According to who?
He was terrible last season in the premier league and ended up getting dropped.
Let's talk 'keepers: who do we buy and why?
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He was terrible last season in the premier league and ended up getting dropped.
I like Trafford, but I think even he would be too expensive. Maybe Kovar is affordable but no one knows what his buyback clause is. Chevalier could also be cheap.
Other than that, I guess we won't sign a GK. Maignan is a pipe dream.
Other than that, I guess we won't sign a GK. Maignan is a pipe dream.
Bring back Kovar, I dont think we can afford some expensive keeper, given the situation we're in.
How good is the Porto keeper? Apparently city are interested.
Also what ever happened to that young Benfica GK that we played against with Lukaku up top, was meant to be the next big keeper
We have no chance, especially with his cost. We need to go the route of spurs and Brighton who got good keepers for good fees.
Mile Svilar? Moved to Roma in '22 & has been their goalkeeper since. How he is doing, I don’t know though.
No to young Trafford, despite the name synergy. Burnley's defensive record is insane this year which I think makes it very hard to judge him. What we can say is that he was dreadful in the PL last year.
Chevalier would be the best pick I think, but likely too expensive and we could face big club competition.
IF we're allowed to deal with Nice this year (I'm not sure where we stand on that, given we're likely to miss out on Europe?), I'd like to see us look at Marcin Bulka. Guys massive, strong shot stopper, aerial presence and is a brilliant penalty stopper. He's still young and I'm sure given he's at Nice we could work out a sensible deal.
Chevalier would be the best pick I think, but likely too expensive and we could face big club competition.
IF we're allowed to deal with Nice this year (I'm not sure where we stand on that, given we're likely to miss out on Europe?), I'd like to see us look at Marcin Bulka. Guys massive, strong shot stopper, aerial presence and is a brilliant penalty stopper. He's still young and I'm sure given he's at Nice we could work out a sensible deal.
Kebel, the Dortmund keeper. We were linked with him before. I reckon he could do the job for us. Signing the experienced one is probably better for a keeper.
According to transfermarkt the biggest name goalkeeper whose contract expires this summer is a bloke called Alex Meret at Napoli. So given my desire not to spend money on a goalkeeper I believe the answer to all our problems would be Napoli's Alex Meret.
He's been great this season. Aye, it's the Championship but he's still very young and you can see the potential.
Vanja Milinković-Savić. Two meters tall and a penalty saving terminator. If only his work permit had come through 10 years ago...
Whoever it is I think that we shouldn't be spending a lot of money on a goalkeeper... because ultimately you don't really need to spend a lot of money to get a solid, basic goalkeeper.
Whilst the market inflated, the prices of goalkeepers is still relatively low - the 20th most expensive goalkeeper at all time cost under £20m. The 20th most expensive defender of all time by comparison is double that amount.
Whilst the market inflated, the prices of goalkeepers is still relatively low - the 20th most expensive goalkeeper at all time cost under £20m. The 20th most expensive defender of all time by comparison is double that amount.
This. Someone who controls his area properly
Mycael from Paranaense is meant to be the next top keeper coming out of Brazil. At 20, he’s incredibly young though. The pressure could be too great given our circumstances.
He's only 22 now, so he was very young for a premiership keeper, not that I'm advocating buying him, but I would say that he is a far better keeper now, rather than last season.
Trafford is an interesting one. He did struggle last season, but most goalkeepers aren't ready for the top level at 20.
The one I would go for is Kelleher at Liverpool. He's only got a year left on his contract and it's clear that he's not staying as they have signed Mamardashvili.
He'd be available for around £20 million, He's great on the ball, good with both feet and does all the basic things well.
The one I would go for is Kelleher at Liverpool. He's only got a year left on his contract and it's clear that he's not staying as they have signed Mamardashvili.
He'd be available for around £20 million, He's great on the ball, good with both feet and does all the basic things well.
Kelleher would be a solid option, but not sure Liverpool would sell to us, even with just a year left on his deal.
Carnesecchi (Atalanta) is also coming into the final year of his deal and is a good sweeper-style keeper.
Joan García looks good (Arsenal, City, Barca all apparently interested) but would probably be expensive.
Difficult to look past Alex Meret in the bargain stakes as he's going for free this summer.
This 100% mate as we’ve heard so many times over the years of the scouts suggesting specific players and the managers or directors going with their own choices, there’s zero doubt about Onana being an ETH decision.
