Pure speculation, we know nothing of Dave’s stance on negotiations nor his long term plans. Club have been negotiating with him for what seems like forever.
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Being at least as good as Pickford is no endorsement whatsoever
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Just going by England's current number 1 mate, it's not an endorsement in the slightest just saying I don't think it will be long before he is at that level
Exactly my thoughts. Obvious Mendes leak is obvious. Trying to get United to pay up.
You would think Mendes and Jose would change their tactics. Becoming too transparent now.
Most likely due to saving goals not being a thing anymore but passing being important for keepers now, according to some.
No one wants to get rid of Dave. However, £400,000 or whatever crazy sum he's asking for is insane. Really bad business and limits us. We need players and we also need to pay them.
Because it's a job and he does not love the club in the same way a fan does.
Can’t say I’ve watched him closely whilst he’s been on his various loans, but if he is highly rated by the club and Dave leaves, I wouldn’t be against having him be the back up to Romero and letting him play in the cups etc to see how he copes
Fine then. If he doesn't want to take the very generous offer on the table from us, and if he sees a better opportunity, then no one will begrudge him. I just want him to make up his mind and not waste our time. I also don't want us to be conned by his agent. We need to stand firm imho.
Saying we’ve seen his best years implies that his best has passed him by i.e. past it.
It’s his last big contract. I would be holding the club to ransom if I saw a bum like Sanchez earning so much.
It's going to be tough to stand firm really in this situation. What does the club do, offer him £300K a week and say "take it or leave it"?
And we are offering him a hell of a lot of money. The club isn't being stingy. Yes Sanchez is a problem but that doesn't mean Dave is worth the money he wants. If he can't compromise and he can find a better deal then fine. I'm just tired of the constant speculation.
Yes that's what they should do imho. I think they've actually offered upwards of £350,00 per wk. How is that not generous? If that's still not enough for him, then like I said, he is welcome to accept a better offer. However, the club should not give him anymore.
De Gea can quite realitically call himself Man United's best player over the past 5 years. He will probably ask to be the best paid (or at least the same).
I don't care what he thinks. We have offered him a lot of money. More than enough. We still need to operate within a budget. There's no oil under the OT pitch. We also have other needs to address in the squad.
It's obviously not more than enough or he would have signed. Man United can easily afford to pay him the same as Alexis Sanchez, they just don't want to.
Fine. We agree to disagree. He's not worth £400,000 - £500,000 per week. He just isn't, and we should not budge, Sanchez or no Sanchez.
When you replace him with Courtois who would be on £300K a week and he's getting nutmegged every other week you'll wish you shelled out that extra!
I doubt very much we'd replace him with Courtois
He's worth 12 pintsp a season on his own, you can't turn away that kind of quality.Most likely due to saving goals not being a thing anymore but passing being important for keepers now, according to some.
A few on here do, apparently we'll be fine with Romero and we've got Henderson and Pereira for in a couple of years time.
I didn't say he was past it.
Yep. romero is a good keeper too and I won't mind if we gave him the number 1 spot. DDG and Sanchez off the wage bill will really give us good chance to strengthen in key areas of the team.
He's the Spanish no.1, is from Madrid, Navas is approaching his mid-30s and it seems Zidane does not like Courtois.
Sorry but I have a hard time understanding your logic. Why do you have a problem paying the best goalkeeper in the world £15 million a year ? In order to get a goalkeeper anywhere near his level - we first would have to pay £40-50 million (at best) - and if we are lucky, they would only get half his wages. So you want to spend £40 million to save £7.5 million in wages each year for a goalkeeper who may not even turn out to be good ?
Can't see Madrid spending 150m pounds for 2 keepers anytime soon, especially considering they have to fill many voids in the team.
