It does mean Romero will be leaving. Unfortunate change but I guess inevitable, possibly the best #2 in the world, ever.
Henderson signs 6 year contract
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
so, which one we sell to inter then? DDG or romero?
Seriously, I think was what had to be done... Henderson will challenge de gea, david will now that he has to improve his form or a young keeper will take his place. Romero could never do that, he is not nearly good enough for being the number one even if DDG was on a poor run of form.
At the end of the season, the best keeper stays. I agree you can't have two "first keepers" in the team for long, but you can have them for a season to fight for the place.
Seriously, I think was what had to be done... Henderson will challenge de gea, david will now that he has to improve his form or a young keeper will take his place. Romero could never do that, he is not nearly good enough for being the number one even if DDG was on a poor run of form.
At the end of the season, the best keeper stays. I agree you can't have two "first keepers" in the team for long, but you can have them for a season to fight for the place.
Good that we have tied him with long contract, might backfire also if Henderson fails to step up.
I hope he will get good enough chances to win the place, it will be tough decision but we should make the harder decision. Either De Gea should step up or lose his place to Henderson.
I hope he will get good enough chances to win the place, it will be tough decision but we should make the harder decision. Either De Gea should step up or lose his place to Henderson.
Good news locking him down to a longer contract. It will be really interesting what we do now with our keepers. Whether we look to keep Romaro, and loan Dean out again, or if we are now going to look at either selling Romaro, which would be very harsh on him considering he has performed well every time he has been called upon.
This is going to really put the pressure on DDG to sort himself out, as Dean won't be content to sit on our bench and play in the cup games.
This is going to really put the pressure on DDG to sort himself out, as Dean won't be content to sit on our bench and play in the cup games.
How will Ole manage them this season? DDG in PL, Hendo in CL and cups?
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I just hope we give more chances to Henderson to play next season, rather just a few cup games here and there. I hope at least 20 games for him.
Henderson is already one of best keeper in the league last season though, probably among the top 3. He is also very young and can improve in future with more experience.
Also, next season when De Gea feck up again, he knows he will be immediately replaced by Henderson, who has had better season than him last season. This is only be good news for us.
We had 2 choices here
a- we either give him a long term contract on a high salary to keep him here
b- we let him join Chelsea, probably on a lowish fee. Considering how DDG was playing then there was a reasonable risk that we would end up with a substandard goalkeeper while Chelsea would have a top young keeper whose also our homegrown talent.
Its a between a rock and a hard place situation
United's mistake was to give DDG a ridiculous salary in the first place.
a- we either give him a long term contract on a high salary to keep him here
b- we let him join Chelsea, probably on a lowish fee. Considering how DDG was playing then there was a reasonable risk that we would end up with a substandard goalkeeper while Chelsea would have a top young keeper whose also our homegrown talent.
Its a between a rock and a hard place situation
United's mistake was to give DDG a ridiculous salary in the first place.
Does it matter if he is yet to make appearance for us? If we sign Grealish, do we expect him to earn less money just because he is yet to play for us?
I agree it's bit too much for back up keeper (btw this will include all possible bonuses, which he won't earn sitting on the bench) but he is yet to play for us is not a valid reason as he isn't playing for our reserves. He is already in top 3-5 keepers in the league.
He is Sheffield United's young player of the year last 2 seasons (the season where they achieved a lot) and also golden glove winner in championship.
Again 120K (which will include match bonus, clean sheet bonus) is bit too much but he is quality player and shouldn't be compared with our other reserves who are yet to play for us.
Absolutely this.
At £375,000 per week De Gea is here to stay and tbh I don’t blame him.
It‘ll be a very long time before we see a GK getting that kind of money again.
Which is yet another reason why we need people who understand football at board/negotiation level. A DOF and a football CEO is a must
Haters going to hate.
Very good decision by the club. Dean will be our No.1 soon. We wont have to worry about GK position for years if Dean fulfills his potential. I guess we’ll see the ‘Cech-Courtois’ scenario at United this season.
Well I guess it'll be easier for Ole to drop De Gea for Henderson rather than Romero (btw he was one of our best south american signings lately?). It's probably a good decision long term if Henderson is as good as people on here believe.
It will be very interesting to see what happens to DDG because keeping 400k/w goalkeeper on a bench woule be united way.
It will be very interesting to see what happens to DDG because keeping 400k/w goalkeeper on a bench woule be united way.
Sergio Romero was wonderful for us. A great backup.
But in the interest of solidifying our future and doing what’s best for the club, the best decision was to make Henderson no 2 and give DDG a run for his money.
If Henderson is unsuccessful and DDG goes on to rediscover what made him great, then Manchester United Football Club wins. Either way the club wins.
That’s the kind of decision making I can ge the behind. Ruthless on Romero, who prolly doesn’t deserve it, but that’s life in football. Choosing between loyalty and the future of a club, I choose the future.
But in the interest of solidifying our future and doing what’s best for the club, the best decision was to make Henderson no 2 and give DDG a run for his money.
If Henderson is unsuccessful and DDG goes on to rediscover what made him great, then Manchester United Football Club wins. Either way the club wins.
That’s the kind of decision making I can ge the behind. Ruthless on Romero, who prolly doesn’t deserve it, but that’s life in football. Choosing between loyalty and the future of a club, I choose the future.
I believe Henderson earns more than Alisson and B. Williams earns more than Alexander-Arnold.
Again this, every Liverpool player earns way less than Manutd starting and bench players but somehow their wage bill is huge and difference between 2 clubs was just 1 Sanchez.
If everyone believed reported Liverpool wages then Salah took paycut to join them.
