De Gea Contract Situation

Do you think David De Gea will sign a new contract at Man Utd this season?

  • Yes

  • No

  • Yes, but he'll still leave by the end of the season

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Jazz said:
What the hell to believe?:rolleyes:

Mud-slinging between LVG and Mendes' mouthpiece in the press.

LVG really should not bother commenting any further on this - just bench him - and let's get on with the season - even with a dodgy Romero. Hope the lads know they need to concentrate on winning tomorrow and not get distracted by DDG as he gives not one feck about disrupting them or the club.
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If the clubs policy was to fully keep De Gea then LVG and the press secretary should have refused any questions on De Gea's future till after the window, no point talking about a player who's not even in match day squads so far.
 
Amadaeus said:
Van Gaal seems caniving and a evil person. I would not be surprised if he wants to smeer De Gea reputation with the fans. The fans will hate De Gea and it is working right now.3
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Yea i think thats it,poor Dave being a victim of that evil hooney boo boo reputation killer.
 
I say we buy a replacement now and let de gea rot in the reserves for a year and then he can leave for his precious Madrid. Giving in to Mendes and Real is the last thing we should do.
 
LVG should'nt have said anything for me. Just say De Gea isnt performing at the same level in training but we are working towards his inclusion.

All of this actually saying what happened is just asking for sensational headlines and United dont really need that this season.
 
RedStarUnited said:
LVG should'nt have said anything for me. Just say De Gea isnt performing at the same level in training but we are working towards his inclusion.

All of this actually saying what happened is just asking for sensational headlines and United dont really need that this season.
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But that's something...
 
Steven Seagull said:
Laughing stock by who?
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Our fans, rival fans, and the press.

You don't refuse an insulting bid all summer, whilst shouting from the rooftops that we will only swap him for Ramos or accept a world record fee, and then just give in at the last minute when the going gets a bit tough, well you don't if you want to be taken seriously anyway.
 
Meh, not that bothered. I can understand why DDG wants to go, I can understand why we don't want to sell. I can understand why he doesn't feel like playing, I can understand why we don't feel like playing him. Really doesn't seem like anyone has done much wrong in this scenario.

Either he'll go or he'll start playing again once the window is closed. In the grand scheme of things it's no big deal.
 
C'est Moi Cantona said:
Our fans, rival fans, and the press.

You don't refuse an insulting bid all summer, whilst shouting from the rooftops that we will only swap him for Ramos or accept a world record fee, and then just give in at the last minute when the going gets a bit tough, well you don't if you want to be taken seriously anyway.
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I won't be able to show my face anywhere.
 
I remember when Cleverly fecked us over by scuppering the sale to ? (can't remember which club) thus costing United money they would have made in the sale and instead he went on loan and consequently able to go on a free - the club's hierarchy were pissed at him. So I can imagine they would be angry with De Gea and trying to make life as uncomfortable as possible for him. But again - who the hell knows.
 
Why is there such a hatred forming for DDG? So he wants to go back to Real? So he didn't sign a new deal with the club because he had every intention of leaving?

Come on guys he's not a Salford boy he's a Madrid boy. Surely the people who should be most put out are Atletico fan's? Given he's going to their rival having once played for them.

OK so the whole things been handled badly but the club have to take some of that blame.
 
Amadaeus said:
Reminds me of Van Gaal's; "Valdes would not play in the reserve," comment. Yet Valdes showed that Van Gaal was wrong. It is hard to believe who is saying the truth in this case.
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He showed one time when he played. That doesn't mean he played every time he was told to.
 
LvG, maybe the club wants him gone, otherwise he wouldn't of said that publicly as a gesture to the player.

Very poor if someone is lying. There's white lies and then there's lying about someone's professionalism.

At then end of the day De Gea won't be here next season and LvG won't be here the year after. I don't really care in all honesty about either of them. What a mess post Sir Alex.
 
Just sell him, and buy Lloris or whoever. With him staying, there will always be rumours and negative press.
 
I don't even care anymore. Everyone comes off as classless right now. Dave, Louis, Ed, Real. This whole saga has turned outright disgusting.
 
Sir Matt said:
There's a difference in saying he would play and he wanted to play.
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Yeah, and there is also a difference in saying he would play, rather than out right saying no like LvG reports.
 
Rich_H_1989 said:
Why is there such a hatred forming for DDG? So he wants to go back to Real? So he didn't sign a new deal with the club because he had every intention of leaving?

Come on guys he's not a Salford boy he's a Madrid boy. Surely the people who should be most put out are Atletico fan's? Given he's going to their rival having once played for them.

OK so the whole things been handled badly but the club have to take some of that blame.
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Hasn't even been handled all that badly. I mean if he's still here come September then he could play for us without a murmur of discontent from the crowd. Compare that to the way, say, the Sterling/Liverpool situation went and it becomes clear that this has been handled relatively well by all parties.
 
sullydnl said:
Meh, not that bothered. I can understand why DDG wants to go, I can understand why we don't want to sell. I can understand why he doesn't feel like playing, I can understand why we don't feel like playing him. Really doesn't seem like anyone has done much wrong in this scenario.

Either he'll go or he'll start playing again once the window is closed. In the grand scheme of things it's no big deal.
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Indeed but people like to be a bit more dramatic about these things as if they're a scorned lover.

