his latest quote surely means that, and he wants it done and dusted
De Gea Contract Situation
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Don't think we should sign a Spaniard/Hispanic player again unless they're directly coming from Barca or Madrid because inevitably when they become good enough they'll leave for their dream Spanish club.
I think it will be interesting to see if De Gea maintains this approach as it gets closer to deadline day. I think he is confident this will go through and we might see a different side to him the longer it drags on.
Obviously last night it's impossible for Van Gaal to slate him for the performance but I have no doubts given he got dragged off at half time that Van Gaal not happy with him at all. Maybe the realisation has hit Van Gaal perhaps we can't count on De Gea in current circumstances and it is best all round to move on.
Obviously last night it's impossible for Van Gaal to slate him for the performance but I have no doubts given he got dragged off at half time that Van Gaal not happy with him at all. Maybe the realisation has hit Van Gaal perhaps we can't count on De Gea in current circumstances and it is best all round to move on.
Since we have been briefly linked with Oblak, I decided to be deluded and convinced myself that he was our replacement for De Gea. And Oblak is good.
This wont work.
Madrid know they dont need to sell us any of their players and we will accept this.
We tried playing the "tit for tat" game (DDG for Ramos) and we appear to have lost. The best thing to do is never to play the "tit for tat" game with Madrid again.
If I were Madrid, I'd try and get a deal for £10M or lower done, it might be enough.
I still hope DDG stays, though.
Oblak would be the perfect replacement for de Gea.
I haven't changed my vote yet. I suspect we'll keep him for this coming season and bring in a suitable replacement. We won't take a lowball cash offer from Real at this stage so he'll go on a free. Once he's gone, we should cut Mendes loose for good.
If we're going to be offered 10m or 15mil, I'd rather not take the money, but still bring in a no.1 keeper (or reinstate Valdes). If DDG insists on not performing, drop him straight to the bench and make him fight his way back into the team. Once the transfer window closes, reality will sink in for him.
I hope we can see this through, I really do.
I hope we can see this through, I really do.
If De Gea insists on being a cnut by not performing well, drop him to the reserves and let him watch his national team chance rot away.
He had a patchy game against PSG, looked good against Barca.
People calling him a cnut and claiming he's under performing on purpose are drawing a very long bow and being hugely unfair on a guy that has never gave less than 100% for the club.
There's no reason for the club to cut off its nose to spite its face. Take the money and sell him, or keep him for a year and play him.
Not to mention the CAS would have something to say about leaving him to rot in the reserves.
One bad half and the world is over.
He was good/v good against Barca
He was good/v good against Barca
I guess DDG was tired cleaning Jones mess against PSG. I can't blame him for that. I mean 2 seasons of that is more than enough. He's a keeper not a frigging nanny
Madrid are bluffing now that they are happy with their current keepers so I'd call their bluff and say we're selling to Barca. Ddg is a million times better than Ter Stegen
This.
Sure he's frustrated, but it's all his own doing. As someone said not long ago - once it's final that he has to stay an extra season he will focus and get on with it. He has no choice as he needs to continue performing well for Madrid not to change their minds and also for his Euro 2016 prospects.
If he and Mendes hadn't ruined this situation so badly he could have been earning £200k a week and still go to Madrid next year but just for a fee.
Even the idea of it is terrifying. De Gea at one end of the field and Neymar, Suarez, Messi at the other. Those 4 could probably win League 1 on their own.
They might be good but they aren't going to win 4 vs 11
If he is dropped to the reserves and not getting the attention of the coaching staff it will take him a long time to get back to the top of his game. It may also affect his confidence, which will take a while to get back. Plus, he has an agent sitting there who would be getting a commission once DDG signs a new deal with us.
The Daily Fail saying LVG has instructed the board to sell De Gea after his performance against PSG. Taking their story from the Spanish article
Sick and tired of this now. If LVG really said that then the board should say no.
So angry with Dave and his agent. Why try such underhanded tactics of running down your contract, and in the process causing disruption in the run up to a very important season for us? Had we been in a better position, Real would have had no chance but to pay up and he would have been gone already. We've been good to him and he's flourished under the various coaching staff. Why was it so hard to do the right thing? He may not have gone public but this side of his character is piss poor. If I were United I would call Madrid this weekend and say you have 24 hours to meet the valuation and thereafter there will be no more negotiations for DeGea. Then tell DeGea he's staying and that's final. It's up to him to then focus and perform.
Sick and tired of this now. If LVG really said that then the board should say no.
So angry with Dave and his agent. Why try such underhanded tactics of running down your contract, and in the process causing disruption in the run up to a very important season for us? Had we been in a better position, Real would have had no chance but to pay up and he would have been gone already. We've been good to him and he's flourished under the various coaching staff. Why was it so hard to do the right thing? He may not have gone public but this side of his character is piss poor. If I were United I would call Madrid this weekend and say you have 24 hours to meet the valuation and thereafter there will be no more negotiations for DeGea. Then tell DeGea he's staying and that's final. It's up to him to then focus and perform.
Sky sports are saying that De Gea will definitely be staying at United this season (according to one of their sources).
The Daily Fail saying LVG has instructed the board to sell De Gea after his performance against PSG. Taking their story from the Spanish article
You think that that LVG is so fickle, as to sell our best player, just because of 1 bad game?
You really believe that?
Swap him for Pedro at Barca.
