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Tommo.
BBC Sport had people on the page just to write about how that player develops on FM
bmg033
I saw that, was such a load of crap. They also had a fantasy football champion on there too.
Sam
Fantastic.
Some claims in Spain say De Gea is going to sign a new contract. Would love it to happen. Obviously he'll still leave eventually, I imagine the contract will have an exit clause, but it'd be a brilliant 'fuck you' to Real.
Ninja
Dunno, to be fair, the most likely outcome is he'll still leave on a free.
By most accounts though he doesn't particularly care about playing for Madrid, he's an Atleti boy at heart of course, but realises that to guarantee his place in the national team he needs to be playing for one of the big two. A fair amount of Spanish journalists have said that his desire to play for Real Madrid has gone thanks to the blasé nature with which they've dealt with the whole thing, whether thats just Spanish journalists venting their frustrations at Real or true is, obviously, anyones guess.
The biggest stumbling block, I would say, to the theory that he'd sign a new contract with a buy out clause is there's no guarantee whatsoever that Real would actually pay it. They've spent all summer fucking around when they knew that a bid of around €40m was always likely to be accepted, assumedly the buy out would be set at around about €50m, at least De Gea knows that he's going to get the move next summer if he doesn't sign, its all about whether he still wants to play for them.
Based Jorge
Sam
I don't think him signing a new contract will be so surprising. He's not going to risk being a benchwarmer this season if he wants to play in the Euros. So put an exit clause in the contract, if Madrid still want him and he still wants to join it can be sorted easily - rather than the farce this summer.
I understand his reasons for wanting to leave: he wants to be no.1 in Spain aka dethrone Casillas - and he has a chance to do that in the national team and at Iker's old club - one of the biggest in Spain. Plus of course his girlfriend lives there.
AS and COPE reporting he wants a new deal.
K3V0
VP.
SpinSwimScream
That is definitely true, the romantic part of my head likes to believe that he loves the club and wants us to get some money out of him for helping him develop. The reality could be that he does go on a free, but I could definitely see something like him signing a new deal, with a huge wage increase, and a release clause for the same price as whatever Madrid were gonna pay for him this window.
Also its crazy he isn't already Spain's number 1, regardless of whether he is at Madrid or not.
Ninja
The only thing is that he's on a relative pittance because he never signed a new contract after signing with us initially, most estimates put it around about £50k basic. If he signed a new contract it would reflect his status as a first teamer, at the very least we're talking about a wage increase of £100,000 p/w and
a signing bonus.
At conservative estimates we're talking about a loss of about £5m if he doesn't sign a new contract.
Sam
Vercoe
Ninja
Can't say he'd be my first choice, but what do the Newcastle fans think? Got enough talent to make it for us?
King Luis
He can go to another club but they wouldn't be able to register him i think
Shola
Nah, not really. He's good, but he's not that good.
He's not really a striker, a winger or an attacking midfielder as well.
Poe
He's still young so could develop I suppose, he's definitely our hottest prospect.
Think a move to Spurs/Everton would be better for him.
Franck
Ninja
Its not what you know etc...
Franck
I would've put my money on Phil getting promoted from assistant though.
Ninja
How pissed off must Phil be?
Been appointed caretaker and first game against Barca and then your brother comes in and nicks your job.
Although, on second thoughts, maybe he's relieved?
Carroll.
Grimnir
I do miss that, having defected to BT over the summer. I know United are dull at the moment but it really isn't helped by Rio Ferdinand, Michael Owen and Paul Scholes punditry!
I know it is a week or two old now, but I saw that Sinama Pongolle has signed for Dundee United! Didn't even know he was still playing.
bmg033
How is he only 31? Thought he would've been way older than that, I remember seeing him score for Blackburn against Spurs once.
BR.
Aye that was his only goal for us. We played ace that game, but you won 3-2....that was the season it was you, Arsenal and us battling for 4th! Good times.
bmg033
Our first goal in that game was awesome, Robbie Savage getting completely done by Robbie Keane
Franck
Carroll.
Eric Portapotty
Regarding?
Carroll.
http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/23/marko-grujics-father-is-so-worried-liverpool-move-will-ruin-his-sons-career-that-hes-confiscated-his-passport-5581837/
K3V0