Shit post from start to finish, Di Maria overrated? FFS
De Gea Contract Situation
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I wouldn't fecking sell him for £20M. I'd much rather keep him for a season and give all competitions a real good push next season.
You don't know Madrid's situation in a year's time, they may get rid of Casillas and Navas has an exceptional season. They might feel they need a keeper desperately and sign Leno. They may get a transfer ban.
I would 100% keep hold of him.
You don't know Madrid's situation in a year's time, they may get rid of Casillas and Navas has an exceptional season. They might feel they need a keeper desperately and sign Leno. They may get a transfer ban.
I would 100% keep hold of him.
Are those quotes legit?
Not sure what I make of all this. Obviously don't want him to go, but I don't know whether I'll want to see him do well or have a bit of a torrid time at Madrid. I think I just like him too much to wish he has a bad time in Spain though
Not sure what I make of all this. Obviously don't want him to go, but I don't know whether I'll want to see him do well or have a bit of a torrid time at Madrid. I think I just like him too much to wish he has a bad time in Spain though
More clarification on the video on here, after the Shaw/Kane/Bale info:
http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/23/video/2450959
Sounds more like they are prepared in case he does go as you always have to be.
http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/23/video/2450959
Sounds more like they are prepared in case he does go as you always have to be.
Sucks. Hard to blame him for leaving considering all the valid reasons he'd have to go. Just hope we aren't getting shafted on the fee.
Better shore up that back line big-time this summer
Better shore up that back line big-time this summer
Maybe we did maybe we didn't. I heard nothing in the media to suggest he was being offered a new contract back then. I get your point. Moyes was sacked and maybe he was waiting for a new manager to come in. So okay I understand tha part, so when do you think LVG and Ed proposed this contract offer to him? Because if they offered it last year, I'm sure news would have leaked about it much sooner than April or May when LVG mentioned it in a press conference.
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£20m for de Gea would be daylight robbery. Simple as.
I know Goalkeepers generally don't receive high transfer fees, but when you're trying to sign arguably one of the best keepers in the world, you should be made to pay up, especially when we paid them £60m for di Maria
Don't worry guys, he's just waiting until we have top four mathematically sown up.
Exactly, I'd play hardball, £35-40M or you can feck yourselves. We've got money, leaving on a free? Not a problem for us.
I guess I must be seeing things. I mean after all he has been in the starting 11 all season right.Shit post from start to finish, Di Maria overrated? FFS
The topic of De Gea signing a new contract has been sent out to print since October/November 2013. There's even been multiple (false) claims that he was close to signing one during that time. We won't have simply opened discussions near the death.
I agree but with one year left on contract we have no real negotiating power. Do we keep a potentially unhappy player and lose him for free in 12 months or just move on. I just hope we be shrewd an also offer them Pea and 25m for Bale.
Is it really worth crying over a goalkeeper?
Everyone knows they're the shit one picked last at school. Get Sheasy back on the cheap. He never let us down.
Everyone knows they're the shit one picked last at school. Get Sheasy back on the cheap. He never let us down.
What Kag said. It's only been brought up in the press conference because journos have asked about it. Before the past month, they didn't.
Full copy of the report from the Sky Sports page, in case folk are in work & cant access sports links due to firewall etc..
David de Gea has not agreed terms with Real Madrid, according to Sky Sports News
Last Updated: 15/05/15 8:02pm
David de Gea: Where will he be next season?
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has not agreed terms with Real Madrid, according to Sky Sports News News HQ reporter James Cooper.
Cooper was responding to a story which appeared in a Spanish newspaper on Friday, claiming that the United 'keeper is all set to return to his native Madrid on long-term deal, and has already met with Bernabeu officials.
However, Cooper told SSN: “His future is still up in the air. One thing I can clarify is that he hasn’t agreed terms with Real Madrid.
“The situation is clear that Manchester United do not want to entertain David de Gea leaving Old Trafford. He has 18 months left on his contract and is one of nine up next summer.
“They’ve made an offer to keep him at United. One thing that isn’t happening at the moment is negotiations with another club.
“Those things are not happening. Therefore, this story is not alive. As things stand, he is a Manchester United player.”
Reports had appeared earlier in a Spanish newspaper that de Gea has agreed personal terms to return to Spain’s capital city where the 24-year-old started his career with Atletico Madrid.
