De Gea Contract Situation

Do you think David De Gea will sign a new contract at Man Utd this season?

  • Yes

  • No

  • Yes, but he'll still leave by the end of the season

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I accepted he'd leave ages ago. Onwards and upwards.

To be honest since we already have top 4 basically guaranteed, I'd play Valdes ahead of Dave if he isn't going to sign. I wouldn't play Falcao either for that matter if we aren't going to bother with him.
 
This whole situation is just poo. I'd prefer if De Gea just came out and said something. He's held no interviews at all, and he's well in his right to do so - but I actually preferred it when Ronaldo just stated he wanted to join Madrid.
 
Insanity said:
I would cry if he leaves this summer. The only player in our team who has played on a consistent world class level since Fergie's retirement.

Give him whatever he wants. Without him we are mid-table.
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Club has done all it can.
 
Hell then just announce it and put us out of our misery. How good is Navas with his feet? That will be the main strength LvG will look for, but I don't think we should overlook a good gk only because he is not great with his feet. I am sure we could work on this and improve this aspect.
 
The whole thing is quite poor management from him and his advisors.

Most fans would understand and respect if he just told us that he wants his life to be in Madrid with his long term girlfriend, blablabla, etc.
 
pierrethesnack said:
The whole thing is quite poor management from him and his advisors.

Most fans would understand and respect if he just told us that he wants his life to be in Madrid with his long term girlfriend, blablabla, etc.
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So by not saying anything and still putting in top class performances for us he's in the wrong? Can't win these days.
 
He may not have made a decision, in which case he can't really come out and say anything
 
legball said:
It's not different mate. No world class player should be afraid of what it would cost other clubs to sign them, I don't agree with this notion that if he signs a contract then Real Madrid would not want to sign him, it's rubbish. Real Madrid want him because he's one of the best in the world, not because he's cheap. Suarez knew there was interest, I'm sure Barca didn't just contact him the month they signed him. It's not too much to ask Mr.Nice guy to do the same.
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You might not agree with it but that doesn't mean it isn't a legitimate possibility. If he wants to be with his girlfriend and start a family or whatever then he wouldn't risk it not happening by signing a new contract.
 
pierrethesnack said:
The whole thing is quite poor management from him and his advisors.

Most fans would understand and respect if he just told us that he wants his life to be in Madrid with his long term girlfriend, blablabla, etc.
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Maybe, he hasn't made his mind up...
 
Personally I think he should be making daily entries into a diary on his every thought and that diary should be published on the clubs official website.
 
The worst thing is, after VDS had gone, we all hoped that, by signing DDG, we managed to solve our GK situation for years to come, and now we'll have to start all over again
 
ZDwyr said:


Go Real! Work your magic!
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Cech is looking for a new club, so I think Courtois ain't going anywhere, sadly.

FlawlessThaw said:
Mendes would benefit more so if De Gea stays with us (higher wages) or if De Gea signs a contract and makes his move next summer with a big transfer fee. Not sure how much blame can be applied to Mendes when the player wants to go home.
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Nah, I meant we can't sour our relations with Mendes and probably have to cede to whatever he wants, given our need to spend in the market and his ever increasing portfolio of players. With another agent, we might have been able to get De Gea to agree to a temporary contract extention (to get a higher transfer fee). But in the case of Mendes, he holds all the cards.
 
FlawlessThaw said:
Mendes would benefit more so if De Gea stays with us (higher wages) or if De Gea signs a contract and makes his move next summer with a big transfer fee. Not sure how much blame can be applied to Mendes when the player wants to go home.
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Nah, he can negotiate a higher fee for him if the transfer would cost Real less. Same with DDG, he will get higher wages if the transfer fee will be lower.
 
Chicharo said:
The worst thing is, after VDS had gone, we all hoped that, by signing DDG, we managed to solve our GK situation for years to come, and now we'll have to start all over again
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That's what bothers me the most too. He's only 24 and fecking off already. The investment will feel almost pointless.
 
Shark said:
That's what bothers me the most too. He's only 24 and fecking off already. The investment will feel almost pointless.
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How? He's given us a couple of world class seasons, and we'll sell him on for profit.

Look at Chelsea with Mata. They probably thought they had a world class #10 for years to come, got the best out of him then sold him for profit.

If he doesn't want to be here, then let him go and take the money.
 
As Mitten has also suggested there is a good chance that we will give Valdes a go now, forget spectacular but if Valdes can even give us a solid season then we will have time to look for a good young keeper
 
Don't care a bit. If he wants to leave, his decision. Wondering how he will take the Madrid fans though, when his form slumps.
 
Bwuk said:
How? He's given us a couple of world class seasons, and we'll sell him on for profit.

Look at Chelsea with Mata. They probably thought they had a world class #10 for years to come, got the best out of him then sold him for profit.

