De Gea: I Want To Spend A Great Number Of Years Here

David De Gea has again reiterated his admiration for Edwin Van der Sar, but now, after signing for Manchester United, hopes to match the contribution made by the Dutchman to our club.

“In my opinion Edwin has been the best goalkeeper in the world whilst here at United,” De Gea told MUTV. “I hope to emulate him and spend a great number of years here. Hopefully I will equal or even surpass the performance and contribution he made to the club. Of course everybody wants to win the Premier League. That’s no different from me – I’d like to do that but also aiming to win the Champions League is realistic. That is what we’re going to do.

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schmikes July 5, 2011

Hi, I'm new on here and thought i'd share opinions with fellow utd supporters.

On the De Gea signing; he is obviously young and relatively inexperienced. However, he's an immensely talented young goalie with huge potential and his performances for atletico have been excellent. His 'clean sheet' stats are not very impressive but atletico having a crap defence certainly did not help him.

What is encouraging is the the amount of shots he has stopped in relation to the amount of goals he has conceded. I think we may have signed a budding shot stopper extraordinaire (if the stats and videos are anything to go by) who is going to become one of the best in the world. Let's just hope he adapts quickly and enjoys his, hopefully long and fruitful stint, at old trafford.

I have also been very pleased with the acquisitions of Jones and Young. These two will add a new dimension to the squad through their respective defensive and offensive versatility. I think these two will definitely intensify the fight for positions in the first team....and that can only be a good thing.

As we all know, we still need a central midfield player with a bit of guile, who can spot a pass and knows where the back of the net is. There is continual speculation regarding Modric, Sneijder and Nasri but I don't think we will actually sign any of them.

Modric is settled in London and looks set join to join the west London branch of the KGB. Sneijders wage demands are astronomical and, in my humble opinion, wouldn't fit at utd as he plays to advanced and would take up a lot of Rooneys position 'in the hole'. As for Nasri, I think he's a great player! but Wenger will not want to sell one of his prized assets to utd. I don't think he will necessarily want to sell him to shitty citeh either but at least he will be safe in the knowledge that Nasri would spend most of his time on the bench there. Got to say though, Nasri is a player who could pull some strings for us and would be a tremendous signing.

We will definitely need a little bit more than just Anderson to fill Paul Scholes boots....not that anybody ever could. Although I do feel that if he stays fit and clear of injury, we could finally see the best of Andersons vision and beauty of a left foot. However I think its safe to say that his right foot will just never develop...Bobby Charlton needs to have a word methinks.

So, as a closing thought to my incredibly long first post, is this. Wayne Rooney plays such a deep role at Utd and can pass a ball better than anyone at the club. I think we should get Rooney in the 'playmaker' role and buy another striker who can play up with the little pea. I've heard Benzema might be available and I know Sir Alex was interested in him before. Rooney feeding Chicharito and Benzema sounds pretty awesome to me.

What do you think? and sorry for the length of this post, I'll make further posts much shorter.

Come on Utd!

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