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Do you want Pogba for £100 million?

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Dobbs said:
There's a whole bunch of posters in this thread who say he isn't a box to box centre midfielder. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I prefer a player who has a role, a role at which he's best at and that we can all agree on.
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They're wrong, unless we've got different definitions of what a box to box midfielder is.

Basically, he's a strong, quick, aggressive, dynamic player who has an eye for goal and can create who gets about the pitch with ease. Isn't tremendous in defence but won't shy away from doing it. What he isn't (at the moment at least) is a number 10 in a traditional sense of the word.
 
Eddy_JukeZ said:
When you see that Napoli want 80 mil for Higuain, 100 mil for Pogba is almost a bargain considering he's not even in his prime/peak yet. And we'll get 4-5 years at least of him at his best potentially.
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Transfer fees, especially in England are going to go through the roof I think. So much money in England, and the rest of Europe know it.
 
Reading this thread makes me realise what an absolute farce or even tragedy that 'classic' Sneijder thread was. At least this time we have not just a good deal of tangible info to go on but positive info too. What on earth was there during Sneijder-gate that justified us all spouting hundreds and hundreds pages worth of pure shite?
 
I'm curious what deadline Mourinho has given before ending interest in Pogba, if it came to it. No doubt pogba needs to get over the final (win or loss), but presumably his future would be cleared up before jetting off for a break.
 
Trigg said:
They're wrong, unless we've got different definitions of what a box to box midfielder is.

Basically, he's a strong, quick, aggressive, dynamic player who has an eye for goal and can create who gets about the pitch with ease. Isn't tremendous in defence but won't shy away from doing it. What he isn't (at the moment at least) is a number 10 in a traditional sense of the word.
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Agreed, he's definitely box to box, as he favours moving from one line to another before delivering a pass. He definitely needs a defensive support to thrive. Maybe he can be a 10 with a broader coverage (sort of free electron). When he improves his shooting, he will add another skill to the list he already has.
 
Scholsey2004 said:
Its probably a moot point anyway since rooney will almost certainly get played at number 10. Whether thats a good thing is another story but Mourinho seems to value the image that comes with club stalwarts if terry is anything to go by. He kept him in the team long past his best.
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I too think we'll start that way but i can see Jose moving to a proper 433 and phasing Rooney out if he isn't performing well.
 
Trigg said:
They're wrong, unless we've got different definitions of what a box to box midfielder is.

Basically, he's a strong, quick, aggressive, dynamic player who has an eye for goal and can create who gets about the pitch with ease. Isn't tremendous in defence but won't shy away from doing it. What he isn't (at the moment at least) is a number 10 in a traditional sense of the word.
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I think everybody is on the same page when it comes to what a box to box player is. However plenty seem to think you won't get the best of him until he's free from the defensive duties that go with that role.

I'm not making a judgement on where he's best. It's just unusual for there to be a debate about a players best position when he costs this much money.

Like Herrera I feel it'll be used as an excuse if he doesn't really perform next season(assuming he's coming here).
 
VP89 said:
I'm curious what deadline Mourinho has given before ending interest in Pogba, if it came to it. No doubt pogba needs to get over the final (win or loss), but presumably his future would be cleared up before jetting off for a break.
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drmuji said:
Problem is..... after reading every statement by any caf member, I get more confused..... more and more confused.
The good part about Vidal thread was that no body was against that transfer
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The only one's who aren't confused are the ones who don't understand what's happening here

Graffiti in Belfast 1982
 
I still have high hopes that this will happen. Hopefully twitter will blow up with some news soon, it seems to do that late on in the day.
 
Adisa said:
Every fecking transfer! Every fecking transfer, there's always arguments about price.
Fecking ruining the transfer window on this forum.
Will he improve us massively? Yes
Does our coach want him? He is desperate for him
Is he wanted by other top clubs? Yes
Can the club easily afford him? Yes.

In today's world, virtually every transfer is overpriced. BUT WHY THE FECK SHOULD WE CARE.
If he comes here and fulfills his potential. He'd be worth more than £100m to us. He'd be priceless.
Would I sell Anthony Martial for £100m. Would I feck. Ofcourse not.
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:lol: I'd throw a few more feck there, but I agree wholeheartedly.
 
