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De Gea Contract Situation
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Different situation.
We should play hardball, also to DDG. This is his chance to be in the first 11 at the coming Euros. Threaten to bench him for the season, not the way you want to play it, but feck, if its business for him it is business for us. I expect Woodie to push it to the limits and get us the most out of a unfortunate situation
If this is true, its an absolute disgrace, if he wanted to go to Madrid, they should have went for him when he was at Athletico, why after like Ronaldo when they become the finished product they all just leave
Commercially we are the 2nd biggest club in the world, its a bloody joke how this happens, you wouldnt see RM, Barcelonas, Bayerns best player move to us or the other aforementioned clubs
Commercially we are the 2nd biggest club in the world, its a bloody joke how this happens, you wouldnt see RM, Barcelonas, Bayerns best player move to us or the other aforementioned clubs
Give Valdes the last two games now.
Who cares? It's all about the organization making a firm stand and laying the chips on the table. The higher-ups at United should start growing some spine and hold the line for once.
You won't believe me, but in France a lot people knew that it was a mistake , Barthez wasn't good physically and was rash sometimes, Barthez wasn't the best french goalkeeper too. Martini, Lama, Landreau were seen as better goalkeepers a lot of people suspected that the defenses Barthez played with were the reasons of his performances.
For some reason if De Gea does go to Madrid I can see us getting Bale. Obviously not a direct swap though.
I'm pretty sure he is off to Madrid the signs are out there. It's very sad, but at the same time it's understandable that he wants to leave to a team as good as Real Madrid is currently and if he wants to leave there is nothing to be done about it. I hope that we sell him this season for good money instead of letting him go for free though if he doesn't want to stay. Hopefully we end up getting a good deal for him and use those funds to strengthen our defense so that we don't need a keeper as good as DDG to bail us out in the season. I believe Valdes will be our keeper next year.
It's not business for him though, is it? He wants to move primarily for family reasons, according to everything I've read.
We're actually offering him more money.
I hate it but that's the way it is, especially for players who grew up in those regions. They'll always go back when one of Barca/Real come calling. We wouldn't be having this problem with a goalie we developed from Scandinavia for instance.
If he has a shred of decency he will sign a new contract, so we can get the maximum fee for him next year if he really wants to go home then.
Because of his relationship with Fergie.
Good post, agree with it all.
Will be gutted if we lose him without ever really seeing him in a top United side.
Will be hugely disapointed if/when he leaves, however im in the minority that think that valdes will be excellent for us.
He'll stay.
Thiago from barcelona to bayern
Figo from barcelona to real
Kroos from bayern to real
I see you mean because of the Solksjaer and Schmeichael , too bad there isnt much talent there though
But even then we are the only "elite" club who are up with Bayern, Barca, and RM, who cant keep our best players, really sucks. Plus I dont understand people wishing him the best and being happy for him if he leaves
Thats just small club mentality, when one of your players makes itto the big stage and fans are proud seeing their former player tearing it up at the top, but we are Manchester United ffs
The fans stayed with him in his first 2 years, where especially when he first came he really struggled, and got slaughtered in the media, now he`ll be voted PPOTY 2 years in a row , especially for a GK, you cant ask for better
If he does go, it's the final piece of evidence to show that we are now Madrids feeder club
Dont know about Figo, but Thiago and Kroos left both because they wanted playing time(Thiagos case), and Kroos(wanted more wages). De Gea is our first player on the teamsheet, plus im sure wages wise he defintely gets what he wants
They left for what they considered to be the better deal for themself. De Gea would be no different.
One of these days, we will have to take one of Bayern's, Barcelona's or Real's players away.
Like roykeane19 just mentioned, that's small club mentality we're having (is it something that's more present in England?). If anything, United have to make sure we are one of those clubs that can keep top players at the club and say "feck off" to the rest.