No I don't believe LVG is fickle - far from it - hence my 'eye roll' at the Mail using the Spanish press as their source. However, in the unlikely event that was true, I wouldn't want the board to agree to do this as it would make us look very weak in the eyes of the football world and make future transfer negotiations even more difficult I think. Plus Real would never stop crowing at how they got one over us - AGAIN. It really would not be a good situation.
In any case, most of post is frustration at Dave putting us in this position. There really was no need for it.
What are you talking about? He had a mixed game and suddenly you think he did it on purpose? And do you really believe the Spanish papers? Stop being a drama queenThe Daily Fail saying LVG has instructed the board to sell De Gea after his performance against PSG. Taking their story from the Spanish article
Sick and tired of this now. If LVG really said that then the board should say no.
So angry with Dave and his agent. Why try such underhanded tactics of running down your contract, and in the process causing disruption in the run up to a very important season for us? Had we been in a better position, Real would have had no chance but to pay up and he would have been gone already. We've been good to him and he's flourished under the various coaching staff. Why was it so hard to do the right thing? He may not have gone public but this side of his character is piss poor. If I were United I would call Madrid this weekend and say you have 24 hours to meet the valuation and thereafter there will be no more negotiations for DeGea. Then tell DeGea he's staying and that's final. It's up to him to then focus and perform.
Doubt LVG has sanctioned DDG sale, I think it's just a wind up from the Spanish press.
IMO it's the best decision to let his contract wind down. I know we lose out on some money but in today's market it isn't a huge hit to the account. We also get an extra year to scout for a successor. You never know, a new prodigal keeper may come available because at the moment there isn't many good options and though I think Romero is a capable keeper, he just isn't going to cut it as the no. 1 this season.
IMO it's the best decision to let his contract wind down. I know we lose out on some money but in today's market it isn't a huge hit to the account. We also get an extra year to scout for a successor. You never know, a new prodigal keeper may come available because at the moment there isn't many good options and though I think Romero is a capable keeper, he just isn't going to cut it as the no. 1 this season.
I would be in favour of running his contract down if we don't get a world record fee for him. We've already changed alot in the squad and not having to worry about the goalkeeper position for another year would be good since I don't expect another major overhaul of bedding in players next season.
If Real Madrid do give in to our valuation I'd let him go, if he wants to leave then van Gaal won't keep him at all costs. Which is the respectable but not the most ideal scenario.
If Real Madrid do give in to our valuation I'd let him go, if he wants to leave then van Gaal won't keep him at all costs. Which is the respectable but not the most ideal scenario.
lol all this drivel in our press coming from another AS article.
Idiots leading the blind.
Idiots leading the blind.
Are you sure you read what I wrote properly? Where did I say he purposely had a bad game?
So,do you trust the spanish media or you only do when is something positive?strange since the twitter thread is full with spanish newspapers news or british quoting the spanish.Why David is not in the presentation photo of the new kit?
I wouldn't trust either but most Manchester based journalists are still stating that he won't be sold. The Spanish media have been spinning the story for months. If you believed all their reports he would have signed for you about 40 times by now.
I doubt we want to use an unhappy player in a promotion, doesn't mean we wont keep him though
Really? What could they do?
If La razon,Abc or el Confidencial write "Ramos will play in Manchester next year' everybody would be saying how reliable they are.Now they repeat that De Gea doesn't want to play the first game of P.L.They insist that the main reason is Van Gaal,who stopped his renewal 13 months ago.After that David asked Mendes to look for a new team.Madrid point of view(according to the press) is that United doesn't want to accept the reality that the main guilty is Van Gaal.
A few weeks ago people made a big deal of Otamendi not appearing in some Valencia ads. Sometimes those things just happen and don't mean a thing.
Van Gaal is guilty? That just proves how much shit the Spanish press write then mate.
I doubt we want to use an unhappy player in a promotion, doesn't mean we wont keep him though
,sure it's because of that,probably the marketing part is not important at all.Maybe Adidas forgot a t-shirt of his size There's also tweets from the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Duncan Castles and Jamie Jackson, and no one with a brain would trust any of them either.
AS are on a different level though, verging on Daily Star territory.
It's pretty damn obvious that while we still believe there's a chance we could be swapping De Gea for Ramos that De Gea wouldn't feature on any new promotional adverts.
Yeah I'd take the report with a major grain of salt, but if true, I think Woodward would be well within his rights to say no to LVG. For me, this is about more than what happens on the pitch (although keeping DDG this season would surely be beneficial in that respect.) It's about standing up to Madrid and telling them that if they want to unsettle our players, then they better be prepared to pay for it, either in a very high transfer fee or through a player exchange. LVG might not like it, but then he might not be here the year after next.The Daily Fail saying LVG has instructed the board to sell De Gea after his performance against PSG. Taking their story from the Spanish article
Sick and tired of this now. If LVG really said that then the board should say no.
So angry with Dave and his agent. Why try such underhanded tactics of running down your contract, and in the process causing disruption in the run up to a very important season for us? Had we been in a better position, Real would have had no chance but to pay up and he would have been gone already. We've been good to him and he's flourished under the various coaching staff. Why was it so hard to do the right thing? He may not have gone public but this side of his character is piss poor. If I were United I would call Madrid this weekend and say you have 24 hours to meet the valuation and thereafter there will be no more negotiations for DeGea. Then tell DeGea he's staying and that's final. It's up to him to then focus and perform.
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