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He can't play with his feet just like De Gea. He's not even as good at shot-stopping as De Gea. Henderson would be a downgrade.
We should be aiming to improve our performance to play good football on consistent basis rather than relying on individual brilliance. Without new keeper but signing world class striker means we are relying on individual brilliance not good football. If someone like Maignan would cost around half 100m, it’s no brainer signing to improve our football and we can use the other half to sign new midfielder.
Sorry but I have to disagree because I want my team to play good football not relying on individual brilliance. Keeper is the spine of the team, striker is the finishing article of the team imo. If the choice is to use 100m on striker or use 100m on keeper and midfielder then I have to choose keeper and midfielder because keeper and midfielder are the spine of the team.Sorry have to disagree. £100m on a keeper when we need a striker would be irresponsible. We havent scored that many goals and it’s been one of the root causes of our problems and will continue to be unless we sign someone.
He's about the same with his feet, but at least he's an improvement at sweeping, claiming crosses, controlling his box, communicating with his defenders, distribution with his throws...and it's debatable about the shot-stopping. The only time he got a run in the team was by far the best our entire defence looked in the three year period around that run.He can't play with his feet just like De Gea. He's not even as good at shot-stopping as De Gea. Henderson would be a downgrade.
You would choose to spend the budget on a keeper so we can create chances, when our biggest problem is that we already create chances but don't score from them?Sorry but I have to disagree because I want my team to play good football not relying on individual brilliance. Keeper is the spine of the team, striker is the finishing article of the team imo. If the choice is to use 100m on striker or use 100m on keeper and midfielder then I have to choose keeper and midfielder because keeper and midfielder are the spine of the team.
No I chose keeper so we can improve our performance to play good football on consistent basis. In term of xG, we are closer to Spurs than to Brighton or Newcastle, this means we are still having problems with creating good quality chances.You would choose to spend the budget on a keeper so we can create chances, when our biggest problem is that we already create chances but don't score from them?
If De Gea signs the contract he has reportedly been offered, we will still need to sign a goalkeeper this summer due to the contract situations of our 2nd and 3rd choice keepers.
In that scenario, which goalkeepers do you think we could realistically get to come here as challengers to De Gea rather than clear cut starters?
Not my first choice but at least he wouldn't cost a brazilion poundsI’m fairly certain Utd will be in for Onana this summer. It makes so much sense. Eth knows and rates him, he’s Am Amazone goalkeeper with excellent ballplaying abilities and Inter are short for cash
Tips hatNot my first choice but at least he wouldn't cost a brazilion pounds
If the reported contract offer was a contract reflective of a role as our future nr.1 it would've surely been signed and sealed by now. My bet is that we're signing a starter and that it would be one of Raya, Martinez or even Sanchez, they will all challenge/improve on our GK and a bonus is they all count as Home Grown,If De Gea signs the contract he has reportedly been offered, we will still need to sign a goalkeeper this summer due to the contract situations of our 2nd and 3rd choice keepers.
In that scenario, which goalkeepers do you think we could realistically get to come here as challengers to De Gea rather than clear cut starters?
Costa & Raya seem to be the only two GK’s that we’ve been linked with from what I can remember.
Not seen much of Costa as don’t really watch Portuguese football. Raya is not bad but I’m not completely sold on him.
AC Milan chaos as 'FOUR stars eye exit after Maldini departure' including top Chelsea transfer target | The SunI wonder if Milan would sell Maignan for something like 60-70m. Probably not..
AC Milan chaos as 'FOUR stars eye exit after Maldini departure' including top Chelsea transfer target | The Sun
It is the sun so be taken with a pinch of salt but if he does become available it would be incredibly negligent of us to just stand by and watch.
All of this is presuming Utd actually want to replace him.
Are we looking to replace him??
Unfortunately I think we will see lots of unhappy caf fans next season re keeperYeah still feels we are only looking for competition hence talk of Verbruggen. The noises aren't loud enough we are looking to sign a Costa/Raya to replace him.
Better: we give them the needed money to spend on Maignan while we get Mount as rewardYeah we let Chelsea have a free run at Maignan then it's absolutely negligent to say the least
Joe Hart had personalityI refuse to believe that. For me, being effective on the football pitch isn't always about technique and/or ability. Sometimes, it's just personality. Henderson has that 10 times over De Gea so by default he would be a better keeper.
Would be it much better or of use to us (for our goals)? Probably not but he would absolutely be an upgrade on the De Gea that we've seen and known for years.