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I reckon Van Gaal got Valdes so then he can get Valdes and DDG to compete for a place within the squad, with this it will provide more sharpness and less relaxed and commitment to play their up most best. At the moment DDG is 1st choice goal keeper by default because Lindergaard is not good enough to compete with him. If DDG do dip form then you got a back up goal keeper who is ready prove himself, he has dip form himself throughout the years but I reckon with uniteds goalkeeper coaching staff by his side and a healthy competition between him and DDG, I reckon he'll get back to his best. So what better to have two top class goal keepers to compete for a place in a team. If Valdes doesn't live up to it, not gonna bother no one because he's only got 18 months and got him on a free.

So overall its brilliant signing, not the one we really need but I see why LVG got him as DDG needs another player at his standard to compete for his place, so then it will improve DDG more and be less relaxed.
 
It's interesting how people are so wildly divided on this. Either A.) it's a good signing for DDG because it will push him and help him become a better GK. or B.) it is terrible because he is going to be his replacement when De Gea leaves. Personally this worries because I think DDG may be leaving. If we've signed Valdes to be his replacement then I will not be impressed. Not because he isn't a good GK, I think he's decent enough, but we could and should do better.
 
The length of the contract leads me to believe that it's just as a back-up or even as a way to earn back some money for his recovery process (which we enabled) or just professional courtesy to a professional LvG clearly considers a friend of sorts. It does add a great safety net for us in case De Gea gets a case of the UnitedPlayersGetInjuredOutOfNowereDisease. If our donut loving spaniard can learn a trick or two from having Valdes around and it helps him to push himself even further in his abilities, it's well worth it in my opinion.
 
Mark_GrumpyLion said:
The length of the contract leads me to believe that it's just as a back-up or even as a way to earn back some money for his recovery process (which we enabled) or just professional courtesy to a professional LvG clearly considers a friend of sorts. It does add a great safety net for us in case De Gea gets a case of the UnitedPlayersGetInjuredOutOfNowereDisease. If our donut loving spaniard can learn a trick or two from having Valdes around and it helps him to push himself even further in his abilities, it's well worth it in my opinion.
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Might be a "try him out first and see if he's healthy" sort of thing.
 
Sky sports have also suggested he is coming in as our number two. I suppose this issue will carry until De Gea hopefully signs a new contract.
 
Kyonn said:
Might be a "try him out first and see if he's healthy" sort of thing.
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Yeah, that too. It's a big if, but if he can match his old level and be consistent like that for at least a year or 4/5 (if he ages well) then he would be quite the catch for a lot of clubs. Not sure if he's right to be our #1 though, would much rather keep Dave until he's too old to stand, but hey.
 
What if we have this figured out all wrong and he's been signed to be backup to DDG...who himself will be a backup to our new no.1 - Anders Lindegaard.
 
noodlehair said:
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.
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I would have thought they are trying to get him fit and the next step of that is games. He can't play unless we sign him to a contract. He can then get the odd game in the cups and even for the U-21's. Just training with us would not help find a club. I am not worried that David is going to leave. He is a kid in goalkeeping terms and I still thinks he believes he can develop further with us.
 
Like Chelsea 2 of the top 10 best goalkeepers in the world will be on our books, all be it Chelsea still have the better in my opinion, but United will probably be the 2nd strongest club in the world in the goalkeeping department.
 
NoWinNoFee said:
Like Chelsea 2 of the top 10 best goalkeepers in the world will be on our books, all be it Chelsea still have the better in my opinion, but United will probably be the 2nd strongest club in the world in the goalkeeping department.
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I think De Gea is better than Courtois and Valdes is on par with Cech. It's not improtant though because you only get to play one at a time and Cech will leave Chelsea sooner rather than later.
 
Sarni said:
I think De Gea is better than Courtois and Valdes is on par with Cech. It's not improtant though because you only get to play one at a time and Cech will leave Chelsea sooner rather than later.
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Disagree with that, but all about opinions i guess.
 