Someone experienced, steady and reliable. No idea who that is.
Haven't watched much of atletico lately but how is oblak doing?
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I think he'd be a smart choice as well. Has that United connection which might help, and having a very good season with Torino; though I'm not sure how good he is playing out from the back?
That Heinze debacle ended any even remote possibility that Liverpool & United would ever do a transfer deal directly.
Fraser Forster incoming
De Gea, Courtois and Cech were claiming their first league title at 22.
He couldn’t handle the pressure of being Burnley’s number 1 in the premier league, and being Man United number 1 is 1000 times harder with the pressure.
Sell Onana and go and get Kovar back. We should not spend more than £20m-£25m on any goalkeeper when we have so many more critical holes to plug. We should barely ever hear from our goalkeepers. They're supposed to be so good that they're boring. There's probably keepers in League 2 better than Onana.
Who’s better Rested or Chevalier. The first one seems so young.
Please just get a proper one who is tall enough and can save things, like Edwin van der Sar.
Stop trying to be too clever, because it doesn't work for us. These hipster showboat goalkeepers can get to feck
Stop trying to be too clever, because it doesn't work for us. These hipster showboat goalkeepers can get to feck
De Gea was dropped for Lindegaard his 1st season
Linked to Joan García from Espanyol. I'm guessing not the best source though.
How's De Gea doing nowadays? I'd honestly take him back.
Proven ability to concede goals.
i don’t think the playing out from the back matters. Onana was suppose to be amazing with his feet, yet he looks shit. He passes 5 yards to the centre half, who passes it 10 to the fullback who passes it back to the centre back who either (a) hoofs it or (b) passes to the keeper who hoofs it. I hate this team.
I meant according to United since they don't have to look to far from home. While he was poor at times he was very young and has been superb for Burnley since.
If it was up to me I'd just go get Savic from Torino.
What’s that, 6’ 6”? 6’ 7”?
Have you considered Meslier....please?
He's 202cm (6' 7½")
We will consider whoever you are planning to replace him with (who is that, do you think?)
I know how this works mate it's the same as the TV licencing people - you're not allowed to sell us Meslier if we don't invite you in.
Should have bought Diogo Costa first time around
I'm amazed Onana still has people defending him tbh
I'd sooner go for an older head who is fairly dependable if not spectacular than take another gamble on someone like James Trafford.
I'm not denying he could be a very solid keeper in a few years but last season he was in the Prem he was really shaky at Burnley, suggesting he was probably put in a bit too soon (Again, no shame in that - 20 years old is considerably younger than most keepers start out in the Prem). With that said, I don't see the value in replacing Onana with another keeper who can be very good on their day but doesn't yet bring consistency.
A further point I'd make is that I don't think we should be forking out a load of money for a keeper. I do think at the very least we need to bring in someone to really light a fire under Onana's ass if we do decide to keep him; Bayindir had a great match against Arsenal in the cup but has generally been a mixed bag when he's played. With that said, I think you could bring in a keeper who will do the job for a fairly good price whilst much needed improvements are made to the rest of the team.
A suggestion I'll offer up is PSV's Walter Benitez. He's regarded by PSV (and previously Nice) fans as a solid keeper, at 32 he's an experienced head which I don't think is any bad thing given our young squad, as I've just mentioned he'll be familiar to our owners given that he previously played for Nice, and perhaps most pertinently he's out of contract in the summer.
I'm not denying he could be a very solid keeper in a few years but last season he was in the Prem he was really shaky at Burnley, suggesting he was probably put in a bit too soon (Again, no shame in that - 20 years old is considerably younger than most keepers start out in the Prem). With that said, I don't see the value in replacing Onana with another keeper who can be very good on their day but doesn't yet bring consistency.
A further point I'd make is that I don't think we should be forking out a load of money for a keeper. I do think at the very least we need to bring in someone to really light a fire under Onana's ass if we do decide to keep him; Bayindir had a great match against Arsenal in the cup but has generally been a mixed bag when he's played. With that said, I think you could bring in a keeper who will do the job for a fairly good price whilst much needed improvements are made to the rest of the team.
A suggestion I'll offer up is PSV's Walter Benitez. He's regarded by PSV (and previously Nice) fans as a solid keeper, at 32 he's an experienced head which I don't think is any bad thing given our young squad, as I've just mentioned he'll be familiar to our owners given that he previously played for Nice, and perhaps most pertinently he's out of contract in the summer.
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