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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Could Madrid have planned for this...wasn't a rumor earlier this year that they wanted De Gea to wait a year due to Fifa Fair play and that he can be had on a free transfer.
Make it look like you did all you could to get the deal done, and blame United to satisfy your fans, when really you are more then happy to wait 10 months and sign him on a free transfer.
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the rumor was they told him if he didnt come this year and came for a free next year they would give him a bumper payment of 10m Euros
the only reason I can concievely think why United would do this on purpose is that it is expected Madrid get the same transfer ban that Barca have right now (basically a registration ban), depending on when Madrid get it, they will most likely appeal it so they have another transfer window to buy for essentially two years
when Barca did it they delayed it last summer and got Suarez, Bravo, Ter Stegen, Rakitic, Mathieu, Rafinha
Madrid are light at striker and at the back, so they would most likely do the same thing. So if it gets levied against them before January they would have to delay it for then, and have the ban be for next summer and winter 2017. \
Which would mean that DDG can go there on a free but cant play for a season basically, don't know if he is willing to do that. So its a tin foil hat conspiracy but maybe United expect something like that to happen and hope it persuades him to stay