According to the Madrid-based newspaper, De Gea has agreed a contract worth £4m-a-year after tax and is believed to be between five and six years in length.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...with-real-madrid-according-to-sky-sports-news
David de Gea has not agreed terms with Real Madrid, according to Sky Sports News
Last Updated: 15/05/15 8:02pm
David de Gea: Where will he be next season?
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has not agreed terms with Real Madrid, according to Sky Sports News News HQ reporter James Cooper.
Cooper was responding to a story which appeared in a Spanish newspaper on Friday, claiming that the United 'keeper is all set to return to his native Madrid on long-term deal, and has already met with Bernabeu officials.
However, Cooper told SSN: “His future is still up in the air. One thing I can clarify is that he hasn’t agreed terms with Real Madrid.
“The situation is clear that Manchester United do not want to entertain David de Gea leaving Old Trafford. He has 18 months left on his contract and is one of nine up next summer.
“They’ve made an offer to keep him at United. One thing that isn’t happening at the moment is negotiations with another club.
“Those things are not happening. Therefore, this story is not alive. As things stand, he is a Manchester United player.”
Reports had appeared earlier in a Spanish newspaper that de Gea has agreed personal terms to return to Spain’s capital city where the 24-year-old started his career with Atletico Madrid.
According to the Madrid-based newspaper, De Gea has agreed a contract worth £4m-a-year after tax and is believed to be between five and six years in length.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...with-real-madrid-according-to-sky-sports-news
Ok then.
Feckin hell, that long ago.
Except preventing this situation from ever happening by signing him to an extension 18 months ago. If he still wanted to leave, we would at least get fair value for him.
The only annoyance from me is that we're getting ripped off by Madrid again.
If they're gonna offer peanuts I'd prefer we tell them to bollocks and wait a year.
If they're gonna offer peanuts I'd prefer we tell them to bollocks and wait a year.
So long, agent Dave. Wonder if he'll start against Le Arse.
But doesn't that show huge disrespect for the club from de Gea? He knows that he has United wrapped round his little finger - we either let him go now for some money, or we let him go free next season. Either way he gets what he wants. What he should do, but most likely won't, is sign a new contract with a release clause in it and let Real pay what he's worth.
We've shown incredible faith in him, probably a million times more so than Real would have, and we've stuck by him and defended him through some awful displays and performances, the least he could do for us now is tell us what he wants either way
I think he has to sign the contract himself unfortunately.
If he does go, maybe we can get Luka Modric in return.
Have to say, I'm gutted that he's leaving. We take a punt on an 18 year old, develop him into one of the best in the world before we get any return? He was always going to return to Spain, but to feck off right when we seem to be on the cusp of something special that hurts a lot.
If I were van Gaal I'd say feck it and refuse to sell him. What is 20 million worth to Manchester United anyway? I'd rather do what Dortmund did with Lewandowski, tell De Gea he's free to leave on a free but till then, he's a Manchester United player. The next season is really important to us, we need to at least consolidate a top 4 place if not fight for the title. How can we do this when we're going to have to bed in a new goalkeeper, a new right back and a new center back?
As for wishing De Gea well, I'm conflicted. On the one hand, he's been brilliant for 2 and a half years now but on the other, he's shown us a complete lack of respect. I really do feel for Atletico fans though. 2 years in the first team after coming through the ranks, at least 10 years for Real Madrid, that has to hurt.
If I were van Gaal I'd say feck it and refuse to sell him. What is 20 million worth to Manchester United anyway? I'd rather do what Dortmund did with Lewandowski, tell De Gea he's free to leave on a free but till then, he's a Manchester United player. The next season is really important to us, we need to at least consolidate a top 4 place if not fight for the title. How can we do this when we're going to have to bed in a new goalkeeper, a new right back and a new center back?
As for wishing De Gea well, I'm conflicted. On the one hand, he's been brilliant for 2 and a half years now but on the other, he's shown us a complete lack of respect. I really do feel for Atletico fans though. 2 years in the first team after coming through the ranks, at least 10 years for Real Madrid, that has to hurt.
They can take little Pea for 7.5m i believe and wait 12 months and have De Gea for free....
You assume they didn't offer him a contract. We can't hold a gun to his head now. And we couldn't hold a gun to his head 18 months ago.
Nobody here knows what's happened behind closed doors.
