So who are we signing for CM if he goes then?
Paul Pogba / turned down United offer of 300k as “nothing”
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Yep bored now.
I don't think we'll sign like for like. We'll probably go for someone who's a bit more disciplined and give Pogbas creative role to De Beek. We'll go for a proper DM instead and attempt to replace Fred/Scott.
Ndidi, Camavinga and Saul. Maybe Bissouma and Sabitzer too. And Kimmich.
Wouldn't trust the news coming out of France. They've blown their budget already.
I have the same thoughts, but his attitude does make a difference. A player like him can affect the entire squad. I want him gone for whatever we can get for him this summer. He will walk away free next summer, or even worse, sign a contract with a higher wage.
I mentioned last summer he might not be as good as he thinks he is and got slammed on here, but looks like the same posters have changed their minds...Lol
Also, he can take Martial with him as well while he is at it. I can stand a less skilled player putting in everything for the team, but tear my hair out watching someone skilled not putting in a shift.
Let's clear out all the deadwood as well and give a few more youngsters the chance if we don't have the money to replace them.
Their budget is unlimited. Spending 71 million euros wont be their entire budget. They need a big name to replace Mbappe, Pogba is a worthy replacement In marketing terms.
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Not really. They still need to balance the books.
That won't go well.
I just can't see Pogba leaving this summer.
Spot on. He was given a more advanced role last season and looked good for about a month before disappearing again. He’ll never learn and will always have an air of immaturity about him.
We need to face it ….he’ll leave on a free.
So best make the most of him while he’s here and try to win something.
So best make the most of him while he’s here and try to win something.
When we will be in a day before crucial football match his agent will talk crap again affecting team morale. Just like last season. I wonder that PSG has paid his agent unsettling Pogba before the United's UCL match. What a greedy camp that is. Boot him out. Sell him to PSG, sign another good cm whoever that is and stop doing business with that club at all.
I am still 100% confident we will sell him this summer.
Hopefully spend the money on a DM and we have a good balanced 3. Hopefully Donny can step it up a bit this season and mitigate the loss.
If he isn't committed, he should not play. Best thing would be to get him out and recoup some of the money spent on him.
Getting some money for Pogba this summer would be good. Him going to PSG rather than Real Madrid is even better.
Surely PSG will have to be favourites for the CL, mental amount of talent in that squad if they add Pogba and Mbappe is forced to stay for another season.
Surely PSG will have to be favourites for the CL, mental amount of talent in that squad if they add Pogba and Mbappe is forced to stay for another season.
Not really, Chelsea and City don’t, so not sure why PSG would! It’s all smoke and mirrors. They’ll just create a state sponsorship deal to cover the excess.
On one hand I don't want him to be sold but then maybe giving him a new contract could turn out to be another De gea or Ozil situation.
I’m assuming barca wouldn’t sell for anything except for Pogba type money. If he only has an ok season this year and their finances don’t pick up then I could see him going next summer but probably not this year. The fan backlash would be too much if they sell
I agree. Aggression is criminally underrated on here. You can walk around if you’re on enough money and have plenty of fans, people will make endless excuses and scenarios as to why the player isn’t firing while the lads who try supposedly just aren’t good enough. It’s backwards.
Work / aggression / spirit as a given earn you the right to showcase your skills and dismantle teams. You should really only have 1 attacking passenger in a serious team. Recently we’ve had Pogba Martial Rashford and Greenwood. Bruno to an extent but he tries to get it back. Loads more have been shipped out. Berbatov was a lot better than any of our forwards post Fergie and they make him look high energy half the time.
Just go... 70-80m will do...... add another 20-30 and get a Grelish
I’d rather leave him go for free next year. We need him this season and gives us a whole year to get a plan together for next summer.
Too embarrassing for the club lose the same player twice on a free. Club record signing as well.
If we are plastering an unrealistic price tag on pogba then that indicates that we are not interested in selling him and would want him in the team to make a concerted push for the PL and CL title.
It would completely ruin our season coming up. I don’t see us selling him.
100%
I'm fine with him staying or going now, butnif the season starts and there's been no progress on his contract, he shouldn't be playing till there is.
PSG is the only club who could afford him this summer. Hope this can be materialised.
Well Said, Reached the point where i dont bother anymore, Hope he and his agent wont be a distraction next year and f3ck up our season
€50m to PSG would be a dream scenario. Would basically pay for Varane.
