Not in CL squad. Seems like a change of DP didn't help much apart from saving him from our yearly sale.
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If he had not pulled a similar stunt before under LVG, I would feel pity for him..but he doesnt deserve it..He wont play for us again and will probably be released.
Dont understand why we didn't move him along this summer when LVG said back in the second week of July he had problems with Valdes.
Bloody hell, LVG show some mercy to the lad. He clearly wants to be here.
We tried. Hardly any takers.
Ridiculous situation, none of us know what's going on but Valdes clearly wants to be here. Should've moved him on if we're not playing him.
And have 4 goalies in the CL squad? Somebody has to miss out, might as well be the guy who is already out of favour.
We tried, but Besiktas tried to pull a fast one at the last minute, as I understand it.
Bottleless gits. I feel sorry for Valdes as he's fit again but not playing, and it must be extremely demoralising for a player of his calibre to be playing in the U21's. Louis needs to understand that. There's a difference between bad attitude and not wanting to play in front of 2k people on a Wednesday night.
We've certainly screwed up, ending up with all these goalies. But given what we've got, somebody has to miss out. I'm glad it's not Johnstone, it's obviously not going to be DDG, and neither would it be Romero, who we just signed and has played every match so far. So sadly that means it's VV.
Lindegard must be glad to have got out!
He is a pro and should do what the feck he is told.
That's ridiculous. The idea of playing in the U21s is to get him some match experience after being out of the game for almost a year. Unless LVG did it purposely to toy with him which I very much doubt so, his focus should be on getting match time even if it's reserves matches rather than how many people are watching him.
Quite like Valdes for some reason. Maybe because he's apparently the sort of person who's capable of falling out with LVG before then repairing the relationship. That's a sort of mark of character I guess?
In this case he's in the wrong though (assuming he was being treated the same way any other players would be). The only exception would be if LVG had made promises to bring him here that didn't end up being kept, in which case he'd be right to be pissed off. I don't think that's what happened though.
Still, I can understand why Valdes was disgruntled. He was probably desperate to play after recovering from that injury and is used to the highest level, so it must have been frustrating to be stuck on the fringes. Especially when he seems like a fairly temperamental guy anyway.
I think the real problem for him now is Romero, who probably wouldn't have been signed if LVG wasn't planning to ship Valdes out. He's already been replaced...
In this case he's in the wrong though (assuming he was being treated the same way any other players would be). The only exception would be if LVG had made promises to bring him here that didn't end up being kept, in which case he'd be right to be pissed off. I don't think that's what happened though.
Still, I can understand why Valdes was disgruntled. He was probably desperate to play after recovering from that injury and is used to the highest level, so it must have been frustrating to be stuck on the fringes. Especially when he seems like a fairly temperamental guy anyway.
I think the real problem for him now is Romero, who probably wouldn't have been signed if LVG wasn't planning to ship Valdes out. He's already been replaced...
Feels really weird that he's still here considering how certain it appeared that he'd go. We've got the guy who was the goalkeeper for one of the greatest club sides of all-time just a few years back, and he's probably our 3rd choice. Strange.
Surely playing the U21 gives him something to do which is better than training with the keepers coach? But we can also understand that although he's being paid to train and to play in some non important games which means there is no pressure whatsoever, having played at top level and is only 33, it must be boring not to have anything exciting happening and to get involved with at work. I in some way feel sorry for players like that.
I wouldn't be surprised if he came to us (to nurse his injury and eventually signed with us) having some promise or hope that he will be doing great thing seeing that DDG would be gone soon. Keepers' life on the fringe sounds kinda sad if you ask me (not their wage packet for sure but still)
It's Victor Valdes though. He's won the world cup and the champions league. He won't want to be regularly playing for the U21's. Obviously, playing for them a few times to get up to speed and get playing time is perfectly fine - but a keeper like him should be playing at a much higher level.
Then why sign for us knowing he was always going to be 2nd choice and get little or no games?
