A prime Ronaldo was a steal at £80m 7 and a half years ago. Since then TV money has tripled. Are you on class A drugs?
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His price tag goes way beyond what you see on the pitch. People talk about £90m and judge it against his performances. To the club, what a player does on the pitch is only a part of what you're buying, Pogba cost so much because you're having a superstar footballer represent your club, selling shirts, merchandise, and generally adding massive value to your brand.
What a player!
Have rival fans stopped their jibber jabber yet?
Have rival fans stopped their jibber jabber yet?
dont pay that much attention. More people vote when someones playing poor than when they play well, including myself
We got the right amount of money for him at the time. It was an enormous amount of money at the time. Its like saying West Bromwich got fleeced for 1.5 million in '81
I think he was worth £90 million when you consider all the factors at play
His current ability
His potential ability (world class)
Our need for goals and creativity from midfield
The lack of of top midfielders on the market
His marketability
Prices in the current market (£30 mill for an OK to decent player)
His current ability
His potential ability (world class)
Our need for goals and creativity from midfield
The lack of of top midfielders on the market
His marketability
Prices in the current market (£30 mill for an OK to decent player)
Needs to sort out his beef with the post though. That's what, the sixth time he's hit the woodwork this season?
I agree it's Messi and Ronaldo money BUT it's modern football where money is mad.
Also, he's 23 and already world class so by the end of his career we'll be laughing at the money.
Not to mention he's very marketable.
Incredible player, it's a dream watching him play for United. Don't want to go all hyperbolic, but that's one of the best performances by a United player during the last five years. So important for our team.
Well our resident Liverpool and Tottenham fans think Henderson and Alli are better players.
What a waste of money. 
But but he isn't very good because his average rating is just 6.3 on Caf, at least that's what Liverpool fans said.
Missed the game but watched few highlights and his videos, his passing looked unreal. Even Scholes would be proud of them.
Missed the game but watched few highlights and his videos, his passing looked unreal. Even Scholes would be proud of them.
That's only because the Caf actually has some standards when it comes to rating players performance.
OMG, i had flashbacks to Scholes with some of his passing, the riffled pass to MF's chest, the 1st time sweep to Valencia outwide and the pass to Ibra for goal 1.
He also counts as a homegrown for us right? Which is just another + that we couldn't get from another midfielder of his quality.
Seemingly being a positive influence in the dressing room also, since he appears to often be smiling and dancing is nice too.
He is possibly the most unique midfielder in the world
Here, if you still haven't seen the game and don't plan to, give this a watch:
Cheers dude
A lot of people are still debating if Pogba was worth 90 million and if United were right to cough up so much money for him. You lot just don't debate it the right way.
Pogba is NOT worth 90 million. No midfielder is. For 90 million, you usually get a proper goal scoring machine or best attackers in game. Having said that, United were absolutely right to spend 90 million on Pogba.
United finished outside top four last season and anyone who knows anything about football knows that our struggles will continue for a few more seasons before we have a squad capable of mounting a challenge in CL. Moyes and LvG had made us laughing stock of footballing world and our reputation was pretty much goning downhill. Under these circumstances, if you decide to be able to attract a world class talent like Pogba, make his head turn away from offers from big clubs like Real, Barca, Bayern etc, clubs which guarantee him trophies in the very first season and as a result a much enhanced reputation, we simply had to blow them out of the water with our evaluation of the player. Do you guys really believe we could simply match transfer sum offered by aforementioned clubs and stand a chance to be in contention for the signature of arguably one of the best midfielders of his generation? United did what was right and overpayed to secure his services. So yes, Pogba's 90 million price tag is a valid one for United. The salty opposition fans and the over-analyzing fellow United fans can argue otherwise for however long they want. Had we been winning trophies and CLs, we would have never been made to pay that sum for Pogba. But the reality was we had finished 7th, 4th and 5th in the domestic league, didn't make it to CL, got knocked out in group stages the one time we did. We have been overpaying for players for a while now and that is not the player's fault. It stems from the fact that the club simply isn't doing well right now and looks fair distance away from being able collect any major trophies. The club will have to come up with alternative attractions to be able to compete until we get back to where we belong. Our other choice is to buy 3rd tier players based off of correct evaluation and risk turning into Arsenal and Liverool.
Whether Pogba is worth 90 million and whether United were right to pay 90 million for him are two different questions and one doesn't necessarily imply the other. Buying him for whatever price he cost us was indeed the best decision we could have made. Who cares if Real could have gotten him for 60 million.
