I can't get excited by this purely because of the possible worst-case scenario.
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Completely baffled at the reaction to his signing. He has clearly been brought in to be a back-up goalkeeper, and a very good one at that, but this place is in mourning because people for some reason think Valdes joining confirms that De Gea is off.I'm not normally the pessimist, but I'm really don't trust this signing with regards to De Gea staying.
Great signing. At 34 he won't be demanding to play as number 1.
I think this signing was made with Champions League in mind for next season. Also, to avoid the state of being "totally fecked" if the big Dave gets injured.
I think this signing was made with Champions League in mind for next season. Also, to avoid the state of being "totally fecked" if the big Dave gets injured.
He's 32
Have a feeling a new contract for DDG will be announced quite soon. These types of things happen often.
I am not worried about DDG leaving us.
I am not worried about DDG leaving us.
Also Valdes adds to the players that have a winning mentality, and that aura spreads throught the squad to players that maybe haven't won as much.
He was on 90k a week at Barcelona and Monaco offered him 150k before his injury, so is he going to take a wage cut?
I meant at the end of his 18 month deal (if De Gea extends his deal which is what I expect). He'll be 33 in a week.
Well he lost out on his Monaco move after failing a medical so he may well have to take a pay cut.
Don't understand the thinking tbh, we have bagged a top class keeper for nothing, we can now sell Lindegaard for a fee with no need to spend to replace him, and if the worst should happen and DDG should leave, or get a long term injury we have first class back up.
Good business all round.
Nice but I don't want us to sell De Gea cos of this. Makes me a bit nervous to be honest
OMG WHAT ABOUT DDG WONT SOMEONE THINK OF DDG??
I've read reports saying Monaco will pay part of his salary at United. It seems there's an unresolved contractual dispute, with Valdes claiming he's entitled to the salary he signed for. Monaco paying part of his wages for an unspecified amount of time could be the resolution.
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/544922/Victor-Valdes-Manchester-United-Monaco-compensation
I'm not excited about this, if he's back up fine but it's not as if he'll get many games. Hopefully that's all he would be though
the possible loss of De Gea is bigger than the joy of Valdes sitting on the bench. Llike we would need a top backup goalie. In a normal situation, De Gea will play most games. Unless de Gea signs a new contract extension, i cant get excited.
I don't see why this is a bad move or signs of a dark cloud over DDG's situation. If anything, we just signed a very decent backup and a new big brother for the rest of the team, including DDG. Most goalies (not all, but most) at that age start playing less matches unless they are freaks of nature, which is not quite the case for Valdes when you compare him to the likes of VDS, Schmeichel, Kahn and other top goalkeepers who maintained themselves until being near 40.
Well I like Anders also maybe that is why I kinda want him to go somewhere where he will get his minutes as he is obviously very good keeper who could be no1 in decent clubs. Maybe he also wants move as he don't want to be forever no.2 goalkeeper and it's understandable. We could have Valdez for almost two years and then Sam Johnstone can come back and do the no.2 as for him it's good that he plays and plays games right now..
I highly, highly doubt Valdes has signed to be a backup keeper.
Well, he's surely not going to be first choice this season.
I highly highly doubt United will sell DDG.
The most likely explanation is that he's signed up as part of his rehabilitation, so to speak - stay at a top club with the right facilities, get his fitness up properly again, and then grab some matches here and there to get back his sharpness. That would make sense. Only problem I see is that we can't offer him much in the way of dead rubbers until next season.
If he's fine with just hanging about, being a regular 2nd choice keeper (which means zero game time unless Dave gets injured), that would surprise me. He's only 32. He should be looking at signing up as someone's No 1 - and he can easily get a decent gig too, based on his reputation alone.
Well, of course they won't. If/when he leaves it'll be because he wanted to, and not because United wanted to sell him.
The idea of Valdes coming over from Spain to live in Manchester, in order to sit on United's bench for the next few seasons is too dumb for me to convince myself it's plausible.
The idea we wouldn't be about 10th this season without De Gea is also too dumb for me to justify trying to think it.
This is therefore horrible news.
The idea we wouldn't be about 10th this season without De Gea is also too dumb for me to justify trying to think it.
This is therefore horrible news.
Of course he has, he's knocking on now, just had a major injury, still wants fat pay packet, and doesn't fancy slumming it at a lower level club.
Our offer was perfect for him, plus next season hopefully we'll play loads more games, so he should get some playing time.
If they get a big offer for him and he's not interested in signing a new deal, there wont be much of a choice to make.
If you think about it logically aswell...if you're De Gea, the prospect of Real or Barca is probably more appealling than United, for pretty much any reason you can think of. Why would you want to stay if those were the options on the table?
I'd be delighted if he signed a new deal, but it'd also surprise me more than it would if he left in the summer.
It was always the risk/inevitability when we signed him and it will more than likely happen sooner or later. The more concerning aspect is the idea that the club think Valdes is an adequate replacement as first choice. It's the sort of thing QPR would do.
Either way, he's better than Lindegaard.
An utterly pointless signing. Lindegaard is a fine backup and there was no point in bringing in another player, who will cost more, to sit on the bench and rot. We have the 2nd best goalie in the world and to bring in another goalie was pointless. That was literally the last position we needed to fill.
Obviously something is going to happen, either DDG or Lindegaard will leave.
That is my point. I would rather neither left and we didn't spend more money in the goalkeeper position. I guarantee Valdes plays less than 25 games for us. There is no point in having DDG leave in 18 months and a nearly 35 year old Valdes as our number 1 choice.
It basically comes down to whether you think De Gea is leaving or not. I think De Gea leaving is just a matter of when and not if.
Sometimes things can be out of the club's hands.
If we're accepting that De Gea is leaving, why not wait until closer to the date and find a goalie who can be the long term number 1?
Maybe it's Lindegaard ?
You want De Gea to leave on a free? His contract will have 12 months to go in the summer. If he refuses to sign a new contract, that's when the club will sell him. Thus, we need his replacement by this summer.
Don't think he is at all, never have really, he looks way too cosy with his Spanish pals here, and now Valdes has joined the clan to put the icing on the cake!
Ok if he leaves in the summer then we sign a goalie in the summer. Whats so hard to understand about that?
Valdes has joined to bring speculation to his starting position.
Maybe LVG has decided that he wants Valdes as first choice next season?
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