It's not recent news that he's not signing a new contract, the club just decided to let it run on and are now trying to get whatever they can it's all perfectly reasonable.
 
I don't understand why everyone involved can't just keep their mouths shut. It's turning into a circus.
 
To be honest I believe De Gea in this, I'm sure he'd play if asked and I think LVG is playing games, though I'm not sure to what end. The whole situation is depressing though, wish he'd stay.
 
Summit said:
Yeah, and there is also a difference in saying he would play, rather than out right saying no like LvG reports.
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I did see another LVG quote where he said DDG wasn't enthusiastic to play though. Doubt DDG outright refused to play or anything like it.
 
I don't think it's black or white with this so called meeting with Hoek. I'm pretty sure they would have discussed what he wants - we all know if Madrid comes seriously he'll want us to let him go. From all accounts that mob aren't being serious. On their end they like the player, would like to have him but it's not a necessity at the moment. So for now De Gea has been amicable and kept quiet to let the clubs make a deal. That's fine. As of now he's still a United player. Like any other he wants to play. I think Hoek and the staff have decided that we will prepare for life after De Gea. We know how good he is. He doesn't need to play to prove anything. If he goes we're ready, if he stays we're as we were.
 
Woodenlung said:
LvG has handled this very badly I think. Never should've went public about De Gea's apparent refusal to play. This is the sort of thing that'll divide your dressing room. o wonder he has a record of getting sacked.
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I agree entirely. This surely makes United's "hardball" stance over De Gea completely untenable now, and this late in the transfer window, it's hard to see how we can recruit a decent replacement. Whether or not De Gea indicated an unwillingness to play, there was never a potential upside to Van Gaal going public over the issue. What was the man thinking!
 
I actually don't care what happens now. We either keep an excellent keeper for a single season then seeing him go next Summer, or we lose a player who clearly wants to be elsewhere and clearly won't have the same passion compared to previous seasons to win with us.

Sure we "keep a world class talent" in the former option, but this saga is such a mess at the moment that it's just become God damn irritating. I said at the start of June that we should just sell him if he doesn't want to be here - same reason why I didn't give a feck that ADM left because he clearly didn't want to be here.
 
K2K said:
Im asking where the proof is..Ive given a good reason why it isnt true...Why would a newspaper mouthpiece that has been harping all summer about the inevitability of this transfernot release such information which would improve their stance further, especially with their close relationship with Mendes..For example when DDG supposedly told United that he wanted to leave, Duncan Castles who is also connected to Mendes was quick to give out an exclusive on that..Why then would he , as journalist not break such a big story..there is simply no logic to such reasoning.
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Dunno but with LvG's comments coming out now you might change your mind.
 
When did Van Gaal say he didn't want to play? I thought he said they discussed it and he felt De Gea wasn't focused enough. I've probably missed new quotes but if that's the scenario it doesn't matter what De Gea says it's the managers call.
 
sullydnl said:
Hasn't even been handled all that badly. I mean if he's still here come September then he could play for us without a murmur of discontent from the crowd. Compare that to the way, say, the Sterling/Liverpool situation went and it becomes clear that this has been handled relatively well by all parties.
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Sorry what I meant was the club holding on to him when he wanted to go was not great. They knew a long time ago he wanted to go to Real I'm convinced about that. They know that once a player enters the last year of their deal the price drops.

However yes I agree if he stays and then goes on to play a big part for us this season it's a good move.
 
Pexbo said:
When did Van Gaal say he didn't want to play? I thought he said they discussed it and he felt De Gea wasn't focused enough. I've probably missed new quotes but if that's the scenario it doesn't matter what De Gea says it's the managers call.
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http://www.theguardian.com/football...s-van-gaal-manchester-united?CMP=share_btn_tw
“Frans Hoek … he has a meeting with David de Gea and he asked him: ‘Do you want to play?’” Asked what the response was, Van Gaal said: “‘No.’ Then I have to take the decision. It is a process.
 
JarleA said:
I don't even care anymore. Everyone comes off as classless right now. Dave, Louis, Ed, Real. This whole saga has turned outright disgusting.
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I thank Chelsea right now for deflecting some of the attention from this, and handling a bad situation even worse than us.
 
Jazz said:
I remember when Cleverly fecked us over by scuppering the sale to ? (can't remember which club) thus costing United money they would have made in the sale and instead he went on loan and consequently able to go on a free - the club's hierarchy were pissed at him. So I can imagine they would be angry with De Gea and trying to make life as uncomfortable as possible for him. But again - who the hell knows.
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I really don't see why the club should have any issues with De Gea. He's not fecking us over, he just wants to leave so logically he won't sign a new contract that binds him for a few years. Just like we don't tend to give new contracts to players we want to get rid of. Or, just like we activated Berbatov's extension clause just so we could make a couple of million pounds by selling him a month or two later. It's just business. We do everything we can to get rid of players when we want them out.
 
There is no hardball stance, fans and journos invented that stance. Madrid didn't made an offer and are just waiting for January to come.
 
Sir A1ex said:
If he ends up going for £15m it's hard to see how we've done better than Liverpool, all things considered.
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Well yeah, if we get ripped off at this stage then we've fecked up. Until that happens though...

Anyway, I was really talking more about way all parties have gone about things rather than what's actually happened. This saga has dragged on but with very little bitterness on either side. That's definitely a good thing.
 
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