If he doesn't want to be here, then let him go and take the money.
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There's a very good chance we'll actually make a loss IMO.
 
Irrespective of profit or loss him going this summer will leave a rather sour taste, he would just be remembered as a good player who played for us and nothing more. This sort of thing is obviously irrelevant to footballers so he probably doesn't really care
 
Bwuk said:
How? He's given us a couple of world class seasons, and we'll sell him on for profit.

Look at Chelsea with Mata. They probably thought they had a world class #10 for years to come, got the best out of him then sold him for profit.

If he doesn't want to be here, then let him go and take the money.
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There's a very slim chance we'll make a profit and even if we did, I couldn't hive a rats arse. We're not Liverpool, Spurs or Arsenal of a few years back in that we have to sell our best player to build a new team.

If he wants to go fair enough, but it's a hard pill to swallow in terms of where he's going and the timing of it. It's just another headache for LVG just when it was looking like we might mount a title challenge.
 
Prepare for loads of "experts" studying his every move and gesture at OT on Sunday to determine if he's saying goodbye to the fans or not.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
There's a very good chance we'll actually make a loss IMO.
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Depends on how you calculate the gain/loss. If it is strickly sales price - purchase price, then yeah a lose. But if you take into account the accounting that amortizes his purchase price over the 4 or 5 years, then we have already expensed a portion of his purchase price and his book value by the end of the fiscal year will be 20 to 25% of his purchase price. This takes into account the seasons we have had him here and gotten value out of him.

Accounting is boring isn't it.
 
stu_1992 said:
Prepare for loads of "experts" studying his every move and gesture at OT on Sunday to determine if he's saying goodbye to the fans or not.
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I'd like it to be known one way or the other by then, sadly that won't happen.
 
Getsme said:
I'd like it to be known one way or the other by then, sadly that won't happen.
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I'm not saying it will be known, but people will try and read into everything he does as if it's a sort of hint. Whereas in reality, we just don't know.

Raw said:
I wouldn't even be surprised if Valdes started to be honest.
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I dunno, we've had opportunities in the cups to play and we didn't. Can't see it against Arsenal myself.
 
JustAFan said:
Depends on how you calculate the gain/loss. If it is strickly sales price - purchase price, then yeah a lose. But if you take into account the accounting that amortizes his purchase price over the 4 or 5 years, then we have already expensed a portion of his purchase price and his book value by the end of the fiscal year will be 20 to 25% of his purchase price. This takes into account the seasons we have had him here and gotten value out of him.

Accounting is boring isn't it.
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:lol: I drifted off at "fiscal year"
 
Cina said:
So by not saying anything and still putting in top class performances for us he's in the wrong? Can't win these days.
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Not saying it's cunning or shameful or anything like that. It is what it is, a professional who's trying to do what's best for his career. I just feel like his memory at the club after he's gone would be more positive if he didn't let this drag out.

He obviously hasn't let it affect his job, and that's really all we can ask, but it would have been a nice touch.

Cassidy said:
Maybe, he hasn't made his mind up...
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I doubt it. But who knows.
 
Would be a real shame if he left, though I thought he would have signed a new contract buy now. Was hoping that Real Madrid going on a bit of a decline and us being on the rise would make him think twice, and maybe it has, but I'm starting to think he might leave sadly.
 
If we paid £18m for Young on the last year of his contract DDG is worth £30m still.

We paid £60m for Di Maria in a similar position, if we get half of that I would be appeased ever so slightly. Still will be gutted if he does leave though, at this day and age we shouldn't be losing our best player.
 
As much as I love DDG, if he doesnt want to sign, he doesnt want to play for us and wishes to go elsewhere.
As much as Id like to think he is waiting on Champs League qualification I dont think thats the case.

My Heart says he will stay, my head says he will go.....not sure if the Bale deal has anything to do with it but if Bale had any sense he would get the hell out of Madrid ASAP.
 
ZDwyr said:


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He keeps a house in Madrid I think.I wouldn't mind Courtois,but I don't like that his father offered him to Barsa too,besides I feel more sentimental link to Atletico than David has.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
There's a very good chance we'll actually make a loss IMO.
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Wouldn't we be better off just letting him leave on a bosman in 2016 then?

We paid Falcao like 12m this year. I'd be fine paying De Gea the equivalent of around 20 (say 5 in salary, 15 lost by not taking Madrid's offer) for one season, in his prime. If we win the league or make a deep CL run that pays for itself easily in terms of ease of acquiring future players and commercial revenue.

And hey, maybe Madrid find a replacement instead of going with Casillas for another year and we keep him. He's not going to join Chelsea or Citeh, so the only real risk is that he decides to join Arsenal to live in London and that's just not going to happen is it?
 
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