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De Gea Contract Situation
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It could happen, but wouldn't it really annoy Madrid? He could turn a £15-20m fee into closer to £30-40m.
We'll he's currently a Man Utd player so we can do what we want,too bad if Madrid dont like it 
That Mirror article is written by Adrian Kajumba. I'm sure he has the inside track on this.
But we wouldn't have to pay him the signature bonus fee. It would only be bad for de Gea's pockets. Unless you offer him a monster contract of course.
Where are people getting these figures from? If DDG doesn't break the world record fee for a goalkeeper if/when he moves on then whoever was responsible needs to get the axe.
Could anyone see Chelsea selling Courtois or Bayern selling Neuer for less than £35million?
Could anyone see Chelsea selling Courtois or Bayern selling Neuer for less than £35million?
They don't have 1 year on their contract left.
For less than 35 million we shouldn't sell him but let him stay for the rest of his contract. He's worth it.
I'm still positive he'll stay. His family is happy, the fans love him, 2nd year in a row player of the year, he can probably sign a huge contract, he's still young and can move on later if he wishes and I haven't heard of any facts about him leaving. Untill I do hear some trusted sources saying he's off, I'm staying positive.
This "he will sign a new contract so that we can get more money" is the dumbest thing I ever heard. Why does DDG care how much money we get? The extra money Real or whoever will have to pay us would go to him and his agent if he doesn't sign a new contract.
The situation is pretty straight forward, if he signs a new contract he will stay, if not he will leave. There is zero chance he will sign a new contract and we will sell him in the foreseeable future.
Also Mitten knows feck all when it comes to transfers.
The situation is pretty straight forward, if he signs a new contract he will stay, if not he will leave. There is zero chance he will sign a new contract and we will sell him in the foreseeable future.
Also Mitten knows feck all when it comes to transfers.
He's got one year left on his contract. He can just sit on it until it runs out. No team in the world would bid a record fee for a goalkeeper with one year left on his contract no matter how good he is.
Is it just me or is it really sad that despite commercially being among top 2 clubs in terms of revenue in world football, Madrid can cherry pick our best players, and we cant do anything about it
I mean you would never see Neuer going to Madrid, or just basically best player at the club going to one of the other big clubs
Then again these transfer rumours are all waffle, someone starts rumour, and then all Twitter "journos" start posting rubbish
Its how they keep their jobs, make shit up, so you can get enough clicks on your made up story
I mean you would never see Neuer going to Madrid, or just basically best player at the club going to one of the other big clubs
Then again these transfer rumours are all waffle, someone starts rumour, and then all Twitter "journos" start posting rubbish
Its how they keep their jobs, make shit up, so you can get enough clicks on your made up story
Real Madrid desperately need a new goalkeeper this summer. If they don't bid a record fee then what's the point in selling him? United don't need the money from the deal to strengthen other areas of the team.
I just have a feeling that with Madrid in such a bad way in the keeper department they might end up really pushing the boat out to sign him. I don't think you can say that Bale or Rodriguez were worth the money that Madrid paid for them. They just really wanted the players and didn't mind that they were overpaying for them.
I said it before and I'll say it again. If Real Madrid take De Gea then we are Real Madrids bitch club simple as that. The only exception to this is if we somehow get Bale or Ronaldo or Modric in some part exchange deal, but with 12 months left on his deal, that ain't going to happen is it?
De Gea's girlfriend: 'I've never said that I hate Manchester'
Neuer wasn't born and raised in Madrid, spending the first two decades of his life there, having a girlfriend for the past five(?) years who was also born and raised in Madrid, a lifetime supporter of Real and her whole career is in Spain and little to no chance of her moving here.
It might be different in Spain but isn't this the equivalent of being brought up in Manchester as a fan of - and playing for - the United youth team, then moving clubs to Dortmund (for argument's sake), but dreaming of one day signing for Manchester City?
"wonderful corners"
Neuer cost Bayern £18m. And that was only because he was in the last year of his contract otherwise he would have broken the transfer for goalkeepers.
I expect something like £25m for De Gea.
That's a beautiful corner
Why did he stop taking our corners?
We don't though! Why do people keep saying that?
Why don't you use Keylor Navas? I struggle to understand why.
Also, do you think you'll get De Gea?
No idea if we'll get him mate. I'm happy enough with Keylor as first keeper next year and Iker as backup. We don't need a new goalie at all.
He'll sign a contract and then leave next season.
Would be so gutted too, we really do have who I believe will be one of the two best keepers in the world over the next 5+ years.
Curtois being the other. De Gea in my opinion has been miles better this season however, probably due to our defence being shoddy at times though!
Would be so gutted too, we really do have who I believe will be one of the two best keepers in the world over the next 5+ years.
Curtois being the other. De Gea in my opinion has been miles better this season however, probably due to our defence being shoddy at times though!
It's the one position in your team that stands out as being weak.
Navas won't be your first keeper though, he's not recognized enough for that. I'd be happy if you gave us Navas and €20m if you were to buy De Gea, there isn't that much between them and I'm quite resigned to losing De Gea anyway.
She's very, very pretty!
Has anyone ever called him 'De Donut'?
Journalists in making stuff up shocker!
They've seen into the future, watched the clasico on Sunday night, and know that Casillas was too scared to go back to Madrid after the match.
There is. De Gea is on top 2 - top 3 best keepers, Navas isn't even in top 10.
He had a very good season last year and a very good world cup, but I don't think that he is, nor will ever be near De Gea's level. He's also more than 4 years older. And very short for a keeper in EPL which has quite a lot more crosses than La Liga.
Based on his form for Levante and Costa Rica he's thereabouts. He's very good and the drop in quality will not be that great, of course De Gea is better than him this season but there wasn't much between them last year and before that. We're going to lose De Gea one way or another and it'd be better to replace him with a capable goalkeeper we could get in exchange than be left with no first choice and looking for replacements elsewhere IMO.
I get that it's a bit worrying that he hasn't signed yet, but some saying that they're 'resigned' to letting him go despite little to no reliable sources in the media reporting anything has me baffled. Madrid fans from what I've read aren't even sure they need a new keeper either.
With a better defense we can have a very good keeper, not wc, but very good will do.
Saying all that do Madrid even need a new keeper. Maybe its media writing bollocks again.
Saying all that do Madrid even need a new keeper. Maybe its media writing bollocks again.
Even if he is - which I don't agree - I think there is a big drop on quality from top 3 keepers to the other keepers in top 10.
I would probably be ok with a Navas + money swap for De Gea (only if De Gea wants to leave), although his height (6 foot) might be a problem for EPL.
Well, we're not really going to get another top 3 keeper seeing as we'd just be selling one and the other two are at one of the three best teams in Europe and our main league rivals? You could say that we'd be better off with Lloris but between spending extra money on Lloris (he'd cost much more than we'd receive for De Gea) and getting Navas who's not necessarily worse than him I know which I'd pick. Unless there's a standout goalkeeper with potential to become one of the best in the world I think Navas would be the best option.
I think that Lloris is comfortably better than Navas. If we really sell De Gea, we should insist on a deal with Madrid which says that we sell De Gea for that amount of money we can get Lloris (similar to Torres-Carroll transfer). Failing that, keep De Gea for an another season and then go all in for Lloris. Or just go now for him 30-40m and sell De Gea for whatever Real pays (20m+).
I think that a great keeper, who won't have problems to adapt to the league is very important. Cech could be another good solution, but I don't think that he has been that great since his injury (though is very reliable).
It's getting more and more worrying and my faith is disappearing.
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