De Gea Contract Situation

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

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

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I reckon that playing in the champions league could be massive in this. Qualify for it and he will sign a new contract, if we don't then he will be looking at heading back to Spain.
 
I see transfers as quite simple. If you want to stay, you simply sign the contract. The conditions of it will be no different if not better than most clubs in the world. If he wants to go, it won't make any difference what we offer. We'll move on, there are a lot of very good keepers out there....
 
even if he leaves in the summer, we should get the contract sorted out.
we spent 17.5 on him when he was so young and unproven, we have molded him into a world class keeper, and he still represents an option for any team that would take care of the GK position for over a decade. Considering this, we should get between 35-40 million for him, at least.
for that to happen, we have to tie him up with a new contract. i wonder why it's not done yet, even if DDG wants to leave in the summer, he should understand that we need him tied up with a longer contract to get a fair valuation in the summer.
 
devil in me said:
I reckon that playing in the champions league could be massive in this. Qualify for it and he will sign a new contract, if we don't then he will be looking at heading back to Spain.
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I am thinking the same. It's fair enough too, he deserves to be playing in it. The pressure on LvG to get the top four is only increasing with this kind of stuff.
 
devil in me said:
I reckon that playing in the champions league could be massive in this. Qualify for it and he will sign a new contract, if we don't then he will be looking at heading back to Spain.
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This is valid and probably a factor.
 
The Mirror are reporting that de Gea's heart, and not money, will decide his future. I think we're f*cked.
 
If he genuinely isn't going to be swayed by money then that is our strongest card eliminated. With Real he's guaranteed to never fall out of the Champions League since it is impossible for them to finish lower than third (usually not lower than second) in La Liga, and with everything else they have going then they'll be favourites for most trophies they play for, at least until Ronaldo retires/declines. If we can't offer him more money then we're reliant on him actively wanting to stay at United over any ambition to win regular trophies or live in his home city.

I still expect he'll renew with us, but there's not much chance that he would choose to see out that contract I think.
 
No quotes at all in that article. I think he'll extend once the transfer window is closed, otherwise there would have been more speculation with some substance so far.
 
So the article says he will follow his heart. So will his heart tell him to betray his childhood club and move across town? Will his heart tell him to abandon the club and fans who supported him and believed in him when he struggled initially and was getting dogs abuse from the press?

Nah, it's all about the money I'm afraid.
 
Colin129 said:
So the article says he will follow his heart. So will his heart tell him to betray his childhood club and move across town? Will his heart tell him to abandon the club and fans who supported him and believed in him when he struggled initially and was getting dogs abuse from the press?

Nah, it's all about the money I'm afraid.
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His heart will tell him to move back to Spain where his girlfriend resides.
 
Colin129 said:
So the article says he will follow his heart. So will his heart tell him to betray his childhood club and move across town? Will his heart tell him to abandon the club and fans who supported him and believed in him when he struggled initially and was getting dogs abuse from the press?

Nah, it's all about the money I'm afraid.
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Thats exactly what the Arsenal fans said about RVP. Its quite clearly not.
 
Colin129 said:
So the article says he will follow his heart. So will his heart tell him to betray his childhood club and move across town? Will his heart tell him to abandon the club and fans who supported him and believed in him when he struggled initially and was getting dogs abuse from the press?

Nah, it's all about the money I'm afraid.
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I was thinking this. His "heart" I would hope would say to stay at United. We bought him as a relatively unproven GK with good potential and made him #1 at one of the biggest clubs in the world. We played him and stuck with him despite a shaky start, and he has now developed into a world class keeper as well as a fan favourite.

Furthermore there is the stuff about his boyhood club being At. Madrid.


We will see, but the longer this goes on the less confident I get about him staying.
 
I have a strong feeling this will depend on a champions league spot. No other reason as to why he hasn't signed a deal yet.
 
KiD MoYeS said:
His heart will tell him to move back to Spain where his girlfriend resides.
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You speak as if de Gea's the only famous person who has a other half with her own career. Some south american players leave family etc behind to come to Europe and play football.
 
Orton said:
You speak as if de Gea's the only famous person who has a other half with her own career. Some south american players leave family etc behind to come to Europe and play football.
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Presumably because wages and overall lure are higher here than in South America. And in this respect we are playing second fiddle to Real Madrid, obviously.
 
