Friend: "You've just signed Pogba, you must be absolutely ecstatic, what a player!"
You: "Yeah, fantastic... but he cost £20m more than I expected, I just can't believe itTRANSFER RUINED"
Get over it guys
We have potential world class attackers already, but none in midfield.
The problem with Matuidi is that he's 29 now and considering he's an explosive box to box, one of the key things he relies on is his pace and power rather than technique. I'm not saying that he'd suddenly become average when he reaches 30, but he would likely start slowing down soon and that will affect his level. Vidal is perhaps a decent example, who is virtually the same age and although he still plays at a very high level, he's not the same beast he was at Juve pre-2014. L'Equipe say PSG will sell at a substantial fee, so it looks likely that from their point of view they want to sell him before he starts to majorly regress in order to get good money back.
Even if it Pogba costs £100m, that fee in 2016, is not as big as say the £80m Madrid paid for Ronaldo in 2009 compared to the markets at the time, due to inflation. And that's more the case with the new PL money coming in.
Even if it Pogba costs £100m, that fee in 2016, is not as big as say the £80m Madrid paid for Ronaldo in 2009 compared to the markets at the time, due to inflation. And that's more the case with the new PL money coming in.
I found this graph off Google so can't claim it's accurate but it shows that the forecasted world record fee if it were paid in 2016 according to the average record fees paid so far would be over £100m. So to pay £100m on a transfer wouldn't be so crazy. Whether Pogba is worth that is another question, but either way I think £100m is paper talk and the actual fee would be closer to £85m.
What do you think he is worth and what would you be happy with us paying for him
Tbh I'd think most would agree with you in thinking £100m is too much. But I don't think he'd cost that much and even if he were I wouldn't be complaining as I'd rather have quality players in the team than United having a lot of money in their war chest. If your point was if we were to spend the money, you'd rather get different players, then fair enough but I personally will trust in Mourinho and the scouts to get the players they want and then analyse next year whether the players were good or not.
Griezmann doesn't want to come here, he has just signed a new deal and said that he wants to stay there. You say pogba doesn't want come here but he hasn't said anything. His agent said United would be interesting as would RM, psg etc. The only other thing that has been said is by his father when asked by a Spanish media that pogba would find Madrid interesting. Very few players wouldn't be intrested in joining Barcelona or real and he may not come but we do not know until he says something or signs a deal elsewhere that he doesn't. Unlike Griezmann who has done both those things.Pogba doesn't even want to come here, he wants to go to Barca. As I said earlier, I think Griezmann and Kante would cost about the same as Pogba, they certainly wouldn't cost £170m
But maybe we don’t need another attackibg player. Maybe Pogba is the last piece in the puzzle to make us a contender again. Because I don’t think we are after Pogba because he is the shiny new toy out there. We are after him because Mourinho thinks he needs this kind of player in his team. Jose isn’t the type of manager who gets players he doesn’t need (except Falcao). He has a plan for his team and if Pogba is a part of it we should do everything in our power to convince him of the project and get him. I just don’t want us to waste the whole summer for a player who doesn’t want to play here. If he wanna come, go for it. If not… NEXT.
Presumably because his brother is a huge United fan, but you're right pretty unlikely.
hows that any different from 'throwing enough money at' Juve?
