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Do you want Pogba for £100 million?


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People keep talking about the size of the transfer fee being a problem as it will be so complicated, but it hasn't stopped Juve getting Higuan in a matter of days and his fee is nearly as much.

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You pay the price you get the player
 
Said recently that my belief is Pogba would prefer to join Madrid, and as long as the market is open, and Real are still 'interested', Pogba will not be in a rush to sign for us. All the 'they won't pay' etc - if they are telling him they are interested, that will probably be enough to stall and see. After all, worse case is he stays at Juve, which he apparently doesn't mind.
Juve might though, after spending €100m on Higuaín.
 
Most boring transfer 'saga' ever, if it could even be called that

Do people want a transfer to be interesting? the more boring, the better for us. It becomes interesting if Real, actually come into the fold

The thread is really boring to follow, the heavy moderation imposed seems to be playing it part, the Thiago and Berbetov threads, for example, were some much more entertaining. However its funny watching people slowly convince themselves and losing their minds that hes going to Real..
 
There are very, very few teams that don't understand the value of money in world football right now. Pretty much United and City are the only two.
You're talking as if we beg for money from our cash rich oil owners and spend big. This is the money we EARNED. We are one of the few teams in world football who are actually capable of doing that. Dont compare us to City. And City havent spent big? The feck have you been the past few years? Mangala - 36m, Otamendi - 40m, Sterling - 50m, KVD - 50m. Now Sane - 42m and looks it Stones - 50m. You're right they dont blow it all on one player but they spend more than any club in world football right now.
 
Of course you would rather us spend it all on 3 good players rather than a top class player. It instantly improves our team, your rival.

We've not put a dent in the amount of money we could potentially afford to spend this summer.

We need a top class midfielder, who can come in and instantly make a huge improvement - this has been the case for the best part of a decade.

One is available. We can afford to break the world record fee. It makes sense to do so, for United.

140m EUR isn't a dent in the amount of money you can spend?

Again, sorry, but I can tell you don't watch a lot of Paul Pogba.
 
Then Mkhitaryan is worth what? 7.5m?

I disagree with your post completely. There are very, very few teams that don't understand the value of money in world football right now. Pretty much United and City are the only two. But even City haven't actually pulled the trigger on any ridiculous transfer fees so far - it's all just been speculation.

The Higuain to Juventus move shouldn't be quoted because
a) they are going to get a huge fee to subsidise the price from United.
b) they are directly weakening their biggest rival in the league and all but guaranteeing domestic dominance for the next 3 years in a transitional period where they have lost Pirlo, will lose Pogba etc..


Point is that Mkhi is a huge risk. He looks good but might not be great. He was in the last year of his contract and STILL cost 30m. Now try to find any three players in the world who could have the influence of Paul Pogba.
 
The Richard Marrow account's a fake, according to the Summer Tweets thread.
 
Come on. Are you serious? Surely you've heard about how complex these contracts are? It's not about scanning a barcode, then paying a fixed fee. There will be loads of back and forth on dozens of different clauses on contractual details between the two clubs, the player and his agent. Everything from timing of the installments of the transfee fee, to image right, performance-related bonuses, agents fees etc etc. And that's all after the two clubs have agreed on a fee!
Oh I'm totally serious.
 
That's there problem. He has a contract, they can't force him to go anywhere.
True but they can exert some pressure to make up his mind one way or another. And on Madrid, too, not just Pogba himself.
 
The Purist said:
There are very, very few teams that don't understand the value of money in world football right now. Pretty much United and City are the only two. But even City haven't actually pulled the trigger on any ridiculous transfer fees so far - it's all just been speculation.

The Higuain to Juventus move shouldn't be quoted because
a) they are going to get a huge fee to subsidise the price from United.
b) they are directly weakening their biggest rival in the league and all but guaranteeing domestic dominance for the next 3 years in a transitional period where they have lost Pirlo, will lose Pogba etc..
Congratulations on being voted Objective Poster of the Year by Irony Magazine.
 
Point is that Mkhi is a huge risk. He looks good but might not be great. He was in the last year of his contract and STILL cost 30m. Now try to find any three players in the world who could have the influence of Paul Pogba.

Is this a joke?

Messi, Ronaldo, Alexis Sanchez, Hazard, Bale, Neymar, Marco Verratti, Gonzalo Higuain, Luis Suarez, Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne. There's so many more I couldn't even be bothered continuing.
 
So the fact that all three players had railo as their agents meant nothing for us? We just chose the best players and they happened to have the same agent?

We chose the players our manager wanted and the agent chose us because we offered great conditions. We looked out for our interests, Raiola looked out for his and his clients.

There are rumors that Jose always prefers to work with just one agent, but don't think that Raiola does us any favors. We are a cash cow for him, that's why he is so intent on landing his clients here. If Real offers 150 million, Pogba will join them, no doubt about it.
 
Here in France and the radio ( god knows what station ) are basically saying that Pogba to United is done and were talking about how we'll line up with him and Zlatan and Martial.
 
Yes. Bayern are the ones who have swooped in at the last moment and stolen our targets. Even Benatia was linked to us before he went to Bayern. Most of Madrid's signings were always destined to go there and we never had a chance. Maybe Varane is the only player we genuinely had a chance to sign but even then Madrid's interest in the player was known well before. But that doesn't mean anything as far as the Pogba transfer is concerned.

I was coming from the angle of the fans and scaredy cats in this thread. The way they act is as if Madrid have been beating us to targets forever.
 
True but they can exert some pressure to make up his mind one way or another. And on Madrid, too, not just Pogba himself.

