I'm a muppet with most deals, its just these mega deals that i can't muster any muppetry over.
But i suppose we will pull one of these deals off at some point, the laws of averages have to come into play at some point!.
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But i suppose we will pull one of these deals off at some point, the laws of averages have to come into play at some point!.
No one thought Brexit would win the EU referendum either. Things change. Having Mourinho as manager gives us larger appeal than Moyes or Van Gaal.
Di Maria.
I disagree, this is the best chance in a long time we have had to sign a world class marquee player.
We have the money, the manager and the position to play him in. Not to mention a great relationship with his agent after just signing 2 of his clients.
Woodward and co have been itching for years to break the world transfer record on someone and this is it. I think we are on pole position to sign Pogba and my money is on us getting him.
The crazy thing is that I think united is trying for Pogba, but they know it has a high chance of failing so they're probably also thinking of other options, of which Matuidi. Mourinho is not necessarily a big name manager. When he took Drogba from Marseille, nobody thought he would become that player. He can take Matuidi and transform him to a beast. Or he does the same with Paul, who knows... Ah I so much hope that Paul becomes the exception to the rule and comes here. It's all up to Raiola now.
Anyone that don't think it's possible should stay out of this thread. We don't need the bad vibes. We don't need to hear how 'wonderful' you think those Spanish mob are. Also once we sign him, it'll spare us from those 'I can't believe it!....' type responses. C'mon my son.
I'd imagine Matuidi may be an Ibra recommendation to Jose.
So City are potentially about to bid £51m for Bonucci, and half the posters here are crapping themselves about £80m for Pogba? 
I know who I would prefer
I know who I would preferCasuals do not talk about Zidane ( pre Madrid role)
His prime was 13 years ago, his last game was 10.
Giggs played during the global television boom for the club with the largest fanbase in the world.
Its all about exposure. More fans know about Carrick than Keane for example.
It's not as if fans nowadays go back and watch those games, i've had more than one argument v nearly an entire forum that Keane was more than a physical defensive midfielder.
I am just dreaming of having him. It would be a strong statement to the footbal world, one that would clearly say that the last 3 years don't count. I am also not one of those who find the Spanish teams better, especially Barcelona which was a low level team until the Messi generation. Real was just a Historical team favored by a dictator until the Galacticos era and the Cristiano generation. But, without the C1, it made our life harder on the transfer market, which is quite understandable. That's really all. If Jose can talk to Paul, I think he can share his vision of football and how we will win the league.
You ain't going to get a tag line with a defeatist attitude like that.
That's where you're wrong. The young generation have memories of him being magnificent and tragic figure at the 2006 World Cup (with the famous Brazil performance and the headbutt to finish it off), plus he played for Juventus and Madrid, which both have enormous fan bases, plus he won Ballon D'Or and is widely regarded by the fans as one of the greatest footballers of all time (even though he, imo, isn't); there are lot's of comparisons between Messi/Ronaldo and Zidane/L.Ronaldo that favors the latter ones
Giggs is seen as a dinosaur from the 90's and most of the young players haven't seen/forgot his peak level because of the length of his career. So 90% of neutrals will rate Zidane higher than Giggs and most of them will recognize him - be it from the WC footage or an adverts (Giggs had a few great ads at the beginning of his career but then the public interest shifted towards Beckham)
That dinosaur won the PL player of the hear in 2011 (?) and scored the last oen in the CL final in 08! Starting midfielder in our run to the CL final in 2011 when he scored or asisted in every knockout game. Some dinosaur.
Madrid fanbase wasnt as big as it is now 15 years ago.
Your timeline makes no sense.
Its not about who is better, its about who is widely known remember.
As a casual, I'm gonna say you are wrong.
You guys are underestimating the impact of the world cup. Do you think casuals like me would know who Maradona was if it wasn't for the world cup? I never saw Maradona play in my life. Still knew who he was when I was a kid. Didn't even know which club he played for. It's the same for Zidane pretty much. But there's also the fact Zidane was one of the galacticos for RM, which was probably even bigger than Man Utd at that time.
People outside of Man Utd fans rarely talk about Giggs, while both Man Utd and non-Utd fans talk about Zidane. I'm amazed there's even an argument here. Especially after his headbutt, everyone knows Zidane. Even during the global television boom, it was more about Beckham than Giggs when it came to Man Utd. You can try to argue all day long, won't change anything.
*Now I'm gonna camouflage my post to appear to be on topic.* I think we can get Pogba, my guess is Real aren't that fussed, because they can wait a few years when he enters his prime years and get him then?
Going to have to disagree with you on that. General interest fans know about Zidane as one of the best to ever play the game. His performance in 98 WC, one of the greatest CL goals, and headbutting materazzi were big moments that won't be forgotten easily.
this i must see! explain
I'm not talking about his actual playing level - I followed United like you did, but you're not going to tell me that his level at that point was close to his peak or to Zidane's?
And I know that it's about who's better remembered, thank you.
The simplest test that I can think of would be a basic google search:
Ryan Giggs has 1 070 000 hits
Zinedine Zidane has 11 600 000
I'm a fan of Giggs but come on, are you seriously comparing the popularity of Giggs to Zidane, a world football icon? He's like France's version of David Beckham. Anyway back on topic, I think there's a high chance that Pogba is coming to United because we have a good relationship with his agent and he's the perfect Mourinho's player. I'm also sure Agent Uncle Pat would have influenced him too. 