The worst scenario, of course, is this: DDG will not be signing a new deal, so will be sold this summer, probably to either Barca or Real, for good money. Valdes will be his replacement for the last year of his deal. If he performs well, he'll get another 2 year deal at best (he'll be 34 then), if not, during that year we will be looking for our next long term GK.
 
Dans said:
The worst scenario, of course, is this: DDG will not be signing a new deal, so will be sold this summer, probably to either Barca or Real, for good money. Valdes will be his replacement for the last year of his deal. If he performs well, he'll get another 2 year deal at best (he'll be 34 then), if not, during that year we will be looking for our next long term GK.
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Barca have a transfer ban.
 
Dans said:
The worst scenario, of course, is this: DDG will not be signing a new deal, so will be sold this summer, probably to either Barca or Real, for good money. Valdes will be his replacement for the last year of his deal. If he performs well, he'll get another 2 year deal at best (he'll be 34 then), if not, during that year we will be looking for our next long term GK.
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Signing for Barca this summer would be a hell of a trick.

Not sure why signing valdes suddenly means de gea is leaving. Hes coming back from serious injury, is obviously positioned to be number 2, lindegaard has been making noise about leaving for a while, so it makes good sense. Even better is that he is likely mates with de gea and knows the manager well.
 
He's a keeper who's played with the best team of the 2000s winning everything in the process, relatively young still at 32, who's recovered from a cruciate ligament injury, which surely is less impacting than for an outfield player. Do we really think he's signing to sit on the bench for 2 years?
 
Dans said:
He's a keeper who's played with the best team of the 2000s winning everything in the process, relatively young still at 32, who's recovered from a cruciate ligament injury, which surely is less impacting than for an outfield player. Do we really think he's signing to sit on the bench for 2 years?
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Yes. Will play cup games but that's about it. De Gea will get his contract soon.
 
Dans said:
He's a keeper who's played with the best team of the 2000s winning everything in the process, relatively young still at 32, who's recovered from a cruciate ligament injury, which surely is less impacting than for an outfield player. Do we really think he's signing to sit on the bench for 2 years?
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The fact he left Barcelona to go to Moncao says it all, especially as he still would have been their no1.

He is looking for an easy pay day, pure and simple. Great back up if we need, but that is all he will be.
 
Valdes is a very, very good keeper. Been outstanding the last few years. He's played for one of the world's best teams and wasn't really looked at as a weakness for them. He wasn't just a passenger either, he was a top performer.
 
Rozay said:
Valdes is a very, very good keeper. Been outstanding the last few years. He's played for one of the world's best teams and wasn't really looked at as a weakness for them. He wasn't just a passenger either, he was a top performer.
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He definitely looked a weakness for Barca for many years.

However he was excellent in his last 2 seasons. Not as good as De Gea though.
 
De Gea is better but Valdes is excellent at being a sweeper keeper (at least was prior to his injury) which is something that LVG & Hoek value really highly and at the moment DDG definitely needs to improve his distribution so this will keep him on his toes.
 
Still no confirmation from the club!? :lol:

This is like summer all over again, our transfers come out of the blue but are then the world's worst kept secret for a couple of days.
 
He will most definitely provide competiton to De Gea, they are both number one goalkeepers in their own right. Like a few other posters have noted Chelsea very much have the same in Courtois and Cech. It will provide very healthy competition, Lindegaard is clearly not of the same standard as De Gea or Valdes.

On a side note what shirt number do we think Valdes will wear? In training he's been wearing 32.
 
We are certainly increasing our star power. our marketing will go through the roof with a few more big name players joining the club.
 
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It worries me a little as a player like him at his age isn't going to sit on the bench for 18 months, but hopefully it means nothing for DDG. At least it gives us great back-up and means De Gea can be rested more. Welcome officially Valdes.
 
Best #2 in the world if that is the case. "Happy with that, lads" as Chris Woods said in the Giggsy doc. :p
 
I guess we'll see him play his first game v. Cambridge?
 
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