As good a player as he is, if we are not his first choice then he may struggle to settle or perform to his full potential. If he wants Madrid then we could look at other targets. If only want Pogba for that price if he's willing to give his all for the club for many years to come.
 
Just back home after being out all day, been through the thread and it's all about Swag, Drake, Marketability, some ITK and Gerrard.

So basically, nothing's happened and everyone had to find something to talk about.
 
VanGaalEra said:
Just back home after being out all day, been through the thread and it's all about Swag, Drake, Marketability, some ITK and Gerrard.

So basically, nothing's happened and everyone had to find something to talk about.
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We are working on exterminating the swag, drake brigade from this thread.
 
VanGaalEra said:
Just back home after being out all day, been through the thread and it's all about Swag, Drake, Marketability, some ITK and Gerrard.

So basically, nothing's happened and everyone had to find something to talk about.
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Nothing will i think until the end of this week.
 
I just hope for the sake of sanity of this forum that Pogba actually signs for United.
 
Raoul said:
We are working on exterminating the swag, drake brigade from this thread.
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I hope so, you come home to find an update and it's impossible to find one in this mess.

Guess should just stick to the tweets notifications.
 
VanGaalEra said:
I hope so, you come home to find an update and it's impossible to find one in this mess.

Guess should just stick to the tweets notifications.
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Its a common problem - sometimes a side conversation that's vaguely related to Pogba, spirals out of control into different areas. Posters have been advised about thread derailing which will help a bit.
 
These numbers are absolutely huge. You don't invest these kind of sums without the the input of external factors that are probably even bigger than football. Some transfers transcend the sport and this would be one of them. The risks are massive with all parties. Juve losing the jewel in their crown, Italian football is losing one of their high profile players, Pogba is going back to a club that failed to recognise his potential and Real represent the glamour model of football. Man Utd investment is massive and failure isn't only the club but equally Jose's judgement. Can Adidas and others be associated with the first 100m player that fails? The stakes are high....
 
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Wilson Litchmore said:
These numbers are absolutely huge. You don't invest these kind of sums without the the input of external factors that are probably even bigger than football. Some transfers transcend the sport and this would be one of them. The risks are massive with all parties. Juve losing the jewel in their crown, Italian football is losing one of their high profile players, Pogba is going back to a club that failed to recognise his potential and Real represent the glamour model of football. Man Utd investment is massive and failure isn't only the club but equally Jose's judgement. Can Adidas and others be associated with the first 100m player that fails? The stakes are high....
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Even signing pogba is not enough, when around him is still carrick, bastian, fellaini, morgan, its pretty average
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
These numbers are absolutely huge. You don't invest these kind of sums without the the input of external factors that are probably even bigger than football. Some transfers transcend the sport and this would be one of them. The risks are massive with all parties. Juve losing the jewel in their crown, Italian football is losing one of their high profile players, Pogba is going back to a club that failed to recognise his potential and Real represent the glamour model of football. Man Utd investment is massive and failure isn't only the club but equally Jose's judgement. Can Adidas and others be associated with the first 100m player that fails? The stakes are high....
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Brilliant post.

We have a hugely interesting few years ahead of us under Mourinho that's for sure.

Pogba will be a signing that makes the football world sit up and take notice. I like that Jose already had signings lined up the minute he took the job here.

Pogba will know exactly where we want to be as a club and he will know that he can be the main man here.

It's up to him now.
 
I'm opening this thread automatically last few days only to realize nothing is happening.

I have a feeling it's all done though, although maybe I'm just consoling myself.
 
Funny that all the itks go quiet when the rest of the media goes quiet. When there's rumours flying around tbeyre all like 'don't worry lads, it's happening'. The quiet times is when they should be proving themselves
 
Oneunited26 said:
Even signing pogba is not enough, when around him is still carrick, bastian, fellaini, morgan, its pretty average
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You can't just cast off players who at the moment are average. Carrick and Bastian are great experience and the potential for Schneiderlin is huge. We should be trying to give players like Morgan and Herrera a chance rather than labelling them as average- it's still early days for them at United. We should be doing that alongside buying - and spunking £100m on Pogba would be sufficient. If we start getting players like Matuidi aswell and just kicking out others who haven't been here long who we spent big money on it would be daft.