The only thing that's helping me understand it is his missus. The real irony for me is that he never would have been afforded the time by the RM fans that he was given at Utd when he had a shaky start.
I hear you. Once players leave united this way after we develop them I couldn't care less how their careers turn out. Isn't this what most united fans do with Ronaldo? I don't know about you but he holds no special place with me just because we had him first.
Tbf a lot it is to do with Manchester's location.
Hargreaves. We were about to sign Thiago but Moyes decided against. We were about to sign kroos, but that was with Moyes in charge.
As far as i know, we sold Becks because Fergie wanted to, and RvN as well. Ronaldo went despite us wanting him to stay and De Gea would be the same as him.
I wouldn't call us feeders going by 1-2 sales that we didn't want ourselves.
I get the smirky joke, but loads actually believe we are a feeder club because it gets tossed around.
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Also those players are not even close to being the best players at there clubs when they were there
Too right. Looks like we're just a stepping stone for some of these elite young players.
Realistically, when he signed, everyone knew if he made it to the top of the game, there was no way he wouldn't go back to Spain at some point...as a keeper though, he could conceivably stay here for 5 more years, and still just be hitting his goalkeeping prime...which is a scary thought...
In the end, if he wants to go back to Spain, then fuck him, let him go...no player is bigger than the club...
We'll get someone else in, and we'll be fine...Mark Bosnich isn't doing much these days...
In the end, if he wants to go back to Spain, then fuck him, let him go...no player is bigger than the club...
We'll get someone else in, and we'll be fine...Mark Bosnich isn't doing much these days...
Its become the norm at our beloved club to constantly 'look over our shoulders' when it comes to our top talent. We don't have it like Barcelona and Real...we really don't.
Figo was, they did sign him for £37m.
Same I couldnt care less about Ronaldo, he never had any loyalty or "love" for united, all that is for Madrid, we were just a means to an end for him. The reason many fans clamour over Ronaldo and like him, even though he left, despite us trophy wise performing better than RM, even in Europe, is because people like to be associated with greatness, even though they get nothing from it
Wasn't the report from Spain that he'd done a deal with Real, but the denials were that United had a deal with Real, so both could be true.
When we signed him I had a feeling this would happen eventually, but not this soon. I guess when it comes to goalies you really shouldn't be looking to get a few seasons out of a player, its the one position that should have players tied down to long term commitments.
He has to ask himself where were Real when he needed a massive club to take the chance. We are that club. They have won 5 titles since 1996. 4 European Cups. Huge Club. But lets be honest. When it comes to glitter its the theatre of dreams all the way...
True. Arsenal fans were the same way with Henry and even Fabregas until he joined for Chelsea. I remember some of my Arsenal supporting friends saying we'd never get our hands on Fabregas (when we made a bid for him under Moyes) because he was too loyal to Wenger and Arsenal to ever sign for another PL team. I was like really?! He's not your player anymore! As far as im concerned Fvck Ronaldo and Fvck De Gea the minute he puts pen to paper for Real
He has to ask himself where were Real when he needed a massive club to take the chance. We are that club. They have won 5 titles since 1996. 4 European Cups. Huge Club. But lets be honest. When it comes to glitter its the theatre of dreams all the way...
Yep. One European cup in 12 years. Sounds better that way LOL.
Much what?
Cocaine...
He is knocking cyclists off their bike in road rage incidents though....
UNITED AGGRO!!!
But how many titles in the past 19 years?
If, for instance, Manuel Neuer was a massive United fan, and left Bayern to come here, doing what De Gea did, we'd all cream our jeans over him...he'd be a fecking legend...
We can't criticise De Gea for doing the same, basically, he's going home, to play for one of the biggest clubs in his home country, where he'll be undisputed No 1 for both club and country...
Its a no brainer for him...
We can't criticise De Gea for doing the same, basically, he's going home, to play for one of the biggest clubs in his home country, where he'll be undisputed No 1 for both club and country...
Its a no brainer for him...
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