07 Jan 2015 16:10:04
Does anyone find our supposed signing of Valdes strange? I am sure he will not be cheap.

He is a good shot stopper and was always good coming off his line but also suffers on high balls played into the box from set pieces and corner and generally stays on his line.

I am not sure what the signing achieves since we have lingard as a back up and he is okay unless he wants to leave and fed up with sitting on the bench.

{Ed002's Note - Lindegaard and Amos have been told they are not wanted and to have their representatives find a new club.}

1.) 07 Jan 2015
07 Jan 2015 16:58:27
Think Lingard might be a bit small to be playing in net mate.

2.) 07 Jan 2015
Why should it be strange?

If you see Lindegaard live he isn't good enough as a number two at our level. The move for Valdes makes total sense as long as it doesn't mean the loss of DeGea.

3.) 07 Jan 2015
Not strange but would not be happy DDG left in the near future

4.) 07 Jan 2015
I couldn't agree more that it's strange I can't imagine he'll be on a small wage and will he be happy being a no2. DDG should be playing every game he can while he's in the form he is. I might be in the minority but I always thought he was over rated.

5.) 07 Jan 2015
Redman

They will pound him with crosses into the box and he is not the type that is good at coming and collecting or punching crosses. Lindegaard might not be great but the Valdes signing is neither here or there when you loo t his age.

He is similar to deg when he first came, not great at dealing with crosses but a good shot stopper.

6.) 07 Jan 2015
United signed a longer term prospect in May called Vanja Milinkovic, a 6'8" Serbian in May, so my guess is that Valdez is a stop gap back up until the young 17 year old comes of age. It all makes perfect sense whether de Gea stays or leaves. Amos and Lindegard have clearly been assessed as being not good enough for us, and they need to leave so they can play regularly somewhere else. Meanwhile we get a better array of experience and prospects.

I don't believe it's to put pressure on DDG who is clearly going to be our #1 - assuming he stays. If Milinkovic fulfills his potential then United would have the option of making a boat load of money by cashing on de Gea.

7.) 08 Jan 2015
I think it could just be to gain fitness and move on at the end of the season he won't be happy been number 2 and won't ever push out de gea

8.) 08 Jan 2015
Next season when I hope we have Champions League football and DDG signs back on we would have two quality keepers for the extra games. LvG could trust his number two as a League, European and World champion.

The point for me would be if DDG, who I don't think has missed a game this season unlike most of the rest of the team, had a injury and was missing this Sunday who would you want in goal? Lindegaard is a step down, a big one but the experience and quality of Valdes would be positive. His distribution, like DDG is good, he will need time to settle but next season, like many big clubs we will need two in every position. Valdes is a good move for me and something I felt needed addressing.