Rds1983 Posted July 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Xela said: His wages were ridiculous at Man Utd - £375k p/w. If he's prepared to take a big reduction then there will be plenty of options. If not, I think a flight to Jeddah or Riyadh is on the cards. I think his new contract was going to only be £200k a week (can't believe I've typed 'only' for that sum), so it suggests he's wiling to accept less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: I think his new contract was going to only be £200k a week (can't believe I've typed 'only' for that sum), so it suggests he's wiling to accept less. The problem he's now at best a 75k a week goalkeeper for a Brighton or Brentford. I don't care how many clean sheets he kept last season he's not a good keeper. Still agile and capable of a flying save but mentally shot, weak, awful on the ball and makes errors and inspires zero confidence in anyone. Causes more mayhem and indecision just being there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted July 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2023 1 minute ago, rodders0223 said: The problem he's now at best a 75k a week goalkeeper for a Brighton or Brentford. I don't care how many clean sheets he kept last season he's not a good keeper. Still agile and capable of a flying save but mentally shot, weak, awful on the ball and makes errors and inspires zero confidence in anyone. Causes more mayhem and indecision just being there. There's a chance a fresh start might help him turn it around mentally. However, there's been a few keeper's who suddenly dropped off a cliff around 30 and never seemed to recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 10 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: The problem he's now at best a 75k a week goalkeeper for a Brighton or Brentford. I don't care how many clean sheets he kept last season he's not a good keeper. Still agile and capable of a flying save but mentally shot, weak, awful on the ball and makes errors and inspires zero confidence in anyone. Causes more mayhem and indecision just being there. Edit...somewhat he wouldn't even get a game for those teams because of his distribution. I'm not one to go full hipster on the goalkeeper distribution. It is a huge part of the game now though and De Gea's distribution would make Guzan or goalkeepers of the early 2000s who just pumped it blush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Edit...somewhat he wouldn't even get a game for those teams because of his distribution. I'm not one to go full hipster on the goalkeeper distribution. It is a huge part of the game now though and De Gea's distribution would make Guzan or goalkeepers of the early 2000s who just pumped it blush. I know you're exaggerating for effect, but the irony is that distribution was seen as one of his strengths a decade ago when the league was full of the likes of Guzan. It's just that he hasn't been able to get much better at it while the average standard across the league has soared, so now he looks dire by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 6 hours ago, Rds1983 said: De Gea had the most clean sheets in the league last year with 17. He had 3 more than Pope in 2nd place. He's only 32 so somebody should take a chance on him unless his wages aren't ridiculous. He also makes a lot of mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted July 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2023 28 minutes ago, Genie said: He also makes a lot of mistakes. I know. I had to do that original post twice as I accidentally hid the first one and couldn't figure out how to unhide it. In the original I did reference his mistakes, but I still think someone could take a chance on him on a free if he's not ridiculous in his demands. Any keeper can make mistakes (same with any defender) and going somewhere with less spotlight/pressure might help him with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 United made the correct decision in my mind, you can't be a serious contender with a iffy keeper like DDG. Chelsea will always struggle aswell as they have Kepa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Who would they get though? Spose they could look into Sanchez at Brighton, he isn’t getting into their team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 16 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: Who would they get though? Spose they could look into Sanchez at Brighton, he isn’t getting into their team Onana from Inter Milan seems to be close to complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 9 hours ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said: There is a reason he can't make a Spain squad that isn't exactly blessed with goalkeeping quality. In fairness could say similar about Pau Torres and his position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Tommo_b said: Who would they get though? Spose they could look into Sanchez at Brighton, he isn’t getting into their team Signing Brighton back up keeper will bring out the Norwich scarfs Its Neuer or nothing for these clowns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) God knows what they are thinking in the transfers department. What do we need? A top striker and if we let De Gea go we need a new 1st choice goalkeeper. What did we buy? Mason Mount for far too much money and now the reserve keeper from Brighton They also need to move on the likes of Maguire and Martial. They’ll probably be captain and vice caption at the start of the season. Edited July 10, 2023 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 What the hell is taking so long with this takeover. The glazers really are **** them iver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 25 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: What the hell is taking so long with this takeover. The glazers really are **** them iver It's a £5billion publicly traded company. I imagine there's a lot of legal and regulatory steps that need to be done even after the bidding war is over. It must be one of the great business deals of the century, the Glazers effectively bought it for free, serviced the debt by using the club and are now selling for a monster profit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, villa89 said: It's a £5billion publicly traded company. I imagine there's a lot of legal and regulatory steps that need to be done even after the bidding war is over. It must be one of the great business deals of the century, the Glazers effectively bought it for free, serviced the debt by using the club and are now selling for a monster profit. Look how quickly chelsea did theirs though and they had a lot more interest than united have. For me it seems its the glazers trying to get as much money as they can. If i was them id be taking the ratcliffe one as they can retain a stake. My prediction is of they qataris dont buy united they end up buying spurs instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 21 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Look how quickly chelsea did theirs though and they had a lot more interest than united have. For me it seems its the glazers trying to get as much money as they can. If i was them id be taking the ratcliffe one as they can retain a stake. My prediction is of they qataris dont buy united they end up buying spurs instead Something about Spurs traditional fanbase that might put Qataris off but not sure what it might be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 28 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Look how quickly chelsea did theirs though That was a very different scenario, A club recently seized from a Russian Oligarch with links to a war criminal. A fast sale was in everyone's interests. Man Utd. is traded on the stock market and the Glazers only own a % of it, the Qatari's are trying to buy it all and take it off the stock market. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Genie said: God knows what they are thinking in the transfers department. What do we need? A top striker and if we let De Gea go we need a new 1st choice goalkeeper. What did we buy? Mason Mount for far too much money and now the reserve keeper from Brighton They also need to move on the likes of Maguire and Martial. They’ll probably be captain and vice caption at the start of the season. Mount is overpriced considering he has 12 months left but if you can get a player of that quality for 50 odd million it's a good signing. Not someone they are screaming out for but he'll be brilliant for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Mount is overpriced considering he has 12 months left but if you can get a player of that quality for 50 odd million it's a good signing. Not someone they are screaming out for but he'll be brilliant for them. He should have been more like £30m given he had a year left. United have been mugged off. He’s made a rod for his own back taking the number 7 shirt as hell get nowhere close to some of the icons who have worn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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