He's free and we might not even need to pay his wages. Why the feck are people still complaining?
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Very strange post and logic. Cech is a better goalkeeper and yet he is back-up at Chelsea. Navas is arguably better and fulfilling the same role at Real. Just last season Casillas was a substitute at Real. How can Valdes be too good to be a back-up goalkeeper when the above aren't? I don't really know what makes you think there is "no chance" he signed he to be back-up. Also since when has 18 months become long term?
Everything about this deal points towards Valdes being bought as back-up to De Gea. Lindegaard has been reportedly wanting to leave for first team football for a while now. The likes of Amos and Johnson aren't good enough/ready to be our substitute goalkeeper, therefore we needed to sign a new substitute goalkeeper. Valdes is on a free and has worked with LVG before so he is a logical signing and an upgrade on Lindegaard. If he was bought to replace De Gea we would have given him a long term contract (i.e. longer than 18 months). Just after Valdes began training with us De Gea said in an interview that he didn't feel threatened by Valdes. Hardly something he would say if he knew Valdes was being brought in to replace him in the summer.
Like we know how good Falcao is and we're still likely to sign him?
He isnt one of the best options
Would be good if he signed him to play at CB. He's comfortably better on the ball than any of our current lot there.
As a no.2, yes, if keeps quiet on the bench. As a no.1 for the case DDG leaves for Spain? No! Then I'd sign Lloris!
I don't know if we are signing Falcao or not, i don't know if we didn't bought him from start, Valdes trained with Hoek who knows him, i will trust him for now.
Glad to have him on board, excellent number 2 and a good option if DDG is injured at all.
If any DDG rumours about Spain are true, we should try to sign Cech. I don't think they will be though...hopefully.
Cech lost his place at the start of the season in a battle to remain no.1, and generally been very quiet on the subject since, hands up who believes Cech will still be happy to be Chelseas no.2 at the begining of next season or will remain a Chelsea player at all come the summer?
Navas was at... Levante? yes? Levante.. not the undisputed no.1 in an all conquering (Domestic & European) Barcelona team, sweeping all trophies before them, secondly Navas signed in a time where Casillias position was under threat due to massive scrutiny, and expected a battle to claim the no.1 spot, rather than automatically resigning himself to being a benchwarmer indefinitley as you propose Valdes is happy to do.
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Lloris is 4 years younger and also the better goalie
agree with this
Cech surely too ambitious to warm Chelsea's bench
sad to see DDG go though but he has 18 months left and we'd be mad not to sell if he doesn't want to extend
I expect we've signed him because Linde and Amos want to leave. If van Gaal thinks he's replacing de Gea with Valdes he'd likely have a mutiny on his hands with the fans.
I think he's a good signing - it stops Liverpool getting him (as petty as that sounds) and he'll push de Gea to continue his ascent.
I think he's a good signing - it stops Liverpool getting him (as petty as that sounds) and he'll push de Gea to continue his ascent.
We're signing him, that doesn't mean he's De Gea's replacement. Thats where he wouldnt be a top 5 choice, not as a backup
I still think, or rather hope, that DDG will stay with us. But if not, Valdes is half decent option and we should try to sign Cech.
How about Schmeichel? He's the same age his father was when he joined us.
Can someone pray tell why Monaco are paying him his wages at United? If so, why wouldn't Monaco sign him themselves? This doesn't make any sense
Our back up keeper is better than Liverpools first choice, and arguably more than half the first choice keepers around the league.ill start by saying de Gea is my favourite player at the club and we should keep him at all costs, nor do I think he's leaving. However if the situation arises that he wants to move and absolutely huge money is on the table which forces our hand, a victor valdes fully recovered, would be one of my top picks for a replacement. only other keepers that could be better are cech and lloris. Lloris has just signed a new deal and levy would be charging 30m+. But something about having valdes would give me comfort if dave departed.
Anders seems like a great bloke. And didn't really have a chance to impress or unimpress...well, shit at trainings? 
Anders seems like a great bloke. And didn't really have a chance to impress or unimpress...well, shit at trainings?
To be honest, once De Gea found form he was always going to struggle to get in ahead of him.
Lindegaard or Valdes.....I'm not so sure
Anders has been a great option for me and, without being as superhuman at shot stopping as De Gea, he's been very solid
Anders seems like a great bloke. And didn't really have a chance to impress or unimpress...well, shit at trainings?