This was from 2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...-triggers-salary-increase-liverpool-contract/
At least 40K a week in 2018 and then he signed contract in 2019. Reported wages for williams and Henderson is including all bonuses they earn upto 65K and 120K a week.
That's why it's not possible to compare the wages when one is base wage and others are including all possible bonuses.
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Why are people saying it's crazy wages?
£6.2m in wages this year to effectively battle out the number 1 spot with DDG is not exactly a big deal is it.
Give him 1-2 years and he WILL be our number 1 keeper, and if he isn't that means DDG drastically improves and becomes one of the best in the world again.
It's win win.
£6.2m in wages this year to effectively battle out the number 1 spot with DDG is not exactly a big deal is it.
Give him 1-2 years and he WILL be our number 1 keeper, and if he isn't that means DDG drastically improves and becomes one of the best in the world again.
It's win win.
Whilst this is true, you'd think Alisson's next contract will surpass £120,000, considerably.
Who’s paying him those wages we just gave him? It’s stupid. Get a DoF ASAP.
It’s crazy wages because he’s don’t F all. If he fails and we want to sell him nobody can afford him.
He's done F all? He's had an excellent season in the PL, spearheading a defence that has outperformed every team bar Liverpool City and United.
It's also called asset management. If you've got a nice Range Rover on your drive but never use it, cus you're driving your Aston Martin you still insure it. You ain't SORN'ing that.
Clubs can afford DDG. PSG would love him.
De Gea has made several big mistakes since Ole has been manager and he hasn't dropped him for Romero. It's extremely naive to think there is going to be a battle between Henderson and De Gea for the number 1 spot.
Henderson's appearances will be limited to some cup games and the group stages of the champions league depending on who we get, he will probably end up getting less games than Romero did last season. He's going to spend most of his time on the bench and giving him a new 120K a week contract for that is stupid.
If we have no plans of dropping or getting rid of De Gea then Henderson should either be going out on loan or sold.
Henderson's appearances will be limited to some cup games and the group stages of the champions league depending on who we get, he will probably end up getting less games than Romero did last season. He's going to spend most of his time on the bench and giving him a new 120K a week contract for that is stupid.
If we have no plans of dropping or getting rid of De Gea then Henderson should either be going out on loan or sold.
I’m sorry was Henderson’s contract due to expire? Nobody is paying DDG’s wages stop being silly
This are just a continuation of dumb decisions which was probably made on your analogy.
God I hope we do the next Amazon Prime documentary. It would be epic.
As someone who has played amateur goalie I always admired Ddgs naturals ability but at this point I would just like a solid keeper with a solid back 4. Someone to compliment Maguire and a no nonsense approach.
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Even though no new signing announced till now, This is a great news to hear. I don't think letting Romero go to keep henderson makes any sense as Henderson isn't here to be the number 2 . He should either be loaned out again until we are able to sell David De Gea( Massive respect for him, but we need to look for future).
Dumb decisions? Securing a valuable asset who's proven he's one of the best in the PL for the next 6 years? A dumb decision would be risking another year without renewing his contract.I’m sorry was Henderson’s contract due to expire? Nobody is paying DDG’s wages stop being silly
This are just a continuation of dumb decisions which was probably made on your analogy.
God I hope we do the next Amazon Prime documentary. It would be epic.
£6m per year is a drop in the ocean for our revenue. Smaller clubs can't afford to do it, but we can. Enjoy the strength of your club, they have the ability to do this which will pay off in the years to come. Chancing it for another year and risk losing him for free, or having to pay double due to his stock rising in 12 months would be the only "dumb decision" in my view
Excellent decision by the club. Finally a good one. Wages are a bit high but then again it shows faith in him and who knows maybe DDG will be sold soon. In any case will keep DDG awake knowing he has a good competition. Feel sorry for Romero but maybe he'll try to find a club in which he'll be a regular now.
Excellent succession planning would have been to factor in Henderson on a lower wage prior to his SU loan this season for a contract long enough that you wouldn't need to give him 120k this season in order to make him stick around.
I don't mind the 'it's not our money' so why are we moaning about it argument sometimes, but it gets to a point where it happens too often and it represents a poor business model and is a reason why you've been in trouble the past few seasons, similar to us.
I rate Henderson and think he will do well but I don't see how anyone can think that having two keepers on 400-500k a week is a good thing, even for a season. In terms of the quality of player, it's great, but from a financial point of view it's not good at all.
Not assed what wage he’s on. We’ve tied down one of the best young keepers in world football when seemingly our current number 1 is on the slide. 110k a week less in glazers pocket /shrug
He didnt want to sign a longer contract, which was very astute of him
How Liverpool do this ?
They have their journalists who are "reliable", obviously they are reliable as they get direct info from club. They can paint any picture they want to. Obviously our Big Ed wants to paint a different picture.
Which is why you gave him a contract until 2022 so he still had 2 years left on his deal. I don't see why it wasn't possible to keep him on that deal, give him chances in the squad this season and then give him a new deal next summer or in Jan if he ends up performing well. I know there were these rumours of Chelsea but he clearly loves United and would want to stay at the club if it was possible. I don't think he'd be pushing for a move with one year left on his deal unless the club made it clear they didn't want him. Yes, it's dangerous to let a deal run down to only 1 year but poor planning led you to be forced into giving De Gea a massive wage and now giving Henderson this massive wage because of the previous poor decision.
I'm pretty relaxed to be honest. I fully expect Conte to sign DDG next summer.
Stoked for him. He had a fantastic season with Sheffield and fully deserves a shot at being number 1 for us.
How good is he in comparison to current De Gea? A short summary of his strengths and weaknesses would be nice from someone who watched him regularly.
Most probably Inter - they usually buy our oldies