I very much doubt that he won't play until next year. LvG is stubborn and weird but he's not stupid. De Gea is by far the best goalkeeper we have, probably the best in the league and he's a professional who wants to play for his country in the Euros next summer.This is getting rather silly. Two huge, wealthy clubs arguing with each other in public (to be fair we have not commented but Real's reaction is priceless).
Obviously they're still getting the better end of the deal as they will sign him for free next year but I wonder how De Gea keeps form without playing for more or less 16 months (last game was in May and he won't play until late August 2016). Will they even want him next year?
Do you work for United PR? If not then you should consider applying, seeing as how riled up this has gotten you.
I usually listen to them until they start putting the boot in, then I switch off again.
Manchester United would like to announce that it has reached an agreement with David De Gea for a 5-year contract extension
Ah yes! That minor detail!
Manchester United would like to announce that it has reached an agreement with David De Gea for a 5-year contract extension
I think van Gaal is exactly this stubborn. Seems like the sort of thing you'd expect him to do. Under Ferguson De Gea would probably be signing a new deal.
this is fantastic. Woodward has basically either pranked Madrid badly, or Madrid have shot themselves in the foot by waiting till the last moment. Either way, what a bunch of tools.He'll have a better chance at trophies with Real Madrid than Atlético, he loves Madrid, his family and his girlfriend live there, Barcelona don't seem to want him.
Meh. He'd be pretty much useless in our current set-up anyway and Di Maria put me off Real Madrid's rejects big time.So they won't be selling us Bale then?
There were reports that Mendes was growing frustrated with Real's approach a few weeks ago. De Gea's camp can't be happy at the outcome and ultimately it was Real who were supposed to push the deal through, not us.
Go away.
Why the feck did he move to Manchester in 2011 then? He knew he were a long term project for the club back then, he's basically fecked us over because if we signed any other goalkeeper back then we'd still be keeping him now. As things stand we're yet again forced to look for a new keeper with very few obvious choices.
He is our simply the best and only world class player in our squad, so I hope he is professional enough to handle it and get back to his best. Also, that the manager is ready to leave his ego aside and gives him back the gloves. We'd need to as we don't have enough goals in our side; De Gea will need to keep us in games and get us those draws/wins to make the top 4.
Think thats what the statement is all about. They are taking the stand that they couldn't submit the documents because United delayed sending it to them and by the time they received it, the machine accepting the documents had shut down/switched off or whatever.
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Yes, I would like to hear from a Real fans point of view.
I feel similarly but suspect it's down to ensuring his best chances at playing for La Roja - which means one of the big two. Barcelona are set at keeper which leaves the capital club.
Other than him signing a new contract, that would probably be ideal.
It's the gap between numbers 4 and 5 above that's interesting. Even if we involved in other deals it does have the smell of us dragging it out a bit, if the broad heads of agreement had already been exchanged. None of which explains Real's obvious part in all of this, mind.