He's never really impressed in his first team opportunities and he has had a few. Kicking and decision-making leaves a lot to be desired. Shame as he seems like a very cool bloke.
Back-up keepers rarely get a look in. It takes a serious injury or a monumental drop in form for them to really get a chance.Anders seems like a great bloke. And didn't really have a chance to impress or unimpress...well, shit at trainings?
And 'resting' keepers is the most pointless thing a manager can do. The more football your #1 plays, the better.
It's a tough game, but they surely know what to expect when they come into clubs like United, Chelsea, City etc. Lindegaard did seem to be a class above the usual '2nd choice' keeper though. Valdes, if brought in as De Gea's number two only, another class above.
Hopefully is just a back up, only signed on a 18 month deal so presume so.
Hes a better version of Barthez, exceptional on his day but too many cock ups, parring and punching.
Hes a better version of Barthez, exceptional on his day but too many cock ups, parring and punching.
Great number 2 to have behind Dave!
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So Lindegaard is worse than Mignolet?
DDG has 18 months to go and Valdes has been signed for 18 months. Seems like the best insurance deal you could possibly make. It says to DDG's agent that if he's going to make silly demands or tell his client to go to Real we have a replacement waiting. It also means DDG has more serious competition for his spot (not that he needs to be pushed, as his form is excellent), it seems like Anders was not liked by LVG for whatever reason. I'm not a huge Valdes fan, he's a great sweeper keeper but I'm not sure he is suited to the premier league. Barca were the ideal team for him, it played to all his strengths and helped cover his weaknesses, without that he might end up looking distinctly average. But he suits LVG's style so he is an ideal 2nd choice.
Waaaaa
If Dave leaves I'm gonna cry
If Dave leaves I'm gonna cry
A few people have said this. I don't see how this stance helps. So you effectively tell him "We'll be okay without you" and make him feel less indispensable than he is. How does that help exactly?
He's not exactly going to be short of offers and he's a season away from being a free agent.
I meant Falcao.
It doesn't help DDG - it's not meant to? If he signs a new deal, which is what the club wants then in 18 months (or less) Valdes will probably move on to another club. When a players is completely and utterly indispensible to the club then he can demand whatever he wants... Rooney? Rio (before Vidic)? It says "If you want to be at our club, then we are willing to make you a huge offer to stay but if you want to demand you be the highest paid player at the club you can forget it, we will sell you on". It's just good planning.
My guess is he's using United to get himself on the shop window with a few performances and in turn we get a great second choice keeper. I wouldn't worry about the De Gea rumors, he was already training with us before they were even sparked.
Can he play right back? Because we could do with one
What battle? Courtois was first choice from the very first game of the season. Basically once he arrived at Chelsea he was 1st choice. There was no battle. In public Mourinho didn't say who was going to be first choice but he had obviously made his mind at that stage. It wasn't like the situation at Spurs when Lloris first joined and spent most of his first few months there on the bench behind Friedel before establishing himself as 1st choice. If Cech was to leave in the summer he will still have spent a season sat on the bench. That is only 6 months longer than Valdes will have to do before his contract expires.
Yes Valdes was a part of a very successful Barca team but since then he has suffered a serious injury and is a few years older. If he was still at the level he was back then do you think Monaco would have pulled the plug on the deal and agreed to pay some of his wages even though he will never play for them?
If we lose De Gea, I will be exactly as apocalyptically pissed off about it regardless of whether Lindegaard or Valdes is the back-up at the time. How much better Valdes is than Lindegaard is irrelevant - De Gea is leagues better than either.
Anders seems like a great bloke. And didn't really have a chance to impress or unimpress...well, shit at trainings?
He was signed around the same time as DDG. He was never going to be number 1 unless DDG totally flopped. He was here to do exactly what he did, take some pressure off DDG during the first season or two. Once DDG found his footing, that was it for Anders.
So are Madrids in there retrospective league and Bayern in theres, Big club syndrome man get used to it, LVG is treating us like we should be treated, big manager, big club, big players
If this is true (yet to be confirmed by the club) then I'm pleased with this signing. I just hope that he is only coming in as our number two rather than replacing De Gea. If it's an 18 month contract though then that should mean it's as back up only.
Bye Dave
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