What's the likelihood of that happening?
De Gea Contract Situation
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What's the likelihood of that happening?
When theres an election
I miss the days when tapping up was still nominally considered wrong.
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...global-partnership-with-HCL-Technologies.aspx
We announced this yesterday, just 39 hours after the Spanish Transfer window shut.
"As the first step, HCL will create a state-of-the-art United Xperience Lab to be housed within the iconic Old Trafford stadium, which will make it the seventh such lab across the world. Within the lab, HCL and Manchester United will explore revolutionary ways in which the club uses technology to create a unified fan experience for supporters; and in the process set a new engagement benchmark in the world of sport."
If you actually believe that article and that United took these steps to upgrade their systems because of the De Gea scenario, there is no helping you. Upgrading a few PC's is one thing... signing a partnership with a leading technology firm and planning a technology suite is another altogether.
No help with our Transfer Xperience Lab, apparently.
It's not sexist, but it should stop because it's unfair and counter-productive. Not that Twitter will listen.
It has some serious competition, but I think you're right.
Sportwitness is a very useful site. They provide translations of foreign articles and call out any bullshit.
So say you believe the conspiracy theories that Madrid didn't sign him due to wanting to take him on a a free next summer. They haven't actually saved an enormous amount of money if this rumour of a €15m 'penalty' is true. If they can sell Navas, I suspect it won't be for a generous £10m valuation, as was the case this summer. They must be pretty confident he won't sign a new deal to take that risk for a (relatively middling in this market) fee of somewhere in the region of €30m odd.
That's why I'd assume the rumour of the penalty clause isn't true. Though I'm pretty sure a lot of places say Madrid had the same sort of agreement with Ronaldo way back when?
That's why I'd assume the rumour of the penalty clause isn't true. Though I'm pretty sure a lot of places say Madrid had the same sort of agreement with Ronaldo way back when?
Do you have any examples of this?
Quite low I reckon, the election is in 2017, and they are hardly any outstanding candidates to oppose him.He stood unopposed in the last election.
It's actually not. They report on what is being said across media outlets in Europe. They're not making up the stories so it's not clickbait at all.
The authors are usually pretty good at sifting through whats bullshit and whats not. I'm more inclined to hear what they have to say then the "reputable" outlets.
I have to agree with you about the Telegraph, it used to have one of the best sports sections around, but it seems to have degenerated into something no better than the tabloids. I am now sure about the main paper is now.
Examples of them not checking the facts of the stuff they post? Go to their website. All of it.
You think they have people contacting the clubs and players to verify the stories they run?
Disagree on that, they're usually very transparent about what they're translating and provide sources to back that up. Yes they drive traffic to their website (have to get paid somehow, tweets don't generate much ad revenue) but the content itself is legitimate. Whether the sources themselves are is another story.
I had to block them from my facebook because the ads were so clickbaity. "Chelsea in for new star", etc. Awful lot.
Well, we have people saying two contrasting things without evidence. Just repeating what you think without reference to anything specific just comes off as prejudice.
And that's generally how sourcing works.
I blind voted with no thought as to why, I think he'll still be at Real Madrid next year.
Whatever the initial reaction now from him, he will want to be at Real Madrid after a knee-jerk now.
Whatever the initial reaction now from him, he will want to be at Real Madrid after a knee-jerk now.
So...
If Madrid failed in getting De Gea, pissing him off in the process of how they went half arsed about it you'd assume most bridges are burned between them (as being reported). Then there was rumours of them offering De Gea compensation, basically come to us on a free and we'll give you a big bonus.
Now there's rumours of De Gea signing a new deal with United, which if true would suggest Madrid would be pissed at this considering he's going to cost them the original price they never wanted to pay.
Surely if he signs a new contract there won't be a hope in hell that neither of them would want a move in the future?
If Madrid failed in getting De Gea, pissing him off in the process of how they went half arsed about it you'd assume most bridges are burned between them (as being reported). Then there was rumours of them offering De Gea compensation, basically come to us on a free and we'll give you a big bonus.