I think he (and his agent) just always had an eye on a return to Spain, we've had a couple of iffy seasons, plus the manager he signed for left.
We'll survive if he goes.
Football is a business!
Danny Welbeck left the club so you can hardly drag out dated ideas about De Gea's loyalty or repaying SAF.
De Gea is Spanish and from Madrid! if he leaves then there is no point crying about it.
Also this is another reason why Rooney shouldn't be criticised so much...10 years service but gets shit for asking for a higher salary
Danny Welbeck left the club so you can hardly drag out dated ideas about De Gea's loyalty or repaying SAF.
De Gea is Spanish and from Madrid! if he leaves then there is no point crying about it.
Also this is another reason why Rooney shouldn't be criticised so much...10 years service but gets shit for asking for a higher salary
If he leaves, I'd have no resentment for him. The bitterness it seems to conjuring up seems a bit mental. People hoping that he fails? I don't see what is worth getting worked up about. For all this "the fans have stood by him" noise, he's quite easily repaid that in supreme performances this season, making impossible saves and saving our blushes. What else does he owe us?
I genuinely think he is the 2nd best in the world currently - better than Courtois - and he's not that far off Neuer, IMO. An elite player should be playing at the elite level. We are 2-3 years minimum away from being a force in Europe, if we make the right decisions and if we get the right manager in after Van Gaal, and those are truly enormous IFs.
Can't really blame him if he does not want to be a part of a project where the future is relatively uncertain, when he could go to the biggest club in the world, be their undisputed #1, be his countrys #1, possibly go on to be captain of both, and be with his missus and his family.
I genuinely think he is the 2nd best in the world currently - better than Courtois - and he's not that far off Neuer, IMO. An elite player should be playing at the elite level. We are 2-3 years minimum away from being a force in Europe, if we make the right decisions and if we get the right manager in after Van Gaal, and those are truly enormous IFs.
Can't really blame him if he does not want to be a part of a project where the future is relatively uncertain, when he could go to the biggest club in the world, be their undisputed #1, be his countrys #1, possibly go on to be captain of both, and be with his missus and his family.
I'll repeat myself but, that's stupid, Dortmund made a mistake and 20m is a lot of money for all the clubs, United included. We should take the money and invest it into the team.
Well, if the reason he's considering leaving is because the manager he signed for left, then he better get used to it if he wants to goto Real... he'd experience a great managerial merry-go-round! Oh and not to mention, a couple of bad performances, and he'd most likely be benched.
The club he's reportedly joining have won as much as us this season and are going to sack their manager.
For sure that's true but LvG says new contract been on offer for a while...is a while really long enough, maybe we should have sorted it last summer. I don't know what's going on behind the scenes but maybe De Gea feels he has given us enough and doesn't care too much about what fee we get for him - probably being advised to stay quiet by agent. Yes its a huge kick in the nuts but his performances have been spot on. It sucks but its Real they always get what they want.
So which top GK can you get for 20 million?
I doubt it's a major factor, but you'd assume that Sir Alex would've managed the situation better, and he also probably had a better relationship with de Gea. The main factor was him and his agent having on eye on a return to Spain from day one.
He made the obvious step up to United, and now he's wanted back home for a lucrative deal.
Edit: plus he left Spain to sign for Sir Alex's United team as 20 year old. That's completely different to going back to your home town as a 24 year old, regardless of manager.
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Whatever happens, I hope it gets resolved quickly. Don't want this taking up the entire summer and ruining our prep for next season.
They're also the current Champions of Europe.
Are you bloody kidding people when you ask such question? You must have forgotten how shit things have been at that position (Van der Gouw, Bosnich, Taibi, Barthez, Carroll, Howard) between Schmeichel's last game for us and Edwin finally cementing his place as our number 1 goalkeeper. De Gea is clearly on his way to become another Edwin in terms of presence, so it is VERY HARD to find a goalkeeper of that quality in the game. You let him leave, then that would mean our squad will have regressed in our plan for rebuilding.
Yeah I can understand that, but the way he's dealing with it is showing huge disrespect for United in my opinion. As I said, he knows that Madrid wouldn't have to pay as much to get him this season, and if we play hardball, he knows he just has to get through this upcoming season and he's free to go anywhere he likes. For a club thats got him where he is today, I personally think a little more respect needs to be shown, but we really have no idea what goes on behind closed doors, do we?
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