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Yeh we've never done anything like it before tbh. Its all new...

I don't like the price, its mental (well not so bad when broken down) but he didn't choose it. Let's hope he becomes a star.

All I know is what I have read since yesterday. Those who have seen him say he's worth the fee (or will be).

Guess we will find out.

 

Hopefully we can sell him to RM in a year or two for a world record fee ......................

 

I think they have **** it now with us.

 

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Great attitude. Write him off before he has kicked a ball.

Lets, maybe give the lad a chance?

 

Oh, you two are certainly alike.

 

Official Club statement -

Manchester United notes Real Madrid’s statement on the attempt to sign David De Gea and sell Navas to Manchester United. The club feels compelled to provide some clarification with the following facts.
- Manchester United did not seek contact from Real Madrid for the sale of David. David is a key member of our squad and the club’s preference was not to sell.

- No offer was received for David until yesterday.

- At lunchtime yesterday, Real Madrid made its first offer to buy David. A deal was agreed between the clubs, which included Navas being transferred to Old Trafford. The deals were dependent on each other.

- In the last several hours of the process, with Navas at the Real Madrid training ground, Real Madrid were controlling the documentation processes of David, Navas and Real Madrid. Manchester United was in control only of the documentation of Manchester United.

- Manchester United sent transfer documents for both players to Real Madrid at 20:42 BST. David’s documentation was returned by Real Madrid to Manchester United without the signatory page at 22:32 BST.

- At 22:40 BST, minutes before the deadline, major changes to the documentation came through to Manchester United which immediately put the deals at risk.
- Only at 22:55 BST were the documents that are needed to cancel David’s contract received by Manchester United from Real Madrid.

- At this point Navas’ documentation was still not returned by Real Madrid.

- At 22:58 BST, the transfer agreement was sent back by Manchester United, uploaded onto TMS and accepted – all before the deadline.

- It is our understanding that the deals couldn’t happen because:

Real Madrid didn’t upload David’s documents onto TMS in time (Manchester United did)

Real Madrid didn’t upload David’s documents to the Spanish league in time, per reports it seems some 28 minutes after the deadline

- The fact that Manchester United filed the papers on time was acknowledged by the Football Association, who offered to support that claim in any discussions with FIFA. The club offered this assistance, as well as its own timestamped documents to Real Madrid but they have chosen not to go down this route.

Manchester United acts appropriately and efficiently in its transfer dealings. The club is delighted that its fan-favourite double Player of the Year, David de Gea, remains a Manchester United player.

 

Don't mate!

Over the years United has always flexed its financial muscles. But was the recent successful United not built on youth? The class of 91. The only difference is that talent is recognised by more clubs and potential now cost

In the old days that kid would have cost 10m-15m. But these days with more clubs recognising its value, he was never going to be cheap. Spurs, arsenal and Chelsea had been stalking for ages. He was worth £20m? £30m what should that bother us if he is a good player? After all it is the GGs money, if it's not spent then it goes into their pockets. Same with De Gea, yes the club may well lose him free next year but we'll have him for one season. The transfer fee lost? Again it is the GGs' . It is not as if any of us will suffer. Trust me the massive income from TV and sponsorships dwarfs anything spent and there won't be any need for increasing ticket prices or prices of goods.

 

What's your take on it then?

 

See Post #4987 - but you didn't agree then, and I don't suppose you do now. Simple truth - RM bottled it and in order to appease their fans they blame us - simple

 

Seems pretty clear that Real ****ed it up. Their statement says as much - Manchester United only agreed to negotiate on Monday morning. Probably because you only made a decent offer on Monday morning when you realised we weren't going to cave and sell him for £20m.

Real had all summer to pay the £29m they were clearly willing to pay, as that's what they ended up offering, but have quibbled over a few million and thus lost their man. Their mistake entirely.

 

The thing is even if we where partially to blame, which I don't think we where. Real Madrid have had all summer to pay the money, and they wait til the last day. So there president shouldn't be coming out and trying to shift the blame on to us, when they don't make an offer until there's only half a day left to get things sorted. Especially when there where 2 players involved in the deal, which makes things even more complicated. Atleast come in with a few days to spare, not hours

 

They ****ed the Coentrao deal up with us because they got cold feet at the last second, this looks very similar.

 

Of course he's going to try and shift the blame.

This is Real Madrid we are talking about - if he admitted what a cock up he'd made then he'd have to spend the rest of the season pulling the knives out of his back from the rest of the board, Marca, Benitez and half of the fans.

 

Anyway, thank fck this transfer window is over.

 

Meant to ask. If De Gea had wanted to move so bad why when it went tits up last night didn't he try to buy himself out of his last year. He could still have signed with Real as a free agent and you could have used it as a lever to get Navas for very little?

 

Same reason he didn't hand in a transfer request or talk to the media, it wasn't his idea he was getting tapped by Madrid (and his girlfriend) and was undecided.

 

This.

If you want to buy out your contract under Article 17, you have to hand in a notice within 15 days of the end of the season. So De Gea would have to do it before the start of June.

Real didn't start trying to get him until July, so it was already too late by then. He wasn't desperate to leave, it was only Real's public interest and his girlfriend's whining that got him interested.

 

Players and agents are ****s. Happy to sign a contract extension to get a pay rise but livid when the club points at that contract when the player wants a move to another club.