Now there's rumours of De Gea signing a new deal with United, which if true would suggest Madrid would be pissed at this considering he's going to cost them the original price they never wanted to pay.
Surely if he signs a new contract there won't be a hope in hell that neither of them would want a move in the future?
He won't move now IMO
Not really, he is still desperate for that move..He wants to play for Real Madrid and they want him too..a failure to get a move this year wont deter..In signing a new contract , I'm sure he'll only sign if they are assurances from United that they will let him go if a reasonable bid comes through from Madrid( See the Suarez and Ronaldo sagas to see that this does happen).He most likely would be signing as a safety net during this period, and Madrid and Mendes would still likely still be in conversation about the move.
But signing a new contract will at least allow United to make a reasonable fee out of this.
I think I actually wouldn't mind it if he signed a new contract with you. It'd be strengthening a rival but it'd be worth it just to see Madrid get screwed over. I'm really not a fan of how the big Spanish two go about their transfers
Awful. Even the crossword has gone to the dogs.
I shall have to get my Dad's opinion on that.
Don't do that to yourself.
He's a goner, hopefully we can bring in Leno or similar class GK next year.
That is literally the opposite of the purpose of their site. As others have said, they don't create anything new but merely repost or translate news articles and give their opinion on the reliability of sources, etc. It's very useful for determining what is and what is not bullshit.
The Telegraph is just a circle jerk for tories to mutually confirm their outdated views of the world. The Sports section used to be the only saving grace, but is basically just as bad as the rest of the paper now.
He wants to move back to Spain, so what are his options?
Same paper, same day..AS and Marca are a joke.
I'm sure he'll concur. It used to be a tough one to solve but they're not using the same setters anymore. They must have moved to the Guardian because their cryptic can be quite devilish. Best clue I remember was in the Telegraph. Bar of Soap (6, 6). Took me ages to solve that.
Rover's Return?
People are annoyed at her because she's been publicly speaking about "everything will be easier when he comes to Madrid" etc, which is rather disrespectful considering that he's still a Manchester United player. He is our best player, and she is basically saying that she can't wait for him to leave us. But yeah, the worst insults are just lame and should be avoided, but you can hardly deny people to be annoyed with her.
That's the one. Tore my hair out with that clue.
It's funny, as I'm usually crap at those cryptic type crosswords, but that just came to me instantly!
The club need to do everything they can now to get DDG to sign a new contract. Can they do that? I have my doubts but who knows. I guess it all depends on what happened for the deal to fall through.
Does DDG blame us? Or Real? Who was truly to blame? My gut tells me it was Real. I think they did a u turn on the fee in the end. And if that's the case then maybe we can convince DDG to sign a new contract.
But to be honest I think even if he does sign a new contract then he will still leave next year. I think the only reason he would sign a new deal so we get what is a fair fee for him and not lose him on a free. Once everything has settled down I think we may be able to get him to sign a new deal for that reason. But who knows.
Does DDG blame us? Or Real? Who was truly to blame? My gut tells me it was Real. I think they did a u turn on the fee in the end. And if that's the case then maybe we can convince DDG to sign a new contract.
But to be honest I think even if he does sign a new contract then he will still leave next year. I think the only reason he would sign a new deal so we get what is a fair fee for him and not lose him on a free. Once everything has settled down I think we may be able to get him to sign a new deal for that reason. But who knows.
Everyone seems to agree that it was Madrid, except Madrid themselves.
I suspect he will sign a new bumper deal with the proviso that if a reasonable bid comes from Real he can go.
His wages will treble if he signs.
His wages will treble if he signs.
Yeah and it more than likely was down to them. But we don't know that for sure and we also don't know which side DDG is taking. I'm sure he's been told 2 completely different stories from both clubs.
We're not going to bother getting into back and forth tit for tat with him.
2 hours before the deadline yet we agreed terms and took 8 hours to reply...
That's a dig at Woody.
We're not going to bother getting into back and forth tit for tat with him.
2 hours before the deadline yet we agreed terms and took 8 hours to reply...
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