Pogba is NOT worth 90 million. No midfielder is. For 90 million, you usually get a proper goal scoring machine or best attackers in game. Having said that, United were absolutely right to spend 90 million on Pogba.
United finished outside top four last season and anyone who knows anything about football knows that our struggles will continue for a few more seasons before we have a squad capable of mounting a challenge in CL. Moyes and LvG had made us laughing stock of footballing world and our reputation was pretty much goning downhill. Under these circumstances, if you decide to be able to attract a world class talent like Pogba, make his head turn away from offers from big clubs like Real, Barca, Bayern etc, clubs which guarantee him trophies in the very first season and as a result a much enhanced reputation, we simply had to blow them out of the water with our evaluation of the player. Do you guys really believe we could simply match transfer sum offered by aforementioned clubs and stand a chance to be in contention for the signature of arguably one of the best midfielders of his generation? United did what was right and overpayed to secure his services. So yes, Pogba's 90 million price tag is a valid one for United. The salty opposition fans and the over-analyzing fellow United fans can argue otherwise for however long they want. Had we been winning trophies and CLs, we would have never been made to pay that sum for Pogba. But the reality was we had finished 7th, 4th and 5th in the domestic league, didn't make it to CL, got knocked out in group stages the one time we did. We have been overpaying for players for a while now and that is not the player's fault. It stems from the fact that the club simply isn't doing well right now and looks fair distance away from being able collect any major trophies. The club will have to come up with alternative attractions to be able to compete until we get back to where we belong. Our other choice is to buy 3rd tier players based off of correct evaluation and risk turning into Arsenal and Liverool.
Whether Pogba is worth 90 million and whether United were right to pay 90 million for him are two different questions and one doesn't necessarily imply the other. Buying him for whatever price he cost us was indeed the best decision we could have made. Who cares if Real could have gotten him for 60 million.
He is exactly like that amazing juve compilation video from transfer season. If he is consistent he is untouchable.
I was wrong about him in the sense, I felt that Mourinho's preferred tactic of 4-2-3-1 wouldn't get the best out of him. I thought he wouldn't play as well as he did at Juventus. So I was a little apprehensive tbh about how he would fit into Mourinho's plans. Glad to see I was wrong. He's absolutely bossing it regardless of how we set-up.
Pogba is worth 90 million to Manchester United. Therefore is worth 90 million
I watched his Juventus compilation video on youtube and it was the most amazing thing i have ever seen on there. And now i am seeing him do the same things in a United shirt
He plays for us
He plays for us
I particularly like that he isn't sporting that banana infused turd hair look anymore.
This.
Simply stated. Agree 100%
I'm confused. why would a hairstyle would alter performance. So how does this impact on his football exactly?
He's not yet worth 90m on the pitch but overall he is a bargain. Walk into any Adidas store and the walls are covered with images of Messi, Suarez and Pogba. Since Rooney started to decline we haven't had anyone with that kind of exposure and value to the club.
You are boring.
So no answer then?
You expect me answer that? It' a caf joke.
This.
The price tag discussion is just silly. Did we overpay by about £20m? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely. Pogba as he is now can give us 10 years of quality service easily. That's more value than we can get out of ~ £120m spunk since 07 on Anderson, Hargreaves, Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin, Fellaini.
He is definitely a future captain. Still has a lot of maturing to do as a footballer, but he will get there.
Does anyone have a gif/vid of that time after we went 0-1 down and before scoring the equaliser, he was deep in our half near the corner flag and a Middlesbrough player had the ball (might have been Leadbitter) and he made a brilliant standing tackle to get the ball off him and start another attack.
Does anyone else remember seeing that?
Does anyone else remember seeing that?
A clone of Keane would be perfect playing where Ander plays in our system, not that Ander hasn't been good but Pogba, Keane clone and Carrick would destroy this league
I am coming round to this idea. I don't think he's there yet as he can go missing a bit too often, but the potential is there to be Captain, when he has fully adapted and grown in confidence and built his relationships with everyone more. Would beawesome ifJose has managed to buy our new Captain on his first transfer window. Must be said, he was an inspired signing. In fact all of them were great. Makes me dead excited for next Summer and season.
yup, I will be happy with him as our captain. still waiting to see more goals from his long shot. hopefully he can always maintain and improve his performances to bring United to the top and then become ballon d'or winner.
Yeah, I remember that happening but I can't remember the minute. Maybe ask @GifLord if he can make one?
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