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How do you feel about the signing of Paul Pogba?

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SammyUnited_83 said:
Not to forget Beckham and Ruud, both of which Fergie claimed their heads were turned by Real as season or 2 before they were sold.

Still find it odd that Real weren't as public in their approach for Pogba (the odd Zidane comment) but nothing to the extent of their other galactico transfers. Perhaps his 'poor' euros worked out well for us.

Either way I don't mind one bit!
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Agree with the Beckham and Ruud comparison. And in their case it didn't look like we were losing much though. In Ronaldo's case it was a total heartbreak. I don't think the club is ever going to make that kind of sale again given our new found commercial profile.

For the bolded part, I believe that they simply didn't have the money to do business with Juventus. A lot of legitimate journalists were reporting it openly that Real don't have the means post the James transfer. They needed to sell before they could buy. The only option left for them was to play the "Zidane" French midfielder card and how he would like to have Pogba playing for his team. This time though it didn't work out as top players really want to play in the PL due to the profile of the managers and other top players the league has attracted. Also, it is one of the most challenging leagues in the world (and the extra money helps too).
 
Will Absolute said:
Edwin van der Sar's height is given as 1.97m, which is less than 6' 6". He towered over our defence, whereas De Gea doesn't look taller than the likes of Smalling, Carrick etc.

Okay, white text. But I went to the trouble of checking Edwin's height so I'm going to post this anyway. :p
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Smalling is taller than Rio and Vidic.
 
Adam-Utd said:
So you believe de gea is taller than pogba too? I am not only arguing against the "facts" because In real life it's obvious he's bigger than de gea. You can see from the other photo he's nearly as big as zlatan, no chance does Dave match up to him in that regard. DDG is no bigger than 6'2 at best.
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Well given I haven't yet seen a picture of them both standing straight right next to eachother, then yeah, the official statistics are probably the best bet.
 
So will we throw him in against Bournemouth? Or will he only start the game after that. Usually the managers want the players to train with the team a bit and he is just coming back from holiday, but I guess with big players like him you could make an exception. Di Maria went straight to the starting XI if I remember it right?
 
I'd expect him to come off the bench. I'd be shocked if he started so soon.
 
Cool. We're still talking about the height thing. How many pages do you think we'll get out of this? If only Damo could do us a table on the top 10 height comparisons of recent times. I remember decking a guy who insisted that Gordon Hill was taller than Stuart Pearson. Fingers crossed this discussion turns out amicably.​
 
I remember people asking if he's our first Muslim. Isn't Fellaini Muslim?
 
syrian_scholes said:
So we can say this guys is our first Armenian ie but when we say first Muslim it's who cares?
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I was going to say this exact thing. It's in vogue to consider mentioning religions as being backwards or almost offensive to think about. Secularisation becoming marginalisation.
 
LennonNL said:
I thought Pogba was Catholic. Wasn't RVP Muslim?
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Not that any of this matters but..

RVP was not Muslim. His wife is.
Adnan and Marouane are Muslims, but certainly not the first Muslims to play for United.

Mame Biram Diouf, who played for United prior to Adnan and Marouane, is also Muslim.

Does any of it matter? Unless they are fasting and letting their religion get in the way of being a good footballer, then no..
 
zain said:
Not that any of this matters but..

RVP was not Muslim. His wife is.
Adnan and Marouane are Muslims, but certainly not the first Muslims to play for United.

Mame Biram Diouf, who played for United prior to Adnan and Marouane, is also Muslim.

Does any of it matter? Unless they are fasting and letting their religion get in the way of being a good footballer, then no..
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Is anybody suggesting there is anything negative about it?
 
It seems like Jose intends to pair Pogba with Carrick, that's really gonna test Pogba's defensive side as you have to cover ground for 2 at times with Carrick nowadays, especially against a pressing team.
 
zain said:
Not that any of this matters but..

RVP was not Muslim. His wife is.
Adnan and Marouane are Muslims, but certainly not the first Muslims to play for United.