He's like France's version of David Beckham. Anyway back on topic, I think there's a high chance that Pogba is coming to United because we have a good relationship with his agent and he's the perfect Mourinho's player. I'm also sure Agent Uncle Pat would have influenced him too. This thread took an interesting turn.
According to Sport Adidas would be interested in a move to Madrid because they would consider it more profitable for their business interests. I guess it's a story without much base and related to the latest Adidas ad with Pogba and Zidane (http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/real-madrid/adidas-alia-con-real-madrid-fichaje-pogba-5250928 )
It took a turn, but interesting isn't the word I'd use.
Just to put things in perspective. My grandmother who knows NOTHING about football and I mean literally nothing. Never watched a single football match but she has heard of Zidane but has no idea who Giggs is. The world doesn't revolve around Man United mate.
Meh. A lot of those are Zidane as Madrid's manager.
For instance if you go to page 10 one of them is
Rodriguez Is Important for Real Madrid: Zinedine Zidane - News18
and another is
Will Zinedine Zidane be a success at Real Madrid? | The Front 3 by ...
Giggs and Zidane are equally known and to say one is more known than the other is just daft.
Gigga shagging his brothers wife equals that lol.
The fact it takes fecking up in the biggest game in world football to achieve casual fan recognition kind of proves my point. Nobody talks about Raul / Figo / even Ronaldo is dismissed as fat Ronaldo.
Giggs himself will fade in a decade as well.
Thats just the modern age. Beiber v Britney Spears etc is exactly the same thing. Sport is no different.
More fans could point out Sterling from a lineup than they could Baggio. Yaya Toure would get more recognition walking down a street than Rivaldo would imo.
The world moves on. Right now is Zidane more famous for being manager of Real Madrid or playing for them?
We'll agree to disagree, i just hope Pogba chooses to raise his profile and come back to United.
This happens all the time. Keane is retrospectively viewed by a lot of people (who I can only assume never really saw him play) as some kind of Vinny Jones-esque super violent and technically limited player, who had high levels of drive. Worth a thread of it's own, but there are tons of players who have reputations that don't match my memories of them including; Barthez was terrible at Utd (didn't end well, but season 1 as outstanding) and that Scholes was a permanent fixture in the first 11 from the mid 90s due to being god like, as a couple of examples.
I created a thread about the in the newbies. I might do so again.
Nor your grandmother tbf.
Why do so many threads here get derailed noone is coming to a Paul pogba thread to find out who is better known between giggs and zidane or was Roy Keane a defensive midfielder .We only come here to see if there's any movement in Pogba coming back .If you have nothing to add to that then seriously feck off to another thread .
For what its worth I'm confident ill be purchasing a new united top in the next fortnight with pogba on the back ..put him on a plane bring him back from sp--er Italy again
For what its worth I'm confident ill be purchasing a new united top in the next fortnight with pogba on the back ..put him on a plane bring him back from sp--er Italy again
Your wrong since she clearly DOES know something - but even from what you are saying - you could probably convince her Zidane is the postman......So it proves nothing. Especially when you are talking about one person lol...Btw the whole wide world also don't revolve around Madrid mate....and Zidane played for other clubs. It's nonsense.
Insert a "Your grandmother is so fat" joke here.
Okay so back on the Paul Pogba front then.......still hasn't signed for us has he?
You are so amazingly wrong that it's funny.
You are now trying to argue just for the sake not to look that you are wrong. As for Giggs shagging his brother's wife, nobody outside of UK gives a feck about that.
But I'm not going to derail this thread anymore, I did enough of that already
So Zidane has 10 million hits on his managerial career and Giggs has none related to his off-the pitch behaviour and speculations about his coaching role in Man United?
It isn't daft, if anything is daft it's saying that Giggs is as well-known as Zidane. The better comparison would be Beckham, who, despite being an inferior player, is probably better known than Zidane. But Zidane is one of the most famous and marketable football players in history - today it would probably be Pele, Maradona, Zidane, L. Ronaldo, Beckham, Messi and Cristiano.
Giggs had a short spell of fame in the 90's (take reebok ads for example), but he was very soon outshined by Beckham and he never was the marketing face of the team again - after Beckham's departure Rooney and Cristiano stepped up.
If we count his underwhelming international record (not his fault obviously) and the fact that Zidane showed his very best at the Euros and World Cups, we'll see a clearer picture. Most of the World's population doesn't watch or care about the club football, international tournaments are still by far the most popular things in football - and while Giggs never even participated, Zidane won everything and ended his career with a ridiculous Hollywood ending
Adidas couldn't give a feck if it was United or Madrid, just as long as it is to a team they have a partnership with. Honestly that's splitting hairs in terms of world brand. Although IMO I think they might lean towards United, they have Ronaldo, Bale, Kroos and Benzema for Madrid. Players they have from United are De Gea, Shaw, Herrera, Mata, Schneiderlin and Blind. So really only De Gea. Shaw, Herrera, Schneiderlin and Blind aren't guys they can market to the world and Mata is likely gone.
Can we just ban those derailing this thread with talk about anything other than Pogba?
Well said.
I keep visiting for news yet the debate doesn't seem to suit the thread subject.
I find myself visiting this thread more than I talk to my parents. Cmon Pogs be our 4th!!
No pressure now lads... get it done