He would be happy being the second choice keeper.
Seems he will be frozen out completely till January.
Basically on the open market since before the preseason tour. Had two deals to Turkey fall apart over personal terms. Rumoured interest from Spain and Italy never materialized. He and his agent screwed up what should have been an easy transfer out.
So he would be happy never playing but taking a paycheck.
Victor Valdes is still just another player that needs match time to get conditioned back into the game. Unless you consider Victor Valdes to be superior than Manchester United so much so that we can risk match results just for his sake? LVG didn't sign him for the reserves, he had him play in the reserve matches for a very necessary purpose. Something that even Fergie had his players do in the past when coming back from a long layoff.
Plenty of other players played for the U21s that season, Van Persie was almost a regular for them, no complaint, Falcao too.
Are we allowed to release or terminate his contract? As a free agent, he should be able to sign for anybody. No point keeping a player that the manager clearly doesn't like to have around.
To do that, you'd have to pay him the remaining wages as a lump sum, or agree a lower fee with the player.
This is why Adebayor wouldn't leave Spurs, he wouldn't accept less than the full 5m owed to him to terminate his contract.
This quite make sense. But the fact that he is still here baffles me. Why would LVG keep him on his books even when there are no sellers for him and he is never going to use him
There was a second factor; that his pastor in N.London told him only to move to the Midlands if he got a sign from God – funnily enough no sign came and Adebayor is still giving half his wages to the church in N.London God moves in mysterious ways!
I forgot about that! Praise be!
He looks a little... depressed? Breakup/makeup. Lurking in the stands like he wasn't really invited, clothes disheveled, shouting nonsense. Maybe everything isn't right.
Grass not always greener, should've never left but we have a shite board
I find this whole situation as funny as DDGs. The club don't even acknowledge he is on their books (but pay him anyway). He tries to get a move elsewhere but no one is really interested. LVG moves his locker to the U-21/ reserves team dressing room. He decides to show up at matches wearing plain clothes (instead of the club suit). He finds someone who'll take him, but they seem to change their mind at the last minute. He changes his facebook page to appease the Man Utd fans.
What's happening here? Does he think the fans will help him win the battle he is fighting with LVG? Shouldn't he just apologize to LVG and get on with it?
What's happening here? Does he think the fans will help him win the battle he is fighting with LVG? Shouldn't he just apologize to LVG and get on with it?
If he was happy being second choice then he was only going to get match practice in the U21's and reserves
Was it really the board's fault?
From the outside it looked like he just wanted a big payday at Monaco (wasn't he meant to pick up a huge signing on fee plus massive wages?), despite the fact that he was having an excellent season and seemed wanted and loved at Barcelona. I couldn't see any reason for him to leave, other than money?
I think it's only normal some cantera players ponder the possibility of experiencing something new/different and Victor is certainly someone who isn't afraid to go it alone. But the board, in particular, with how they fired his keeper coach and the team's long time physio impacted many veterans in the squad. Plus, the way the board handled the renewal talks was unbefitting a club that prides itself on the treatment of 'one of their own' - of course, this is now par for the course with this board
Let's face it, were it not for pleading from Lucho, Xavi would've left last season as well and there were tense moments with both Iniesta & Leo's renewals too. The board has set its agenda from the outset to dismantle everything from Laporta's reign and make it their own which includes the erosion of La Masia nevermind the FIFA ban & impending lawsuits
Interesting stuff.
Are we allowed to loan him abroad? Can't remember how the loan window works. Used to be PL clubs could only loan domestically (after Sept 1st, that is) but they may have changed that.
Not that I'm particularly advocating it. I don't really sympathize with the man. But then again it would be both pointless and petty to keep him around as some sort of joke if an arrangement can be made.
Not that I'm particularly advocating it. I don't really sympathize with the man. But then again it would be both pointless and petty to keep him around as some sort of joke if an arrangement can be made.
Nope, perhaps he has also learned not to burn bridges given the transfers that failed to go through this summer.
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