I second this motion, although he is not the tallest for a keeper Bazuna has been superb for Ireland and really does help with playing out from the back.
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ten Hag may want to move De Gea on, but his crazy wages will deter any potential buyers.
Luckily for us he onle has one year left, the smartest call would be not to extend his contract and let Ten Hag decide if he wants to keep him or not. But we all know we'll give him a 4+1 year contract that will tie our hands for any potential move.
I remember when Brahim Diaz went to Real Madrid, Man City inserted some weird clause in the deal that if he ever moved to a club in Manchester, Madrid would have to give them the majority of any transfer fee.
Going off of that, I can't see City selling anybody directly to us, no matter how far behind we fall.
Maybe in a few years we can Sancho him, weird clauses permitting.
We may end up keeping him and running his contract out.
Heaton imo is a better all round keeper.
The pre season will be interesting.
Got to be joking, De Gea is not good with distribution and stays rooted to his line way too much, but saying Heaton is better is non sense. He definitely need to improve on De Gea if we're going to implement Ten Hag Ajax's playing style (which I hope so) but Heaton wont have a chance to overtake De Gea's spot being honest.
Ya City aren’t going to sell one of their most promising youngsters I’m afraid
He started the season on fire, then had a big dip and then did okay for Valencia again
Young at 21 and large keeper at 6'5, obvious potential
Not entirely sure what the moaning is about. Henderson is leaving. We could bring in a free transfer but we most certainly need a new starting GK in the next two years - if this kid is a top prospect then for that fee it sounds like a great deal. Obviously if he’s shit then it isn’t 
Not entirely sure what the moaning is about. Henderson is leaving. We could bring in a free transfer but we most certainly need a new starting GK in the next two years - if this kid is a top prospect then for that fee it sounds like a great deal. Obviously if he’s shit then it isn’t
Only 6'6 isn't he?
Too short
Georgia the country
Him or Johnstone will be fine as our new number 2.
imagine him at the back of tiny timber.
At least he knows how to save a penality
"Isn't particularly good with his feet, or participating in the build-up."
What heck is going on? Why would ETH ask for a keeper who doesn't fit his style?
What heck is going on? Why would ETH ask for a keeper who doesn't fit his style?
Looking at that vid, I noticed a few saves wherein he allowed a rebound or follow-up and the video stops before the ball is cleared or he stops another shot. Gotta figure that resulted in a goal, no?
In any case, no budget to pay for an incoming GK as a #2
Still young and still huge. Tough season for him with Valencia doing so poorly but I guess they havent conceded a lot of goals considering their position. 10th most goals in the league conceded but 17th position.
I've never seen him play but according to the article below, he's aerially dominant (6'6), has fantastic reflexes and is steadily improving upon his distribution. And at 22 years of age, their conclusion is that he has the potential to be among the best keepers in Europe. And with Valencia facing a battle to beat relegation, along with the club also facing financial difficulties, it does seem like a summer departure is on the cards.
https://footballtalentscout.net/202...ng-to-keep-valencia-in-la-liga-by-shay-hicks/
I've seen him have really good games where he made some good saves and could be special, and then other times when he just looks like the standard goalkeeper making the saves you would expect to make - but still huge and only 22.
He’s really average/poor with the ball at his feet so can not imagine why ETH would want him! Great shot stopper though and very dominant aerially
Totally agree. Even in that video of the Betis game you can see his long ball kicking was unreliable. He's young so has lots of potential, but there's many other keepers with far better distribution than him (e.g. Maignan, Rajkovic, Martinez, Ramiro, Simon.....). Whether any of them will be available in the summer is another matter.
Yeah can only see Maignan being a realistic possibility if the ownership is sorted
Had a very good 2nd half against Madrid with 2 or 3 good stops to keep Valencia ahead allowing them to take 3 points
Been seemingly nailed on for Liverpool for a few weeks but then there's this
Mullock has links with ETH's agency so I wouldn't be quick to dismiss this one, especially if we end up having a few outgoings this week.
Was easily the keeper of the Euros
Mullock has links with ETH's agency so I wouldn't be quick to dismiss this one, especially if we end up having a few outgoings this week.
Was easily the keeper of the Euros
Gosh that’s such a random link. He’ll be on loan as well if he somehow signs for us? Or replaces Altay’s spot on the bench?
I don’t think he’ll be moving to a new club to just be a number two?
Imagine they get rejected by a keeper as well? Icing on top of the cake
I have only seen the odd clip of him but surely he cake-walks into the starting role? Ya know, considering that we currently have the worst keeper in the league.
Liked what little I saw of him at the Euros, and I’m still far from convinced about Onana. Would be happy to see us roll the dice on the keeper position and would be disappointed to see him join the scousers.
He would bench Onana in no time.
Dunno why Chelsea don't buy him.
Doesn’t reflect well on ETH if the GK he pushed hard for and signed with a huge fee just last year lost his starting spot. Regardless of what we supporters think or feel.
I think he wants regular football and no way he agrees to playing second fiddle. I was surprised by the link with Liverpool as Alisson is arguably the best keeper in the league, if we go for him I’m surprised too because we have other priorities, but he’d surely prefer to compete for a starting spot with Onana than with Alisson, so it’s an easy call for him