Yes. For what is more cash to a cash machine? I want somebody's flesh.
If Real offered us Bale in a straight swap for De Gea would you take it ?
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It would be kind of an underwhelming deal for both parts, specially for Real Madrid. First of all De Gea wouldn't be that much of an upgrade for Navas and we would be losing Bale and he has been great for us when he has been fit, despite his injuries he has already scored his fair share of vital goals so we would be losing depth and a important player for us upfront.
Alexis was a cast-off too and proved to be a brilliant signing by Arsenal. Some great players just don't work at certain leagues/clubs for various reasons.
Bale doesn't fit that description to be fair, he has done fine at Real.
If the doctors say yes, then I would. I love De Gea, but this front 6 would be pretty dominant:
Mkhitaryan-Griezmann-Bale
---Pogba---Herrera----CM--
as long as we signed any decent CM or DM (with Herrera on the right of the 3).
Mkhitaryan-Griezmann-Bale
---Pogba---Herrera----CM--
as long as we signed any decent CM or DM (with Herrera on the right of the 3).
Ozil, Robben and Sneijder have done fine. Fabregas ain't done too badly with two league medals.
It depends on the player and manager. People seem to have it in their head that every player we buy from Real or Barca is going to be like Di Maria. That was a mixture of shit management and awful attitude by the player. Di Maria probably would have done better under Jose.
Bale train has left. Rather sign Kane than Bale.
If he stayed away from injuries then I'll take him any day and will transform our team immediately. If he's going to join Jones at our hospital then .. Uh.. No.
Not for me. I think it would end up being much like City's Gundogan experience; a player who is exactly the right fit for us but only ends up playing half the season. I'm a big fan of Bale's qualities, but banking on injury prone players can cripple a season.
Yeah he is injury prone but have said before, think he needs a break and a good recovery period and not rushed back into things like they are doing now for the final...
No, way too injury prone. But i wonder if we could tempt Spurs into taking him back plus 30 to 40 gbp in exchange for selling us dele alli or Harry kane. It would probably be acceptable to their fans. The money would help fund their stadium where they probably need to raise 400 to 500 more as things stand.
If DDG wanted to leave, then yea, I'd take the swap. If he doesn't want to leave, then no. I would love Bale here but his injury record is a serious concern.
Not in a million years. Thanks though.
If De Gea wanted to go and our choices were cash or Bale, I'd take Bale in an instant.
Not worried at all about getting maximum effort from him. Plenty of good players have been forced out of Madrid or Barcelona and done well at their new clubs. Di Maria who I think a lot of people are basing their judgment on is an exception rather than the rule.
Also this injury prone label he's now been saddled with I think is unfair. This season for example he was rushed back early before he was fit and got injured again.
Not worried at all about getting maximum effort from him. Plenty of good players have been forced out of Madrid or Barcelona and done well at their new clubs. Di Maria who I think a lot of people are basing their judgment on is an exception rather than the rule.
Also this injury prone label he's now been saddled with I think is unfair. This season for example he was rushed back early before he was fit and got injured again.
Do straight even happen in football ? No I wouldn't take it
I never got excited with Ronaldo return stories as I know full well how unrealistic it is, but boy if there ever was a time he would be priceless this is it.
NO
The decision would depend on him, if it were up to me. If De Gea wanted to leave, I'd take Bale in an instant. But if he was happy to stay, I don't think I'd feel comfortable forcing out someone who has performed remarkably for us all these years and who doesn't want to leave the club.
DDG's intention to leave MU aside.
From the market price perspective, Bale may worth more than DDG.
Relatively, Defender/Goalkeeper has been underrated compared to Attacker/Striker. Its human nature. "Goal is more exciting, more important......"
Just a simple and extreme scenario/analogy here. In CL final......
A superb save by goalkeeper = A superb strike by striker
You get what I mean......
To me, performance wise, the decision is a close call.
Due to,
1. "Relative age": DDG has a lot more years ahead of him as a goalkeeper
2. Bale's injury
As much as I like Bale, my ans is No.
However, if DDG doesn't want to stay with us, the answer is a simple Yes.
From the market price perspective, Bale may worth more than DDG.