In terms of replacements I have very little hope VDB will ever have the courage to play for us, but Saul might be a decent option in there which would give us a more balanced midfield (assuming he starts playing like he did a few years ago).
Bruno has made things very different. If we didnt have Bruno the club would be bending over and do whatever it takes to keep Pogba. But now.... its like you want to stay? ok. You want to go? ok.
We definitely need a replacement, but we don't have to find another midfielder as good and all rounded as Pogba, because there's just isn't. But Sancho could replace Pogba in terms of his playmaking role, whereas the new DM would be an upgrade in defensive role.
It's Paul Pogba. He could not play any football for a year and still go to any club he wants .infact he can sit tight and agree a pre contract with any European club in 6 months. There is no pressure we can put on him because he holds all the cards, the pressure is on us. And I don't think we want he embrassment of allowing a player of his calibre to leave on a free so it makes me feel like we will sell him this summer
Could be a win win for both clubs. PSG get a french player who Mbappe gets on very well with and the fans will be happy with.
Pogba gets to play in a league where he can strut his stuff without worrying about the aspects of the game hes weak at. Gets the salary increase he wants.
He also gets yearly CL football and gets to play in a team with Neymar,Mbappe, Ramos, Donnarumma etc.
We get £50-£60mil and hopefully reinvest it on a new midfielder or two.
Result.
Pogba gets to play in a league where he can strut his stuff without worrying about the aspects of the game hes weak at. Gets the salary increase he wants.
He also gets yearly CL football and gets to play in a team with Neymar,Mbappe, Ramos, Donnarumma etc.
We get £50-£60mil and hopefully reinvest it on a new midfielder or two.
Result.
(interview from 2018)I don't agree with this way of thinking.
Do you think that's how top clubs are built? If so every team would have one world class player surrounded by dross.
hopefully both parties can move on.
Having Pogba is like a double edged sword. He comes with a lot of baggage, wether having inconsistent streaks, wether having his agent creating drama or some other reason. Pogba is a world class player on his day, almost unplayable. Like one poster noted earlier, the difference in agressive mentality with a player like Bruno is a world apart. The mentality part is vitally important for a team to have that kind of player who’s able to demand respect and a high standard. Id argue that Pogba failed to become that player, which is not his fault only. At times we expected miracles from him when the squad itself was not flourishing. Pogba became an easy target and a player like Bruno made it more easy for Pogba to flourish.
would I like Pogba to stay? Absolutely, his qualities are world class,there is no denying that.
would I be upset if he leaves? Honestly no, after 5 seasons it hasn’t really worked out as many thought it would. Many fans are also fed up with the transfer talk every year. If he goes, I wish him good luck. He had the skills to succeed, but to me personally he didn’t have it in him to become the visible leader on the pitch in terms of aggressiveness and Bruno like leadership qualities.
would I like Pogba to stay? Absolutely, his qualities are world class,there is no denying that.
would I be upset if he leaves? Honestly no, after 5 seasons it hasn’t really worked out as many thought it would. Many fans are also fed up with the transfer talk every year. If he goes, I wish him good luck. He had the skills to succeed, but to me personally he didn’t have it in him to become the visible leader on the pitch in terms of aggressiveness and Bruno like leadership qualities.
This is a big summer for Ole and it clearly started with getting Sancho deal over the line but now it has to be about resolving the future of Pogba.
PSG want him and Pogba wants to go back to France and get one final big paycheck. Yes, we will take a loss from when we bought him but that isn't unexpected given his age and contract situation.
If we get the €50m-60m expected, clearly not €80m as some speculate, that would be a very good piece of business. You move his salary off the books and you use that money to in essence purchase Varane.
OR you use Donny as part of a deal to lower the Varane cost which may allow us to bring in Trippier and a CM which based on all the links is Camavinga.
It's good business on our part, allows Pogba and Mino to get another pay day plus it may makes things easier next summer if we try to sign Haaland.
PSG want him and Pogba wants to go back to France and get one final big paycheck. Yes, we will take a loss from when we bought him but that isn't unexpected given his age and contract situation.
If we get the €50m-60m expected, clearly not €80m as some speculate, that would be a very good piece of business. You move his salary off the books and you use that money to in essence purchase Varane.
OR you use Donny as part of a deal to lower the Varane cost which may allow us to bring in Trippier and a CM which based on all the links is Camavinga.
It's good business on our part, allows Pogba and Mino to get another pay day plus it may makes things easier next summer if we try to sign Haaland.