because they are resigned to him going in a year anyway!
De Gea Contract Situation
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because they are resigned to him going in a year anyway!
The statement is clear enough as EVERYONE knew what was going on. It didn't need to be more specific.
It can be your preference not to do something, but do it anyway because of other factors. It's really not that hard to understand.
I've seen quite a few pro-United comments from Liverpool fans on other sites today.
that's how I see it. the reason they wouldn't bid and lose a decent goalkeeper, and in effect sign DeGea for 10m next season
I don't like to offer up definitive answers based solely on my own personal opinion but, I can't see him ever signing an extension here. There's nothing in it for him to extend his contract with us, we hold no position of leverage to force or coax a new contract on him and, not only that, but he already has an agreement in place between him and Real for extra compensation should he join on a free.
He'll leave in the summer and in the meantime, we'd be putting our season in jeopardy sticking with a third rate keeper or playing a keeper we were desperately trying to rid ourselves of, all the while letting arguable the best keeper on the planet rot away so that we can show him and the world just how ruthless we can be when that player decides he wants a move away after his contract is up.
We need him playing more than we need to be vindictive.
He'll leave in the summer and in the meantime, we'd be putting our season in jeopardy sticking with a third rate keeper or playing a keeper we were desperately trying to rid ourselves of, all the while letting arguable the best keeper on the planet rot away so that we can show him and the world just how ruthless we can be when that player decides he wants a move away after his contract is up.
We need him playing more than we need to be vindictive.
I'm assuming they got cold feet and sabotaged the deal at the last minute.
United were right to respond. The fact is Madrid tried to embarrass the club. They've lied. So we had to defend ourselves and I can accept a few digs in the statement. Let's see if they respond, or perhaps they'll leave it to their propaganda machine 
Exactly it's done with reluctance or even a heavy heart.
LvG needs to get down to that Spanish training camp and have a word with De Gea. Assure him that he is still wanted at United and sort out whatever issues that they have, that's what Fergie would have done. Also sort out the issues with Valdes while he is at it.
I think we can safely say any future Bale deal will be near impossible.
I suggest this earlier and was told I was mad.
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So, what? We just spend 50m Euros on a relatively unknown 19 year old French kid, with add-ons for another 30m. Clearly losing out on a paltry sum for De Gea isn't a big deal for us.
That's what I thought as well
He listens to that girlfriend of his. She wants him in Madrid because her "biological clock" is ticking; or so she says. It's not like Manchester has a detrimental effect of conception or something. I'm still waiting for her profound insight to be aired on why this didn't go according to plan.
IMO there is only one way this can end up now. Either get him to sign a contract or refuse to play him and let him rot for the next 9 months. Once he does sign, we can sell him to Madrid next year for more cash and Navas
Looks like if some of you were in charge of a business, you would happily let another business smear yours just because you dont want to be "childish". Madrid basically called us incompetent and not professional enough to do a transfer. They also lied about us not returning documents for 8 hours etc. Without us releasing a statement, all of what Madrid said would be "fact" simply because they said it and no one from our organization refuted it.
We had to release something to protect our brand and name. And it had to be in similar effect and tone (think of the timeline etc) as Madrids one.
We had to release something to protect our brand and name. And it had to be in similar effect and tone (think of the timeline etc) as Madrids one.
What was the compulsion? We cared about De Gea reuniting with his gf in Spain?
It's like you're ignoring the fact that De Gea isn't playing right now and wants to leave, and Navas is an excellent keeper in his own right.
Thus our preference was overruled because the offer was in the club's best interests.
Essentially the club is saying that it's happy to still have De Gea but would have been satisfied with the money and Navas as well. What's wrong with that exactly?
Ronaldo too.
If anything the shitty weather should speed up the process!
Another positive.
He wanted to leave, we respected his wishes. Its not complicated
The statement by United is the perfect response to Reals bullshitting. I hate that club, they think they can always get what they want.
If this was just about 10 Million signing on fee United could easily offer him the same incentive and more, and still be better of both financially and on the field on the basis we'd have to pay 30 Million for a decent keeper in the summer if De Gea left.
why do you think they had concerns?
I agree with @RedStarUnited , I don't know how anyone can read the lies Real Madrid peddled against the club, and decide it was not a good idea to release that statement. You don't sit there while other businesses lie against you or control the narrative. This could have ended without a word being offered, but Real Madrid decided to show what utter clowns they are by releasing that statement which effectively blamed United for their failings, I'd have been rightly pissed off if United had kept quiet about it. And yes, it was necessary to release that statement whether you like it or not.
Not sure attacking a couple for wanting to return to their home city to start a family is all that clever to be honest. Of all the reasons for a player wanting to leave, that's the one I can respect the most. Money can't buy you memories of your child growing up if you aren't there because of work.
De Gea has never said he is not in the right frame of mind to play. Why isn't he playing?
Will he be in the right frame of mind to play now that the deal hasn't gone through?
Anyway, the statements are not important. What will be important is how this pans out now. Whether he gets on the pitch or spends the rest of his time with us in the stands. I hope it's the former.
Think the club's statement is more a rebuttal of Madrid's statement which alleged that we made contact with them for selling De Gea to them and giving a sequence of events that happened yesterday. I wouldn't read much into the intention of agreeing to sell De Gea into the statement.
We care for De Gea and figured it was best to get this all sorted, I imagine. According to some reports LvG rates Navas quite highly, so he probably figured that having him and a sum of money was better than having a potentially sulking De Gea, if we had turned down an offer from Madrid. As it turned out, the club can now tell De Gea that it didn't stand in his way of his wishes, so there should be no reason for De Gea to be mad at the club.
United didn't want to stand in David's way, that's how the club has approached this situation from the beginning. If he is unhappy because of personal reasons (like Van Gaal suggested a while ago), then the club would let him leave provided Madrid matched United's asking price. In the early goings of the process the manager repeatedly stated than De Gea is a valued member of the squad, but he understands his motivation for leaving (national team chances, hometown, girlfriend, etc). The asking price (roughly equivalent to Buffon's transfer fee from Parma to Juventus) was the bone of contention all summer, until Madrid made an official bid yesterday, and shat the bed. Now that David's staying at the club, the club expressed its delight in having him back, as we should, he's still under contract as a United player and the management will offer him their support. That's all there is to it to be honest, ain't nothing stupid about it.
Unless they upgrade their software. We did nothing wrong.
People going on about us accepting - what does LVG always say? He always talks about the human aspect so he would have had his say and that's led to De Gea sitting up in the stands. I was just thinking it's a pity they never screwed up the Ronaldo deal all those years ago...bastards. But a line in a statement isn't going to give you all the details and apparently LVG wanted that goalkeeper. So it's just nitpicking over details.
Look on the brighter side they won't be able to poach our player too in the future.
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