I also think the gf stuff is overrated at this stage, I mean it's not like they would see each orher daily in Spain, she is on travel after all often enough. And as she is on a career high herself I wouldn't think they are preparing to have a kid right now. All this might change in 3-5 years, but as for now I don't think his gf will be the main issue. It hasn't been an issue after all when he left her in Spain in 2011 as a 20-year old.
 
Cathy Ferguson said:
Presumably because wages and overall lure are higher here than in South America. And in this respect we are playing second fiddle to Real Madrid, obviously.
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Sorry but I disagree. He might want a return to Spain eventually but I can't see why he would be pushing for a move to Real right now.
 
Kill 'em all said:
I have a strong feeling this will depend on a champions league spot. No other reason as to why he hasn't signed a deal yet.
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Yeah I actually think so as well. He will be waiting how the season turns out before he makes a decision about signing a new contract or pushing a move to Real or any other top club that is willing to offer him a shitload of money, first team football and a regular chance to play CL.
 
Orton said:
Sorry but I disagree. He might want a return to Spain eventually but I can't see why he would be pushing for a move to Real right now.
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I don't know if he will push for a move soon or not, but I think a more relevant comparison is Ronaldo rather than south american footballers returning home after a career in Europe.
 
Why would he even want to stay is the question. To continue playing under a team and a manager who clearly have their shit together compared to Real Madrid, sure.
 
Orton said:
Sorry but I disagree. He might want a return to Spain eventually but I can't see why he would be pushing for a move to Real right now.
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Why wouldn't he? Better team, guaranteed CL football every year, more likely to win trophies, better weather, and his partner may want to go there as well. If you don't support United and have no preference between the two teams, it's a bit of a no brainer, as shite as that might be from our perspective.
 
Walrus said:
I was thinking this. His "heart" I would hope would say to stay at United. We bought him as a relatively unproven GK with good potential and made him #1 at one of the biggest clubs in the world. We played him and stuck with him despite a shaky start, and he has now developed into a world class keeper as well as a fan favourite.

Furthermore there is the stuff about his boyhood club being At. Madrid.


We will see, but the longer this goes on the less confident I get about him staying.
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And United stuck through Ronaldo when his dad passed away in 2005, and he had a really depressing time During that time. Again when things was creeping up in summer 2006, we stuck with him and showed good loyalty. He signs a new contract in 2007, and after all that he wanted to leave in 2008.

So do not think a bit of loyalty from the club will keep DDG, atletico also give DDG his break has at 18 19, but he left for us.
 
Depends how much of a factor having played for Atletico Madrid is to him.

Does he see it as a perfect chance to return to home, or will he see it as a kind of betrayal. Hard to tell, as can go either way.

Either way we surely need to make the champions league for all reasons!
 
I really think a lot of people over here underestimate how much Latin and Mediterranean people value being "home". By that, I mean language, weather, culture, food and so on. It is different for northern Europeans and I suppose that is why a lot of people can't understand why something trivial like the weather would play such a big role in a player's career decision. There was a reason our players rarely left us under Fergie and that is the fact that his teams were made of British and northern European players. Winning trophies always helps of course but I am afraid with Ronaldo, De Gea and the like, we will never be able to rival the southern European clubs from Milan and Juventus not so long ago and Barcelona and Real now.
 
Genuine question here, If de Gea signed a new contract and Man Utd qualified for the Champions League, do you guys really think that would be the end of it?

It would guarantee his stay at Old Trafford for the next two seasons probably but I can't see Madrid ever letting this one go similar to how they were with Ronaldo and Barcelona with Fabregas.

All the talk in the press over the next few years would be about how de Gea is the successor to Casillas for Spain and therefore should be playing for Madrid.

I suppose it all depends on what he wants and as an ex-Atleti player would he really want to play for their rivals?
 
JSArsenal said:
Genuine question here, If de Gea signed a new contract and Man Utd qualified for the Champions League, do you guys really think that would be the end of it?

It would guarantee his stay at Old Trafford for the next two seasons probably but I can't see Madrid ever letting this one go similar to how they were with Ronaldo and Barcelona with Fabregas.

All the talk in the press over the next few years would be about how de Gea is the successor to Casillas for Spain and therefore should be playing for Madrid.

I suppose it all depends on what he wants and as an ex-Atleti player would he really want to play for their rivals?
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I agree. I think the only way there will ever be an end to it is if he signs for Madrid, or if he comes out and states clearly states that he'd never go there because of his Atleti roots.

I think even if he says he is happy here and wants to stay, it wouldn't stop Madrid from constantly advancing. I think the Atletico Madrid connection would hold a lot more water. But I doubt he sees it that way. I don't think the speculation would have come this far if he genuinely didn't want to play for Real Madrid.
 