I guess. Ultimately, he will do what he wants though. Juventus should have sold him before buying Higuain if they couldn't afford it. I'm sure they can though, and have other saleable assets anyway.
 
20 pages since noon, with no uptdates or anything new of note at all. Thread needs locked now.
I support this. Half of the posters seem on the verge of a mental breakdown and it's full of dodgy tweets. Just lock it up until something actually happens.
 
Why post an absolute clear fake account? Takes literally 2 seconds to check and see.
 
Here in France and the radio ( god knows what station ) are basically saying that Pogba to United is done and were talking about how we'll line up with him and Zlatan and Martial.

That's a new one.
 
1. Check twitter accounts before you post them, fakes/trolls are bloody obvious.

2. When someone posts a shit account and it's already been pointed out, stop quoting them, they don't need telling a dozen times.
 
140m EUR isn't a dent in the amount of money you can spend?

Again, sorry, but I can tell you don't watch a lot of Paul Pogba.
I wasn't including the Pogba fee.

Specify a lot. I watch at least 15 Juventus games a season. I'd say I've seen Pogba in a Juventus jersey at least 45 times, not including France games. That's enough for me to make my mind up on a player.

You have your opinion, I have mine. I honestly think you would be talking out of your ass if Arsenal had the financial power United do, and you wouldn't be excited over the prospect of you signing Pogba.

Personally, I couldn't give a shit how much United spend on players. It doesn't effect me in any way, shape or form.
 
There's no doubt in my mind this is what has happened. I'd be willing to wager that he is stalling to see if Real actually act upon their interest. I have no doubt, though, that United will fire the extra 10/20m at the agent and Pogba himself to seal this deal under pressure from Real.

Don't be surprised to see Raiola talk up the Madrid interest to milk United.

(It's easy to see these transfers for what they are when you aren't emotionally invested in it. It seems that the sense has completely drained from this thread; and it was very limited to begin with.)

Yeah agree with this.
 
I wasn't including the Pogba fee.

Specify a lot. I watch at least 15 Juventus games a season. I'd say I've seen Pogba in a Juventus jersey at least 45 times, not including France games. That's enough for me to make my mind up on a player.

You have your opinion, I have mine. I honestly think you would be talking out of your ass if Arsenal had the financial power United do, and you wouldn't be excited over the prospect of you signing Pogba.

Personally, I couldn't give a shit how much United spend on players. It doesn't effect me in any way, shape or form.

Of course I'd be excited if Arsenal signed Pogba, mate (albeit not for this price). The problem with this forum, in general, is that there is no happy medium. Pogba is either the best young player in the world or crap. Martial's either the best u21 player in the world or crap.

I'm not saying Pogba isn't a good signing. He is. He's a fantastic prospect and a good player but I strongly disagree that he is the finished article or that he will boss the midfield week after week. I guarantee that if he doesn't impress people the way that they expect to be impressed they'll start saying he's a 'luxury player who just strolls around and doesn't impact the game'. I say this because that is what I see in his play in the games that he doesn't effect. There's always the chance this transfer is ace (of course there is, you are paying over £100m.) But this isn't a gimme, like signing a truly ready world class player.
 
He lives in America and sounds like a gypsy from the movie Snatch. Can't understand why he has so many followers, he is a chancer.

Interviews Utd officials and journalists for an American radio station. He also posts on other forums and clearly has an insight into certain things.

I tend to think it's the truth, the deal has dragged and I can't see us waiting around too much longer.
 
Is this a joke?

Messi, Ronaldo, Alexis Sanchez, Hazard, Bale, Neymar, Marco Verratti, Gonzalo Higuain, Luis Suarez, Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne. There's so many more I couldn't even be bothered continuing.
None of those are available. Who should we sign instead of Pogba? I do think he's not worth half of what we're supposed to be paying but if you can name an alternative, please do.
 
Interviews Utd officials and journalists for an American radio station. He also posts on other forums and clearly has an insight into certain things.

I tend to think it's the truth, the deal has dragged and I can't see us waiting around too much longer.

Yeah but he's talking about Madrid when it seems to be the agents fee that's the issue....so you got a bit of a contradiction there. Is he suggesting Madrid will out bid us? They certainly won't give Juventus Kroos...

We can say he's been consistant - but he left a gap and the Madrid angle suits him. Jose might be annoyed but why would Jose think Madrid are the problem and not the agent fee?
 
Is this a joke?

Messi, Ronaldo, Alexis Sanchez, Hazard, Bale, Neymar, Marco Verratti, Gonzalo Higuain, Luis Suarez, Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne. There's so many more I couldn't even be bothered continuing.
:lol: The feck did Sanchez do last season to be included in that list?

Supports: Arsenal

oh, makes sense.
 
I've been quietly confident that this would go through, but those Zidane comments have completely changed the momentum of this one.
 
Interviews Utd officials and journalists for an American radio station. He also posts on other forums and clearly has an insight into certain things.

I tend to think it's the truth, the deal has dragged and I can't see us waiting around too much longer.

To be honest, I'm perfectly happy with that narrative. If we've offered a world record fee, and Juve have been trying to haggle on it, I'd rather us scrapping the deal all together and focusing on other deals we can make to improve the squad.

I still think it's more likely to happen than not (based on absolutely nothing mind).
 
:lol: The feck did Sanchez do last season to be included in that list?

Supports: Arsenal

oh, makes sense.

He pretty much carried his country to back-to-back Copa America's. Less so this year than last year.. but he was again player of the tournament.

Do you watch football? I can't possibly fathom why you'd question Sanchez - he's far from the worst player on that illustrious list.