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David De Gea could make a return to Atletico Madrid

Monday February 4,2013


By Charles Perrin

MANCHESTER UNITED goalkeeper David de Gea has been sounded for a potential return to his old club Atletico Madrid in the summer.

Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has grown tired of de Gea, who has been at fault for some of the soft goals conceded this season by United and question marks are still raised over his ability to collect crosses.

De Gea has been the subject of mounting transfer speculation, with Barcelona reportedly putting him on a shortlist of goalkeepers to replace Victor Valdes.

But a move to his old club Atletico Madrid could be on the cards, as he is poised for the Old Trafford exit in the summer.

Spanish football site fichajes.net claims Atletico are weighing up their options and they are trying to convince current keeper Thibaut Courtois, who is on loan from Chelsea, to sign a permanent deal.

But they also suggest if that fails, that they will make a move for De Gea.

The Spaniard joined United in June 2011 from the La Liga outfit for a fee of ?18.9m.

http://www.express.co.uk/football/view/375560

This guy is constantly under scrutiny, don't know where these papers are getting this from, do they do absolutely no research!

Its going to increase all the more why have Stoke got a new keeper is begovic on his way in summer? will he be number 1 or 2 if he came

I cant see him giving up on him this early tbh not at the price he paid anyway, but i still do not think he is ready for us tbh

he makes some excellent reaction saves but his all round game is still weak, he flaps and fumbles he does not command his area at all. He is slow of his line and takes up bad positions he doesnt close angles well and he is too weak and feeble

but he has improved and will continue to with experience but he does have a long way to go

There are much more dependable keepers in the EPL who cost peanuts next to him.

begovic is reliable as is krull as is mingolet all can take crosses and make saves and can have all 3 for price of a de gea

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BBC Sport - Sir Alex Ferguson gives rare in-depth interview to Football Focus?

Sir Alex Ferguson gives rare in-depth interview to Football Focus

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Sir Alex Ferguson talks in-depth with BBC Sport's Dan Walker about his "rollercoaster of success" during his 26 years as Manchester United manager.
In a rare one-on-one interview, Ferguson reveals he spoke to Arsene Wenger for "a couple of months" in order to negotiate the signing of Robin van Persie, and reveals his infamous "mind games" are nothing more than a myth, and says he alone will decide when his tenure at Old Trafford will come to an end.
Ferguson, 71, is the most successful manager in British football history, winning 37 trophies including 12 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues


Brilliant interview, great man.

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BBC Sport - Sir Alex Ferguson gives rare in-depth interview to Football Focus?

Sir Alex Ferguson gives rare in-depth interview to Football Focus

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Sir Alex Ferguson talks in-depth with BBC Sport's Dan Walker about his "rollercoaster of success" during his 26 years as Manchester United manager.
In a rare one-on-one interview, Ferguson reveals he spoke to Arsene Wenger for "a couple of months" in order to negotiate the signing of Robin van Persie, and reveals his infamous "mind games" are nothing more than a myth, and says he alone will decide when his tenure at Old Trafford will come to an end.
Ferguson, 71, is the most successful manager in British football history, winning 37 trophies including 12 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues


Brilliant interview, great man.

Cheers Andy will give that a watch later Mrs red does too much moaning when shes watching tv and i have lappy watching videos

She is one angry biatch at times

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Cheers Andy will give that a watch later Mrs red does too much moaning when shes watching tv and i have lappy watching videos

She is one angry biatch at times

She should know the rules " UTD first then kids then the wife "

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12 points clear! 7 in gd. Some immense performances today, Rafael MOTM today, Tom Cleverley continues to get better each match and he is now able to finish the full 90 minutes playing at the same level. Great defensive performance by Jones in the first half. absolutely shut out Fellaini, solid defensive performance and a clean sheet. QPR next, could even make it to 15 points clear.
CFC and Spurs are even looking good to get to 2nd place, still not over yet it's ours to lose

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Paddy power paying out already before we had even played

Paddy Power pays out on Manchester United to win the Barclays Premier League | Paddy Power Betting Blog

Paddy Power pays out on Manchester United to win the Barclays Premier League


Paddy Power is paying out on Manchester United winning a record-breaking 20th Barclays Premier League title, and we?re not even halfway through February!
Paddy Power can?t see Sir Alex Ferguson?s men throwing it away after Manchester City dropped points against Southampton at St Mary?s on Saturday. The Red Devils are nine points clear in the 2012/13 season and can extend that lead even further with victory over Everton at Old Trafford.
Manchester United are sitting pretty at the top of the table having racked up a monster 62 points from 25 games. They?ve won an incredible 20 games and have beaten Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and City this season.
Fergie has had plenty of beef with the man in charge of drawing up the Premier League calendar but United?s title run in looks little more than a cakewalk. Arsenal and City themselves have to visit Old Trafford as Sir Alex hunts down the 38th trophy of his career in charge of United.
Paddy is so confident that Man United will secure a record-breaking 20th title he is paying out more than ?500,000 to punters who backed them outright, despite a third of the season remaining.

Paddy Power said, ?The fat lady might not be singing yet but she?s definitely getting warmed up. We can?t see United letting their lead slip and with Real Madrid to come in midweek we thought we?d take some of the pressure off Fergie and give punters an early payday?.

Manchester City fans are also getting a comforting arm round the shoulder from Paddy courtesy of a free bet. Anyone who has set the reigning champs as their team on Paddy?s team pages will get a ?5 free bet on Monday morning to try to ease the pain.
This early payout comes hot on the heels of Paddy emptying his pockets to the tune of more than ?400,000 before the US Election. The boss paid out on a Barack Obama victory three days before the vote took place. Sorry Mitt Romney, you?re not black or cool.
But it doesn?t always have a happy ending for Paddy. Convinced Tiger Woods had the 2009 PGA Championship in the bag Paddy paid out on him winning at the halfway stage. Tiger blew a four-shot lead allowing YE Yang to take the major and it cost Paddy more than ?1 million. He still wakes up in a cold sweat thinking about it.
There?s still a chance City could do it and cause more heart-ache for Paddy. United managed to cock-up an eight point lead last year in the most dramatic Premier League title-race in history.

Terms and conditions

• Pay out applies to single bets only
• Bets must have been placed before 10.00am on Sunday February 10th 2013
• The pay out applies to all channels
• The ?5 free bet applies if you had your Paddy Power team page registered to Manchester City before 10.00am on Sunday February 10th 2013
• The ?5 free bet will be credited on Monday February 11th 2013.

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He's the man

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Brendan Rodgers just opened up his three envelopes that he said would **** up their season

West Bromich and Albion.

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Brendan Rodgers just opened up his three envelopes that he said would **** up their season

West Bromich and Albion.

Think they still see themselves as great or have they finally realised they are a mid table side

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Think they still see themselves as great or have they finally realised they are a mid table side

Work in progress m8 23 years and counting

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Work in progress m8 23 years and counting

5 times tho 5 times tho

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5 times tho 5 times tho

Lets hope we get to 5 m8
















Nearly 20 though

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wtf are we playing at did we learn nothing from getting beat of barca

far too negative far too deep if you are going to play counter attack you need players in positions to break

how many times do we have the ball near our 18 yard with no outball real madrid putting the squeeze on with their defenders on the half way line our attackers are at the edge of our box

nobody to pass too


There back 4 can be easy got at, so lets get at em away goals double if we are going to win this tie it needs to be done second half we need to start chasing their centre halfs back and push further up pitch

btw when the **** his rafael going to stop diving in for everything he has no chance of winning bayern munich over again if he doesnt calm down