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Do you want Pogba for £100 million?

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100 said:
This feels all too Di Maria to me
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There looks to be similarities but the differences are important.

If we play boring, stifling football and Pogba is shuffled around the pitch all season then, yes, I could see it ending similarly with a frustrated player in a situation he doesn't want to be in anymore. If we play well and win things, he'd almost certainly be an integral part and I can't see him wanting to jump ship immediately.

Nothing about Manchester or the club should be new to him. He doesn't have the wife and kids issue. Mourinho is far less rigid than LVG.
 
Harry190 said:
I'm watching this video and the ONE thing that really jumps at you is Wayne Rooney. What a difference. What a tremendous difference in terms of movement. Wow. The present incarnation is not even close to what he once was. Legs gone. Sad.
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Forgive me for this but, I didn't see Rooney once in the video?
 
TheNewEra said:
Forgive me for this but, I didn't see Rooney once in the video?
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Ha, yes. I messed up. It was actually Berbatov. Thought it was a 10 rather than 9. Or 8. Wow. That makes it even worse doesn't it.

Messed up big time. Was watching the windowed version from the quote.
 
Harry190 said:
I'm watching this video and the ONE thing that really jumps at you is Wayne Rooney. What a difference. What a tremendous difference in terms of movement. Wow. The present incarnation is not even close to what he once was. Legs gone. Sad.
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Umm, Rooney isn't in the clip at all :confused:

You might be refrering to Smalling who is playing RB galloping up the field and the the box :lol: our Mike!
 
Agreeing wages with the player is easy. Getting Juventus to sell is not.

Still don't think this one will happen.
 
Ole's_toe_poke said:
Agreeing wages with the player is easy. Getting Juventus to sell is not.

Still don't think this one will happen.
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I would think the other way around. Being able to force Juve to sell for a crazy amount, why not. But if Paul doesn't want it, it's hard... If Paul is keen, this is on!
 
feck, if we sign Pogba and Shaw is fit, we can runaway with the premier league from the start. feck!! that's crazy...

the price its the only letdown... Clubs and agents gonna deepthroat us for the rest of our days thanks to Woody.
 
George Owen said:
feck, if we sign Pogba and Shaw is fit, we can runaway with the premier league from the start. feck!! that's crazy...

the price its the only letdown... Clubs and agents gonna deepthroat us for the rest of our days thanks to Woody.
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You could argue that we're only going to get him because of Woodward, do you think Fergie and Gill would ever spend this kind of money on a player they let go?

Woodward is a muppet like the rest of us, I love it!

World class players require crazy money, and if we want them then we have to pay the going price, we could have had Hazard and Fergie didn't want to pay the agents fee, imagine what would have happened if we got him instead of Chelsea?
 
I'm a Herrera believer, but I really do think he'd fit the rest of the front 6 nicely with his passing and movement. My current depth chart if winning was the only concern, and assuming Mata and Rojo are sold.

--------Ibra------------- (Rashford, Rooney)
Martial------Mkhitaryan (Rashford, Memphis, Lingard, Young)
---Pogba--Herrera------ (Schweinsteiger, Fellaini)
---Schneiderlin---- ----- (Schweinsteiger, Blind)
Shaw------------Valencia (Darmian, CBJ, TFM)
---Bailly--Smalling------ (Blind, TFM, Jones)
------De Gea------------ (Romero)
 
George Owen said:
feck, if we sign Pogba and Shaw is fit, we can runaway with the premier league from the start. feck!! that's crazy...

the price its the only letdown... Clubs and agents gonna deepthroat us for the rest of our days thanks to Woody.
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On the other hand, it will be easier for Woodward and Jose to 'sell' United to any of their targets.

Play with icons like Zlatan and Pogba, together with rising stars like Martial, Shaw and Rashford?

Six figure wage per week?

Regularly compete domestically and in Europe?

Come on to United :drool:
 
baanke laal said:
You are gravely mistaken, if you think Neymar is player capable of winning championships on his own. Take Messi, Suarez & Iniesta out of that Barca team and Neymar would not look half as good. Neymar does not have the mentality to grind it out when the going gets tough.
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That is just not true. Take 2014 world cup for instance. Neymar was carrying Brazil and only after his injury did Brazil shat themselves.
 
Red Stone said:
A lot of people said that about Ronaldo seven years ago. In hindsight, we should have asked for double what they paid.
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Ronaldo was already a Ballon d' Or winner when Madrid got him while Pogba is a bit overhyped. He is obviously very good but to compare his impending transfer to Ronaldo's one to Madrid is silly.
 
sammsky1 said:
Whether you like it or not, 50 million GBP buys you an 19 year old Raheem Sterling or an untested Martial these days. The amount of money elite clubs are earning way exceed transfer inflation, so these sorts of fee's will continue until revenues start to decrease.

Beyond Messi and Ronaldo, Neymar, Pogba and Bale are the 3 players set to fight it out for BPITW. And so to acquire any will require you to break the world transfer record.

We are one of the top revenue generating and profitable clubs in world football: Ive been frustrated for years watching Barcelona, Madrid and Manchester City pay market rates for top shelf talent whilst we have fuddled around in the upper middle of the market.

Appointing Jose Mourinho was a statement that the club wanted to acquire the best employee for every position in the club. It costs what it costs.

