course be interested in that opportunity. But I don't think it affects his game at all, as he's shown through his performances. When he was benched by LVG during the start of the last season, it wasn't because his head wasn't in it, but rather, it was all but decided he was moving, so why not get Romero used to the #1 role from the off?

I'm not convinced he's leaving this summer and I don't think he would push for it, otherwise, he could have just wound his contract down and went to Real afterwards instead of signing the new deal. I do think De Gea cares about United and appreciates his role here quite a bit.

He definitely cares about the club, but the move to Madrid really feels like a matter of when rather than if.

Personally, I wouldn't hold it against him and even though I hate seeing Madrid sign anyone from United, I would respect his decision, because he's a Spanish lad with a girlfriend that lives in Madrid - it'd be a natural move for him, sadly.

As for the contract - when his move fell through, he didn't really have a choice because the fans already knew he wanted to leave and would have turned against him if he hadn't signed the contract/showed some commitment. He'd have become really unpopular with the fans, because it'd have been apparent that he was running down his contract.

I'm not saying he signed it against his wishes, but it's quite obvious staying wasn't his first choice option and these things surely played a part in his decision.

Even if we ignore the potential fan backlash, I'm not even sure Van Gaal would have played him in that scenario.
 
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At least we won't be getting screwed over the fee like we would of last time. Rinse every penny we can out of them then move on. A moral victory.
 
Not arsed, under LVG etc. we were reliant on DDG, under Jose we simply aren't. He's the best manager in the world at setting up defences, Romero or a new signing would be more than good enough as a replacement.

Yeah, I agree. Also....if his head really wants to be at Real, then to be honest I'd rather he went. The last position you want someone in a huff is the GK! Although I hope we screw Real for every penny. I think Mourinho will be the same as Fergie...if you don't want to be here....feck off.
 
Whoever wants to buy De Gea will have to cough up a lot of money, 70-80 million quid would be my guess. Not sure who would want to pay that much. Also this club would have to match David's current wages, which is extra tons of money to spend.
 
Assuming we get a good keeper to replace him, I agree that we don't need him like we did. He's great to have but the money would be better spent upgrading our outfield.
 
I like Romero but he is a great number two. No good enough imo to be our first choice

We will unfortunately need to buy a new keeper
 
He was back then, but lets be honest under Mourinho's management he hasn't been our most important player, and won't get the player of the year award. He's been good when called upon but in the past 3 seasons he was literally saving us 1-2 points per game every week.

Back then it would have severely damaged us to let him go, this time round I think we're much more solid defensively, and the ability to sell him and slot another top keeper in without us losing ground is greater now than then. We could also use DDG to generate some sort of swap deal with RM for one of their better players so we can strengthen one of our weaker areas.

Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer he stay, but this time round we don't rely on him like we once did.

At the minute we don't.

If/when we step up to CL level again then he becomes key again, I think. A keeper that good could be the difference against the likes of Real, Barca and Bayern, who certainly won't be held at bay by our defence in the way most PL teams have been.
 
Plethora of posters saying they are 'not fussed' 'give it to Sergio', are you lot actually serious? You'd be braindead to be happy to see him go, and to replace him with Romero. Just because our defense is better, it doesn't mean you then say it's ok to get rid of our best defender!! Laughable opinion.
 
Something's up that's for sure. He's on the bench today.
 
Plethora of posters saying they are 'not fussed' 'give it to Sergio', are you lot actually serious? You'd be braindead to be happy to see him go, and to replace him with Romero. Just because our defense is better, it doesn't mean you then say it's ok to get rid of our best defender!! Laughable opinion.

No one would be "happy" to see him go, but the prospect of him leaving is significantly less daunting than it was two years ago.
 
Romero has kept goal in every single EL match this season, nothing is up with the selection tonight :lol:

Pretty sure DDG played the first couple of ties #splittinghairs
 
Plethora of posters saying they are 'not fussed' 'give it to Sergio', are you lot actually serious? You'd be braindead to be happy to see him go, and to replace him with Romero. Just because our defense is better, it doesn't mean you then say it's ok to get rid of our best defender!! Laughable opinion.
Yeah being content to see De Gea replaced by Romero is mental. It's as if some of our fans never want to see us competing for the league & CL again.
 
Real Madrid, being super competitive in a weak league, in the city where he is from.

Or us, scrabbling around trying to get back to our glory days.

I think he'll stay :wenger:
 
I like Romero but he is a great number two. No good enough imo to be our first choice

We will unfortunately need to buy a new keeper

Agree. Romero does his job.

But the pressure of number one can get to players. Even likes of Tim Howard and Ben Foster who are good premier league goalkeepers folded under pressure.
 
Whether it is or not.. today is not the game which you base such a rumour on. Romero starts all EL games.

It would be pretty bizzare if Mourinho continued picking a far inferior goalkeeper in this competition now that it has become by far our best chance of gaining a CL place.
 
It would be pretty bizzare if Mourinho continued picking a far inferior goalkeeper in this competition now that it has become by far our best chance of gaining a CL place.

It's not. It's man management. How is Romero going to feel if he's been promised this one tournament and he gets dropped. Especially if he hasn't put a foot wrong yet.