It's both. Signing a goalkeeper is an absolute must.
Should we renew De Gea's contract?
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He's been a shit goalkeeper for half of his time here. 2017/18 was his last season as a top goalkeeper, steady decline since where he's varied between average and garbage.
Yep.
Yet for some reason, we are offering him a new contract.
Desperate times when I’m wondering if it would be better to let Jack Butland see out the rest of the season between the sticks.
He's so far passed it it's not funny and even in his prime he had numerous flaws. Shouldn't be any consideration of keeping him.
For the love of feck, all we need to do here is not renew. I am praying that we don't somehow screw this decision up.
That’s what I said at the start of the season, unless we have Varane and Martinez then Casemiro in front of them the defence looks scared to death and when you have De Gea and Maguire on the pitch together they scare each other to death so piles more pressure on both of them.
No. He’s having his own go at getting us to miss out on CL football (remember Sevilla)
He’s genuinely the worst number 1 in the league, he’s that bad.
I have no idea how we can trust him anymore.. he makes too many mistakes.. Can't remember the last keeper we had that got away with so many mistakes..
Some great memories, but he has to go.. He wont be #2 and there is no way he should be our #1 next season.
Some great memories, but he has to go.. He wont be #2 and there is no way he should be our #1 next season.
We don't have the money if you are to believe reports.
So we don't have money to sign two players? Non sense
100mil. There's a thread on it
Then sign a cheaper striker. We can't keep de Gea on goal. It's as urgent as the striker position. It's an absolute must.
Jaysus, the man really hates us..
How dare club want to reduce best goal keeper in the world's wage? That's so unfair
How dare club want to reduce best goal keeper in the world's wage? That's so unfair
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Why is weghorst on the pitch. Take him off ETH please
This is a lifeline his contract has ended. Don’t blow it and renew.
Proper disasterclass out there
Unfortunately I think he's already signed and it just hasn't been announced yet
Can't wait to see how they announce his renewal at the same time as his mistakes take us out of the top four.
Brainless board.
Brainless board.
Malacia is utter shite
We can't go bargain basement on striker again. We need a gamechanger. We are impotent up top.
No gamechanger is gonna come without CL football.
Well then we are fecked because we are awful up top. We are dominating this game and can't even create a good chance. Any half chances we get we can't even hit the target
100m if we don't sell any players, which we obviously will.
Realistically it isn't in any way a choice between a GK or a CF. It's a choice between GK and some other position.
Where is his army of fanboys though? 
It’s past their bedtime ….sent to bed by mumWhere is his army of fanboys though?
We don't have that many thatl make us much money in fairness
You don't really need to make that much to free up FFP scope. Being able to make an Antony or Sancho level signing "costs" 25-35m in that sense.
Probably Barthez and his eccentricities? Maybe Roy Carroll?
I remember when Foster got his run in the team and was quickly nixed by Ferguson after some shit performances.
We really need a keeper, we can trust. Someone who not just have fantastic games for a periode of time. A goalkeeper with stable performances
He is the most costly renewal ever; mistakes leading to missing CL in 2019, the 2020 EL semi (losing money prize), the 2021 EL final (again money prize, and this year mistakes in EL and in the league risking again missing top 4.
At this rate Kane is gonna turn us down cause he’ll consider us a downgrade from Spurs ffs.
The sad thing is that this is arguably his best season he's had in the last five (or certainly in the top two). Which just goes to show how bad he's been for half a decade now.
Would be so obviously renewing for the wrong reasons. To be fair, as a grown up now, I can appreciate that these are business decisions that have to be made at times, if we find ourselves in a situation where we cannot afford to go big on a keeper we will have little choice but still - we would prefer not to renew under these circumstances.
He's a season killer. Has been for a while now.
We'll have to renew as we cannot afford a replacement, wish we could releade him as he holds us back.
Yes, on half the salary he is currently on as the number 2.
Take it or leave it would be my attitude.
Take it or leave it would be my attitude.
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