He left Atletico to win trophies, they've won more since he moved than we have. He left Atletico for more money, if he moves on a free in 18 months time he can pick up a nice contract and a good signing on fee. He left Atletico for experience, he's already made it into a PL team of the year and he's made his debut with Spain.

If he moves, it'll be for the package: home, girlfriend, culture, Madrid, money, football, trophies. You can't extract one item from that and say the others don't matter. The weighting will change every year. I wouldn't even be surprised if he knows it will keep changing and that's part of the reason he's in no hurry to re-sign.
 
JSArsenal said:
Genuine question here, If de Gea signed a new contract and Man Utd qualified for the Champions League, do you guys really think that would be the end of it?

It would guarantee his stay at Old Trafford for the next two seasons probably but I can't see Madrid ever letting this one go similar to how they were with Ronaldo and Barcelona with Fabregas.

All the talk in the press over the next few years would be about how de Gea is the successor to Casillas for Spain and therefore should be playing for Madrid.

I suppose it all depends on what he wants and as an ex-Atleti player would he really want to play for their rivals?
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I think it would ease them off if he signed. I actually think it might suit them. Casillas has regained his form and De Gea is still young. I think the reason they're apparently making moves to sign him is because there'd be a few clubs interested if he was clearly on his way out and they wouldn't want to let him slip through their fingers. They won't let go, but I think they'd drop it for a couple of seasons.
 
Globule said:
I think it would ease them off if he signed. I actually think it might suit them. Casillas has regained his form and De Gea is still young. I think the reason they're apparently making moves to sign him is because there'd be a few clubs interested if he was clearly on his way out and they wouldn't want to let him slip through their fingers. They won't let go, but I think they'd drop it for a couple of seasons.
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Indeed. In fact I think right now they'd be happy to see Casillas play his contract out, it runs until 2017, knowing that they've got Navas as a backup. So, yes, even if he signs now it's not necessarily an indication we've got him for the long haul. Though I think that's true of most players.

However the prospect of getting De Gea on a free would be hard for them to ignore, though I'd imagine they'd make a nominal bid (20m say) out of politeness this summer if DdG hasn't renewed.
 
Oneunited26 said:
And United stuck through Ronaldo when his dad passed away in 2005, and he had a really depressing time During that time. Again when things was creeping up in summer 2006, we stuck with him and showed good loyalty. He signs a new contract in 2007, and after all that he wanted to leave in 2008.

So do not think a bit of loyalty from the club will keep DDG, atletico also give DDG his break has at 18 19, but he left for us.
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True, but similarly I think if De Gea came out and said "I want to join Madrid, I will stay another season to help out the club and sign a new contract do you get a good price for me, but I want to leave in about a year" I think a lot of fans would be accepting

That is approximately what happened with Ronaldo. Its the prospect of losing De Gea on a free (or very cheap) which I think is most concerning.
 
I'm not overly concerned about all this speculation as long as DDG behaves professionally. If he wants to leave let him go and try and get them to throw in a decent player in return, if he wants to stay great. Que Sera, Sera.
 
sadly I think he will go

we've been in transfer talks for months with nothing agreed

in the meantime we've signed Valdes

the bad thing for us as well is that with the transfer embargo on Barca, with Bayern having Neuer the only realistic teams after De Gea could sign for would be Real Madrid with someone like PSG a long shot

all this nonsense about swap deals for Bale....we'll probably sell him for 30 million in the Summer or Real might just let him run his contract down
 
It seems like the Ronaldo situation all over again, kind of sad even if he signs a new contract.

Sure it's great that we would get him for another few years, but we know the inevitable transfer to Real Madrid would be complete within 1-3 years.
 
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Depends how much of a factor having played for Atletico Madrid is to him.
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I hope its a big one. Its fair enough that a Luke Shaw would play for us whilst being a Chelsea fan, but a lifelong Atletico fan and Real? It would be like Gary Neville running out for Liverpool. Maybe im clinging to hope but i just cant see it.
 
11101 said:
I hope its a big one. Its fair enough that a Luke Shaw would play for us whilst being a Chelsea fan, but a lifelong Atletico fan and Real? It would be like Gary Neville running out for Liverpool. Maybe im clinging to hope but i just cant see it.
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Owen to United is probably comparable. Right through the Liverpool academy, leaves them to move to a big club, then leaves the big club to go to their biggest rival.
 
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