Relatively, Defender/Goalkeeper has been underrated compared to Attacker/Striker. Its human nature. "Goal is more exciting, more important......"
Just a simple and extreme scenario/analogy here. In CL final......
A superb save by goalkeeper = A superb strike by striker
You get what I mean......
To me, performance wise, the decision is a close call.
Due to,
1. "Relative age": DDG has a lot more years ahead of him as a goalkeeper
2. Bale's injury
As much as I like Bale, my ans is No.
However, if DDG doesn't want to stay with us, the answer is a simple Yes.
No chance in hell.
If he had the injury record of Evra or Valencia, yes would be the answer. But, Bale is a crock, is not decisive over the course of an entire season, is old and picked Madrid over us. Sorry, but the ship has sailed
It's a no brainer either ways.
The Bale who used to be fit for De Gea? feck Yeah.
The Bale who's always injured? feck No.
The Bale who used to be fit for De Gea? feck Yeah.
The Bale who's always injured? feck No.
The last two seasons have been bad for Bale. He missed 15 games in 2015/16 and 29 games in 2016/17 due to injury. But before that, the highest he had missed was 5 games in a season. So it's not like he's always been a crock. I would take the risk simply because De Gea > Romero but Bale >>> Mkhi/Mata when fit. Our defense has also been very good thus season so De Gea doesn't need to make miracle saves each and every game. The only one who'll be really worried would be Martial. He'll lose his jersey number two years in a row.
An emphatic No.
Injury prone for a little while now and would cost a lot = not good business on and off the field.
Injury prone for a little while now and would cost a lot = not good business on and off the field.
David De Geas best season isn't enough to win is a title. It's been proven. You don't need De Gea to win the league, you do however need a Ronaldo, Bale, Hazzard, Mahrez type of player to win a league. You can carry an average keeper with a world class attacker, a world class keeper can only keep it 0-0
That's also true, however Bale is too injury prone and that will not improve as he gets older. You can't win anything with an injury prone player.
Regardless. De Gea simply cannot carry a team to a title. He has proved that. Keepers are simply less important then attackers.
Bale seems to be injured every other week so no.
only if de gea wanted to go and bale wasn't a crock, then yes.
only if de gea wanted to go and bale wasn't a crock, then yes.
You're missing the point completely. I'm not saying attackers are not more important - I'm saying this attacker (Bale) which the thread is about, is not in that category given his injury prone body. .
Would swap him for Morata plus 20mil. No Bale though.
Di Maria has 19 goals and 35 assists in 70 league stars and 15 sub appearances since leaving Madrid. He's done well, Van Gaal was just sort of insane. If he was still with the club I think he'd have thrived again under Mourinho.
This is similar to Pogba or Griezman: There are only few Players of such calibre and when there is any Chance to get him the answer clearly is yes.
There is a risk of course but imagine us fielding Bale, Pogba and Griezman. Suddenly we would have 3 players of the world`s absolute top elite again.
There is a risk of course but imagine us fielding Bale, Pogba and Griezman. Suddenly we would have 3 players of the world`s absolute top elite again.
Yes
An Injury prone bale and Romero is better then a single De Gea. I didn't miss your pony
IF we have to sell DDG, I would prefer a player in return but I'm not sure i'd want Bale. World class when fully fit but the injuries make him unreliable.
Given that DDG is more or less off anyway - yes.
In a heartbeat. De Gea can be replaced with little to no effect on our performance on the pitch, Romero has proven this on numerous occasions this season.
A front 3 consisting of Bale - Griezemann - Miki (on form) would be right up there with the best attacks in world football. His injury record is a concern no doubt but when you consider the potential of that forward line, surely it would be a risk worth taking and I'm confident that Jose would feel the same. It's a no brainer to me.
A front 3 consisting of Bale - Griezemann - Miki (on form) would be right up there with the best attacks in world football. His injury record is a concern no doubt but when you consider the potential of that forward line, surely it would be a risk worth taking and I'm confident that Jose would feel the same. It's a no brainer to me.
No. Feck Bale. He chose RM over us back then. In any case, he seems a bit injury prone these days.
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