Mame Biram Diouf, who played for United prior to Adnan and Marouane, is also Muslim.

Does any of it matter? Unless they are fasting and letting their religion get in the way of being a good footballer, then no..
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It sounds obvious to say, but it's of interest to those who are interested, of which there are clearly a few, myself included. As someone else mentioned, would it be met with such hostility if someone was excited about our first Armenian player for example? Would you have? No.
 
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RC89 said:
It sounds obvious to say, but it's of interest to those who are interest, of which there are clearly a few, myself included. As someone else mentioned, would it be met with such hostility if someone was excited about our first Armenian player for example? Would you have? No.
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No, because United having an Armenian player is of interest to those who follow Armenian football, or the Armenian national team, or people in Armenia.

But if someone asked something about if a certain player was Catholic, or Hindu, it would be the same as the Muslim question.
 
zain said:
No, because United having an Armenian player is of interest to those who follow Armenian football, or the Armenian national team, or people in Armenia.

But if someone asked something about if a certain player was Catholic, or Hindu, it would be the same as the Muslim question.
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Not for everyone. Their interest in an Armenian player might have nothing to do with whether he plays in the Armenian league etc. I for example am Bangladeshi. I don't follow Bangladeshi football. I don't even know if they have a national team. If however we signed a Bangladeshi footballer, I'd be interested by it.
 
zain said:
Not that any of this matters but..

RVP was not Muslim. His wife is.
Adnan and Marouane are Muslims, but certainly not the first Muslims to play for United.

Mame Biram Diouf, who played for United prior to Adnan and Marouane, is also Muslim.

Does any of it matter? Unless they are fasting and letting their religion get in the way of being a good footballer, then no..
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No ones suggesting the fact that they're Muslim would affect their performance what so ever, where on earth have you got that from?

Some people fecking love creating problems that don't exist.
 
LennonNL said:
No ones suggesting the fact that they're Muslim would affect their performance what so ever, where on earth have you got that from?

Some people fecking love creating problems that don't exist.
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No one else is, but I'm saying that I AM suggesting that religious restrictions MAY impact player performance if those restrictions are actually observed, like fasting in the month of Ramadan.

But that would deviate this thread and is a whole other topic.
 
Last year in work I had a few Bertie fans telling me they're in for Pogba and Pep. Everyone knew of the Pep rumours and I believed he would go to them after Bayern. So when he did I was worried they'll get Pogba too.

Well well well.

Work after we announced Pogba was belting. Not a peep out of them. I had a few digs but none of them took the bait :(
 
If pogba participated in fasting during Ramadan this year he would have done it whilst being at the euros.
 
RC89 said:
I remember people asking if he's our first Muslim. Isn't Fellaini Muslim?
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For trivia purposes - Kalam Mooniaruck was our first Muslim player (as far as I know) back in 99/00ish. He was a reserve so it may not count. In terms of first teamers, it would have to be Diouf.
 
zain said:
Not that any of this matters but..

RVP was not Muslim. His wife is.
Adnan and Marouane are Muslims, but certainly not the first Muslims to play for United.

Mame Biram Diouf, who played for United prior to Adnan and Marouane, is also Muslim.

Does any of it matter? Unless they are fasting and letting their religion get in the way of being a good footballer, then no..
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For a religiously pious and practicing person, thats an absurd statement as religion and religious practices precede everything for them.

If a muslim footballer decided to fast during ramadan and it impacted his performance, his employer should not hold that against him. Any person has every right to meet the requirements of their faith. If its such a concern, that person should not play that game or even be employed in the first place.

Anyways, Islam allows for people to catch up missed fasts, if there life is endangered in performing their profession whilst fasting. Im not sure how religiously practicing Pogba is, but if he missed ramadan fasts and wanted to clear his conscience, he can catch them up during his free days and holidays.
 
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Why do so many care if someone prefers little Red Riding hood or the sleeping beauty? It doesn't have to do anything with football.
 
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