Yeah and we definitely need that
Diogo Costa Porto keeper
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Yeah and we definitely need that
I think that's right. If he is coming, he wouldn't be coming to be undisputed #1, though, but rather to compete with De Gea for the position. I don't think there are many great options out there for us, so it is likely to be a younger goalkeeper that comes in - someone who isn't the finished article yet, but has the talent to potentially take the top spot from De Gea during the course of next season.
Costa would seem to be a good fit. I also like Kobel, who I believe we've been linked with, but is unlikely to move. Vanja Milinković-Savić has also developed into a very good keeper.
I do think it’s possible the club are being incredibly risk averse- or potentially very sensible depending on how you look at it - in renewing de Gea and going for Costa as well.
Costa is a young keeper from a foreign league. Let’s say he comes in and drops absolute clangers in his first 5 games. We’re not going to start Tom Heaton, so it stands to reason we’d need genuine competition to come in and take him out of the firing line. De Gea himself had a shaky start, I bet Fergie was relieved he had Lindegaard as backup instead of a 40 year old who never plays.
Whether or not renewing De Gea for 3 years on big money when you could sign a cheaper backup to do that job, that’s another story. But I sort of see the logic.
Can't help but wonder how many players we have missed out on due to the slow way in which we now operate, I remember us signing Cantona, and even Ronaldo like in an instant, the way we operate now we would probably have missed out of both.... I do like the idea of a fact machine though
Fergie had more power I guess. He told Ronaldo the plane wasn’t leaving Lisbon without him
Even if they are halved he still be one of the best paid keepers in Europe despite the fact no other top club would touch him with a barge pole.
It’s the sort of stupid shit we do
Rewarding mediocrity. It’s the United way!
Yeah showing a proper lack of ambition
Thinking about Finalising a proposal was the scoop apparently
Probably Something to do with our debt and assets on the books I’ll bet.
Wouldn’t be surprised if his renewal is dependent on ownership.
Yes please
I’ve eased out after finding that Portuguese fans/league fans don’t rate him that highly.
Get it done. Would love a keeper actually being able to initiate moves and help us beat a press’s
Can someone tell me his strengths and weaknesses, but not so heavy on the weaknesses
Strengths - distribution. Weakness - more of less untested at a decent level, maybe a world cup where he was poor
As an arsenal fan, I hope united gets him, he's not better than de gea.
He is in the build up and at penalties. Hard to say anything else for certain, but we must think he's got the potential to be all round better
I'm looking forward to Ramsdale's fall from grace next season. He seemed to get a lot of unearned love this year.
He is better suited for what Ten Hag is trying to do. He’s not a better keeper I agree. He also won’t save us as many points as Dave but we might be a better team for it.
He's far better than De Gea at distribution, on the level of Ederson and Onana, in that regard.
He is also much better at sweeping and claiming crosses, which would help stop us receiving as many shots on goal.
His shot stopping is great for the league he is in, but untested at the top level, though he does save a fair few penalties.
Like any keeper Costa does have the occasional brain fart in him, though his build up and sweeping makes up for it in my opinion.
Even Neuer has been made to look like a mug a few times, it's the nature of the position, and being proactive rather than reactive.
He is also much better at sweeping and claiming crosses, which would help stop us receiving as many shots on goal.
His shot stopping is great for the league he is in, but untested at the top level, though he does save a fair few penalties.
Like any keeper Costa does have the occasional brain fart in him, though his build up and sweeping makes up for it in my opinion.
Even Neuer has been made to look like a mug a few times, it's the nature of the position, and being proactive rather than reactive.
I know he is good at passing but how good is he actually with his feet? Is he comfortable dribbling?
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Are you speaking as a Lisbon fan judging a Porto player?
I'm an Académica supporter, I hate all the big 3 in equal measure
He has the potential, for sure, but I don't think he'll make much difference in the immediate.
He did some mistakes but overall he was pretty good. I wouldn't swap him for Costa.
Yeah maybe, it will be interesting to see how he adapts. I guess it's just for a team like you united you kinda expect a keeper who you think "boy this guy will win them an extra 7-8 points a season" and it doesn't feel like that kind of transfer. But being Portugal's goalie I'm certainly curious to see how it goes.
ojogo.. sure..
We are signing Gaitan and Veloso as well
We are signing Gaitan and Veloso as well
I know he was good this year but that feels like an outlier to me. I don’t think he’s going to be consistently a top goalkeeper. But who knows.
He seems very highly rated on t'internet but he just has a slight look of rabbit in the headlights about him which puts me off.
Disclaimer - I haven't seen the guy play much, so am showcasing the absolute worst case of football fan ignorance here...
Disclaimer - I haven't seen the guy play much, so am showcasing the absolute worst case of football fan ignorance here...
I think he has the higher ceiling but Onana is more proven at the highest level. Right now, there isn't really much difference in quality between them.
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They are.
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