Mourinho's first task is to get back to the top of the tree. Once he has done that, and gained confidence and momentum, he can start to phase through club youth players.
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I hope the bold part is a joke. Especially the mention of Pogba as one fighting for BPITW when you have the likes of Muller, Aubameyang, Lewandowski, Suarez to name just a few off the top of my head. He was not even Juve's best midfielder when Vidal was there till a year back. Heck he is not even current Modric.

The hype surrounding Pogba is unreal and laughable at the same time.
 
I just want United to sign Pogba next week so that this guy does not turn out to be right...

 
NK86 said:
I hope the bold part is a joke. Especially the mention of Pogba as one fighting for BPITW when you have the likes of Muller, Aubameyang, Lewandowski, Suarez to name just a few off the top of my head. He was not even Juve's best midfielder when Vidal was there till a year back. Heck he is not even current Modric.

The hype surrounding Pogba is unreal and laughable at the same time.
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Pogba is 22 and was in the TOTY this year. So why is such a stretch that he would be mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Neymar? Both are the two best young players in the world in my eyes.
 
NK86 said:
I hope the bold part is a joke. Especially the mention of Pogba as one fighting for BPITW when you have the likes of Muller, Aubameyang, Lewandowski, Suarez to name just a few off the top of my head. He was not even Juve's best midfielder when Vidal was there till a year back. Heck he is not even current Modric.

The hype surrounding Pogba is unreal and laughable at the same time.
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Ok, I think you're missing one key component: it's the branding power. Pogba has a branding power that Muller, Aubemeyang, Lewandowski can only dream of. Suarez missed the train. Bale is the only superstar that has the same kind of branding aura.

Paul Pogba is in line to be the next BPITW, his performances on the pitch will be sky rocketing while his performance off the pitch is already at the highest level: he's likeable, he's extrovert, he has some trade marks fashion... indeed, he will be massive.
 
Yeah 100m is ridiculous, but it would still be 150m net we've spent this summer. Not that much in our recent bigger picture, and it's not like we can't afford it.
 
Jaybomb said:
Pogba is 22 and was in the TOTY this year. So why is such a stretch that he would be mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Neymar? Both are the two best young players in the world in my eyes.
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Because they are not competing for the same positions. If that would have been the case, Neymar would be far, far ahead every time. Pogba is a very talented young player but a level below the likes of Modric currently and he has a very high potential but even Modric in his prime was not worth the crazy sum touted now for Pogba. A lot of it is coming because of the hype surrounding him.
 
Gasolin said:
Ok, I think you're missing one key component: it's the branding power. Pogba has a branding power that Muller, Aubemeyang, Lewandowski can only dream of. Suarez missed the train. Bale is the only superstar that has the same kind of branding aura.

Paul Pogba is in line to be the next BPITW, his performances on the pitch will be sky rocketing while his performance off the pitch is already at the highest level: he's likeable, he's extrovert, he has some trade marks fashion... indeed, he will be massive.
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You are underestimating Muller's branding power. Anyway, I get what you are saying and perhaps Pogba could be here to replace Rooney but he does not have anywhere near the off-field appeal as a Ronaldo or a Rooney for that matter. So I still don't see this massive global marketing appeal he will have.
 
shabadu84 said:
There looks to be similarities but the differences are important.

If we play boring, stifling football and Pogba is shuffled around the pitch all season then, yes, I could see it ending similarly with a frustrated player in a situation he doesn't want to be in anymore. If we play well and win things, he'd almost certainly be an integral part and I can't see him wanting to jump ship immediately.

Nothing about Manchester or the club should be new to him. He doesn't have the wife and kids issue. Mourinho is far less rigid than LVG.
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PLaying style, positions, wife, the burglar blah blah blah, come on, all are just excuses, PSG is always the 1st choice. When the window was open, the bastard wanna out.
 
Gasolin said:
I just want United to sign Pogba next week so that this guy does not turn out to be right...

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I don't know who his source is but it surely can't be better than Di Marzio whose is Raiola himself.
 
CS@SG said:
Why not groom TFM into our very own PP?
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Far too different as players, Fosu Mensah will make an excellent DM one day and will hopefully be able to play alongside Pogba for us!
 
AltiUn said:
Far too different as players, Fosu Mensah will make an excellent DM one day and will hopefully be able to play alongside Pogba for us!
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I find TFM's forward run with ball and off the ball rather good, don't know about his shooting, scoring ability though. My opinion is that his attacking talents will be wasted if he is to be in DM position.
 
NK86 said:
You are underestimating Muller's branding power. Anyway, I get what you are saying and perhaps Pogba could be here to replace Rooney but he does not have anywhere near the off-field appeal as a Ronaldo or a Rooney for that matter. So I still don't see this massive global marketing appeal he will have.
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Muller is sponsored by Adidas. So is Pogba. Who is Adidas trademark player for the future? Not Muller, but Pogba. Adidas made that choice, we only have to wonder why. It's because Muller brandship power is too local, and too tied to the German market. Pogba on the other hand, appeals to almost everyone in the world. He played in England, in Italy, he's French of African descent. And he's good.

Maybe I am underestimating Muller's branding power, but so far, that's how I perceive things.
 
If we are spending 100M on him, hope he will be extremely good enough on his return.
 
Shark said:
I'm sorry, but in what possible way is that a comparison?
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Someone whom we paid a fee for that nobody else would pay while ultimately being their second or third choice. For me signing Pogba would have a cloud over it knowing he's possibly going to kick up a fuss and piss off at some stage. In fact, you can almost guarantee at his age if he continues with the trajectory that people expect that he'll want to move to either Madrid or Barca. It feels like a move as much manufactured by the agent as the player.
 
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