Manchester United’s summer transfer activity just took a sharp upturn with the news that goalkeeper David de Gea has signed a new four-year contract that will make him the highest paid goalkeeper in the world. The announcement caps a remarkable turn of events for the two-time United player of the year was on the verge […]
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It has bene generally assumed in the media that despite screwing-up his transfer on deadline day, that Real Madrid will still sign David de Gea to a pre-contract in January and that the Manchester United goalkeeper will be playing at the Bernabéu next summer. But a lot could happen between now and then, especially when […]
Manchester United current executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has responded to Real Madrid’s 10-point plan of why they should not be blamed for de Gea debacle. It is extremely rare to see two of the biggest clubs in the world is this sort of public squabble, but the story has been all summer that Woodward felt […]
Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez is getting hammered in the Spanish media for screwing up the David de Gea transfer and has responded with a 10 point PR statement where he tries and lays the blame for the del fallen apart at the feet of Manchester United. The Real Madrid statement, released on Tuesday said: […]
You cannot make this up. David de Gea will be staying at Old Trafford after the signed contracts from Manchester arrived at the LP headquarters one minute too late and the deal is off!! Start the conspiracy theories on why United sent the contracts in late! Earlier today everything seemed to be in place for […]
He has been heavily criticized for Manchester United’s lack of recent transfer activity but Ed Woodward earned his stripes Monday with the David de Gea deal. United have sold de Gea to Real Madrid for £29 million (39.6m) plus goalkeeper Keylor Navas. The deal makes all parties happy. De Gea and his agent get the […]
According to ESPN, Real Madrid have decided to wait until next year to bring Manchester United keeper David de Gea to the Bernabéu. Rafa Benitez has been happy with the play of Keylor Navas and Kiko Casilla this summer and does not believe that there is any need to sign De Gea now, especially when […]
Sergio Ramos played Manchester United like a violinist plays a Stradivarius. The Real Madrid captain brilliantly used the interest of Manchester United to get what he always wanted, more money from Real Madrid. “The circumstances of the renewal have made it drawn out but my head and heart have always been here,” said Ramos. “It […]
It has been an unusual summer in the Spanish capital as Florentino Pérez apparently misplaced his checkbook as Real Madrid had only spent €52m on new signings this summer, more than 60% (€31.5m) of that spent on the signing Danilo from Porto. But after a full preseason to look over his squad, Rafa Benitez has […]