Fellaini is horseshit
 
septic said:
Funny that all the itks go quiet when the rest of the media goes quiet. When there's rumours flying around tbeyre all like 'don't worry lads, it's happening'. The quiet times is when they should be proving themselves
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Proving themselves how ? What do you expect - that they make up things if there is nothing new? Only thing that's seems to have changed in the last couple days, after Pogba just lost a painful final is Raiola saying same thing he's said with other clients - maybe he'll stay. Well anything can happen in these deals - DDG was on his way to Madrid and it broke down. Even Mkhitariyan when the club store made the mistake of the shirts - it went quiet for a few days and that was an even easier / more of a done deal, there wasn't a need for anyone to prove themselves during that down time and Zlatan's confirmation didn't come till more than a few days once he was done with Euros and for that there was no other club to negotiate with.

Think a little patience is in order for the next week or two - I don't think we'll get any real news till then while United try to finalize it.
 
I share what I 've read in a couple of articles , nothing new I think. Sorry if repeated , I have not read the last pages of the thread.
http://vozpopuli.com/deportes/85952...olver-al-manchester-por-123-millones-de-euros
This is from 11/07 and is saying that the price would be 123 million euros, 100+23 in extras. United offered Mata to decrease the price but Juve didn´t accept. About sales, the article says" Marcos Rojo, Ashley Young, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger also would be in the spotlight of the Portuguese..."
http://www.elconfidencial.com/depor...al-madrid-manchester-united-mourinho_1231276/
El Confidencial says that Pogba is not totally convinced about the return and is waiting a gesture of Florentino but also says that Florentino doesn´t like him because has a very physical profile.
http://www.marca.com/blogs/futbolitis/2016/07/12/pogba-la-prioridad-de-mourinho.html
A columnist in marca (working in Cope too) says that " Pogba has already told his people that want to go to United and that only values the option of Real Madrid -his relationship with Zidane is excellent - as an alternative." According to him Juve have asked him to stay one more year.They consider that his price will be similar the next summer but believe it will be very difficult to keep him.
About Raiola commission, he says that he would not charge in the operation as a representative as has been reported but as the owner of 20% Pogba rights, keeping 24 of the total 120meuros.
 
Offside said:
You can't just cast off players who at the moment are average. Carrick and Bastian are great experience and the potential for Schneiderlin is huge. We should be trying to give players like Morgan and Herrera a chance rather than labelling them as average- it's still early days for them at United. We should be doing that alongside buying - and spunking £100m on Pogba would be sufficient. If we start getting players like Matuidi aswell and just kicking out others who haven't been here long who we spent big money on it would be daft.

Fellaini is horseshit
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I never said get rid of them straight away, but? they do have to go has jose comes into his second and hopefully third season has the engine room is rebuilt hopefully. Herrea is not a CM, he is more of a number 10, morgan yes he could be something more, but? bastian's injury problems, carricks legs have almost gone, its a problem. Here lies another problem, the club's failure to really put the engine room in good stead, means? the midfield is still in need of some major surgery replacing carrick, and needing to sign that all round midfielder, and who knows who plays off the striker.

Fellaini I would also say is another no10, so here lies our problem, we have very ageing and injury prone midfielders like carrick and bastian who can never play in the same 11, herrera, mata and fellaini I would say play in the same position off the striker, while morgan we could say is our only younger CM we have got. So the club despite money spent on mata, fellaini, morgan, bastian, have not got to the levels of improving the team.
 
POGBA BABY!! Let me alow the muppetry to take over me for a minute.

If and when he joins, I believe this will be a season changing signing. I believe even the doubters here know it. A 23year old who is one of the, if not the star of both Juventus and France. Speed, skill and bags of confidence..
I believe there are three kinds of people who want to downplay what a coup this would be for united.
1. Rival fans
2. Juventus fans
3. United fans who don’t want to get their hearts broken, so they are downplaying the significance of this move.

My advice to all is: This is the Muppet season, visualize this attack facing against Liverpool next season.

Miki Pogba Martial
Zlatan
Ps: Those who don’t like the flashy life style of Depay and the dabbing from Lingard will be clawing their eyes once those three start hanging out.
 
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