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De Gea Contract Situation
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I've been optimistic about De Gea staying all season but now I've accepted that he's off. Hopefully we can get a decent fee for him or a player in return. Benzema would do nicely. 
I've been optimistic about De Gea staying all season but now I've accepted that he's off. Hopefully we can get a decent fee for him or a player in return. Benzema would do nicely.
I've still not accepted it. I still think that if he was definitely off to Madrid it would be done and dusted by now.
I think he's making a genuinely difficult decision and perhaps the sacking of Ancelloti and hiring of Benitez could work in our favour.
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So many spiteful and hateful posts in here. Shame.
I really hope we play hardball. Or even better Madrid have a transfer ban next summer. So they have to sign him this summer or else they won't get him. Have them by the balls and get Bale/ Benzema/ as many other top players from them in exchange.
Dont think most posts are hateful/spiteful towards him,more like they want to see RM getting screwed in some way or them not getting what they want but its hard to avoid DDG on that path.
What's wrong with everyone? He's staying FFS. No white text needed.
Don't let me down Dave!
Don't let me down Dave!
And your ex girlfriend might realise the millionaire playboy she ran of with is shallow and if you just bide your time she will come running back....
Just for reference: we accepted Real Madrid's bid for Ronaldo on 11 June and Real Madrid confirmed his arrival on 26 June. And he was definitely off.
That's what I'm thinking everybody is acting as if they're Barcelona but the reality is we are talking about Real Madrid, they don't win as many trophies as their main rivals and they won't be favourites for La Liga next season, surely Florentino Perez is under pressure to deliver more trophies? We should identify a fair value, with one year on his contract I think £35m - £40m is fair. If we want Cech have a deadline to it, if the manager is happy with Valdes be willing to go to deadline day. It's a gamble but the downside of the gamble is that they don't sign so we play De Gea for another season, it really isn't that bad, I think it's worth the risk though since Perez will be under a lot of pressure to win something this season especially since Real Madrid will likely play more defensive football than usual.
Also De Gea surely has to assess the situation regarding who will be the number 2 goalkeeper, as of now I can see him playing 38 La Liga matches with Iker Casillas used in the cup competitions including the champions league even though it makes no sense.
Why exactly is it ungrateful to expect a player to be upfront and honest about his intentions and do right by the club in the process? Look, I'm not naive, in modern football there is very little loyalty and you can't begrudge players looking to maximise their earnings. What I am saying is that I still think it is fair to expect a certain amount of human decency. The relationship between the club and De Gea is good, if he asked to leave we would respect his wishes like we have countless other players. Anyway...I expect nothing less these days, I'm just saying that personally (and I'm not the only person to think this way) I will not remember him as a proper Utd legend if he does walk away on the cheap.
Lol human decency.
My guess is that De Gea has been upfront with the club throughout all this. Seeing what we are offering, weighing it up against what it is he wants in his life right now. Just because he is not tweeting about wanting to leave or stay or making public statements every 3 days doesn't mean he is not being up front with the club.
He has given us his all everytime he has played, we really have nothing to complain about. It is his life and if it will make him happier to move back to Madrid, then so be it.
No need to go overboard and question his human decency, he is not ruining anyone's life here. (except maybe his own
)I wouldn't call him a legend either. But consider this:
What if he said he wanted to leave publicly and no acceptable bid materialized?
What if he said he wanted to leave publicly and Real Madrid offered him half his current wages?
What if he said he wanted to leave and later changed his mind?
It seems like he said what he needed to the club itself, why should he give up leverage and risk an awkward situation by doing anything beyond that?
As long as we don't downgrade the goal keeper position by a big margin we should be fine anyway. Give Real Madrid a arbitrary deadline to pay up and sign him so we can buy a replacement while the window is still open for a while. If they don't meet the deadline then keep De Gea for another year, this will give us longer to adequately replace him as well and scout more goalkeepers.
Why would he come out and publicly state he wants to leave? If anything, the club has probably asked him to stay quiet on the matter.
Agreed. Him declaring his intentions publicly would massively backfire if the deal feel through and he was still here next season.
Who in his right mind would call De Gea a club legend whether he leaves for 10mil or 50?
Gotta love the exaggerated outpouring of emotions.
United legend?? This is really funny
I really hoped he would stay but I guess I will need to hate him now , I just can't stand Real ..
Mental.
Or Madrid are waiting till casillas finds another club .
Seems strange seeing Madrid line up without iker in goal but I thought the same about raul but even Madrid move on I suppose .
I will miss him but we will adjust and do very well. His contribution has been so obvious because we have not strengthened enough in midfield and our defence has been dodgy.
If he goes I will wish him well.
If he goes I will wish him well.
Half a year ago I accepted he'd f*ck off to Madrid this summer, I'm not overly bothered at this stage. Although he has proven to be extremely important I'm not so sure we should need a world class shot stopper, we should sort out the defence and bring in a commanding 'keeper and should do fine. I hope.
Did you ever tell someone "I love you" and they just say nothing?
No, once again we asked Mendes to get involved to help us sign him in the first place. Mendes is very important for every big club since he is a great intermediary that everyone respects.
Our association with Mendes brought us De Gea, Ronaldo, Nani and it'll bring many others. Mendes didn't ring us up, we were always interested in Di Maria and when it was revealed he couldn't go to PSG we swooped in.
I'm sorry, but a club doesn't force a player who is not theirs to change agents, it was absolutely De Gea's choice to do it. We could have signed him with or without Mendes, Mendes didn't scout him or pay the fees.
And if we couldn't sign De Gea at the age of 19, a complete nobody at the time, without the "help" of Mendes then it's more reason for us to reconsider our transfer policy.
Whatever you say, clearly history can be rewritten.
This just proves my point lol. Yeah a "nobody", not like Del Bosque was already hailing him as the future of the Spanish team in 2010. A "nobody" who commanded the second highest transfer fee for a GK at the time. I'm done with this topic.
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He was an emerging talent, nothing more, point still stands.
Nothing I have said proves your point, and I don't know what's your point anyway, other than you arguing in the face of evidence/logic. De Gea was 19, nowhere near a world class player, so, if we needed the help of a super agent to sign him at that point then I wonder how we're supposed to sign the likes of Benzema, and the other big names we are linked with. I have mentioned top clubs who are doing well without this "help" from your super agent and the evidence is overwhelmingly clear that his best clients will end up at Real Madrid bcos of his relationship and allegiance to Fiorentino Perez, that's my point, why don't you counter that.
he was a talent already , hence the fee paid. if he leaves united will find someone else.
The fee was paid mainly for his potential. I think emerging talent is indeed the right term to use here. He was known, but not on the level of someone like Hazard or Neymar, who were already developed beyond their years when Chelsea and Barca signed them.
Some revisionist posting on De Gea's stock before he came to United here.
He was Atletico's starting No1 from the end of the 2009/10 season until he joined United, for a British record fee for a goalie. He was the real deal before he came to United, why on earth do you think we paid that much for him?
He was Atletico's starting No1 from the end of the 2009/10 season until he joined United, for a British record fee for a goalie. He was the real deal before he came to United, why on earth do you think we paid that much for him?
Jesus wept.
He is staying, I feel that he is staying.
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