Erik Ten Hag Shortlists 3 Goalkeepers to Replace David De Gea at Manchester United.
According to GiveMeSport, De Gea is not ready to accept a pay cut, which means that the club are now looking at three options to replace him: Valencia’s Girogi Mamardashvili, Porto’s Diogo Costa and Brentford’s David Raya.
With Valencia struggling in La Liga right now and in danger of a shock relegation, Mamardashvili could well be bought for far less than his value, which is estimated at around £45 million. Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur both want the Georgian, too.
De Gea is still in his prime, but Sportsfila.com feels Manchester United will not renew his deal for 375k pounds per week. No one would pay that amount for a 32 year old goalie. If he wants to stay, he must settle for the proposed 200k per week wages.
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Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea is to be replaced this summer by one of three options between the sticks.
That’s according to one report that says that the long-serving Spaniard’s time at Old Trafford is coming to an end, following mistakes made during the Europa League defeat to Sevilla last week. De Gea redeemed himself with a display against Brighton & Hove Albion at Wembley in the FA Cup on Sunday – but still didn’t save a single penalty in the shootout.
Erik ten Hag has a lot of problems to solve at Manchester United but arguably the biggest that’s holding back his style of play is goalkeeper David De Gea. United’s number 1 is a traditional shot stopper and is arguably closer in style of play to a 90s keeper than the sweepers that we see in the modern game. The Dutchman has made big calls over this position in the past.
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Ajax: Ten Hag signed then, 37 year old, Rem-ko Pass-veer to play in goal over former Dutch International, Maarten Steklenberg. Ten Hag did this because Pasveer was a far better goalkeeper in possession, allowing him to reliably become an 11th outfielder and help Ajax to outnumber the opposition in build up. Unfortunately for David De Gea, this is just not his strength. In fact, since 1st July 2016, De Gea has made the second most errors leading to goals in the Premier League.
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Raya has just a year left on his contract and would seem like the smart buy for United, given that they have other targets to acquire across the pitch. The Spaniard is well thought of, however, by rivals, while employers Brentford may look to tie him down to better terms – especially if they qualify for Europe this season.
Costa, meanwhile, has a release clause of around £66m. With Porto unlikely to budge on that, it seems as if the Portuguese may well be a last resort if United fail to negotiate other deals or miss out on targets.
So what are we looking for? First, the goalkeeper needs to be good with the ball at their feet and comfortable under pressure. Statistically speaking this means lots of touches and accurate passes. Next, they need to be comfortable sweeping off their line, enabling a high defensive line. This means lots of defensive actions outside the box and a high average distance for these actions.Being a good shot stopper, so having a high save percentage or over-performing their xG is also important, as well as the ability to stop crosses.
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One fan told SportsFILA he belives we should go for Diogo costa from fc Porto and portugals number 1 in recent times. Has good distribution good shot stopper good collector of crosses and could improve his sweeping but he is just 23 so could easily improve. He was originally an outfielder so is really good and comfortable with the ball check him out
There are a LOT of goalkeepers just around Europe who could compete with David De Gea and just focusing on players under 25, Man Utd could look at: Islan Meslier from Leeds; Robert Sanchez from Brighton; Dominik Livakovic from Dinamo Zagreb; Yann Sommer from Gladbach; Justin Bijlow from Feyenoord; Florian Muller from Stuttgart; and Maarten Vandevoordt from Genk. But the goalkeepers I rate highly for the role are Marseille’s Pau Lopez; Bochum’s Manuel Riemann; and Brentford’s David Raya.
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At 32, De Gea’s current deal ends this summer with the option of another year on the eyewatering £300,000-a-week terms that he signed in 2019. United would ideally like him to lower his wages and see out his deal.
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The Spaniard is valued at €15m by Transfermarkt.
I absolutely love de gea, he’s been our saviour many a time, and player of the year several times, sadly I feel like maybe this needs to be his last season with us, only because the goalkeeping position has evolved and we need a keeper who can use his feet and distribution better. I’m not slagging big Dave off tho, he’s been brilliant for us,and I’d wish him all the best, but do feel like we need a change in goal going forward.
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De Gea has some weaknesses in his game, for sure. But I’d be very careful what I wish for. He saves our bacon SO MANY TIMES. Whatsmore, the Man Utd goalkeeper has to be one of the most challenging positions in world football. Only Schmeichel, Van De Sar, and De Gea have made it their own in my lifetime.
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