Obviously not an indication of his quality though as most of the supposed best players were poor.
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Obviously not an indication of his quality though as most of the supposed best players were poor.
A pic of Mou's drawing board, accidentally present in the frame of his daughter's pic of him is doing the rounds. People say Pogba can be seen in the lineup.
Someone please post it so that our experts from the world of Muppetry may scrutinise it.
Someone please post it so that our experts from the world of Muppetry may scrutinise it.
Was posted eons ago and also got its own thread.
You used one of your 5 posts for that?
I expect him to be signed today, probably announced Friday.
K.
Should have checked first...
3 actually, and this is the last one...
According to cds, only an official stamp is left for transfer. Juve wont stand in the way. United Have indicated we will meet their asking price.
Howard Nurse?
I reckon this will be done today.
The best player of the team played in his best position and that's Griezmann. The problem for Pogba is that he hasn't outperformed his competition, has an advanced #8 or on the left side of a flat midfield three.
To make it clear, I said before the competition that France best formation is the 4312, that's why I disagreed with Deschamps selection and like @BBRBB said numerous times (I think that it was BBRBB) Deschamps discriminates the Ligue 1, that's why he didn't used that formation.
Our best team is that one:
-----Benzema-Griezmann
----------Ben Arfa--------
Pogba----Diarra---Kanté
Or
-----Lacazette-Griezmann
-----------Ben Arfa
Matuidi---Mendy---Kanté
But here is the trick, Pogba has never outperformed Matuidi, you can't really justify Pogba over Matuidi if you concentrate on actual performances, Pogba's potential or perceiced talent is completely irrelevant, he needs to prove his worth on the field with the blue jersey. Pogba is great with Juventus, he has mastered their system but he is a tactical nightmare outside of it, he doesn't really think for himself yet, he hasn't matured yet. And that's not a criticism, it will come, he is in the same situation than Kroos at the same age.
Pogba is still on holiday so I strongly doubt it. The most that will happen by today is that we agree a fee. It won't be announced for a fair few days imo.
First bid to test the waters, second bid to get a bit closer to the asking price, third bid the final resolution.
Figure most likely £100M deal could fall through at any stage, Real Madrid could come in with money and sell some players but looking good at this stage.
Figure most likely £100M deal could fall through at any stage, Real Madrid could come in with money and sell some players but looking good at this stage.
I think that's partly down to his agents interference. There's so much hype now and money...that hopefully the motivation to be the best is still there. I'm sure it is, but these agents don't help and I'm almost sure half of what they tell these kids is bullshit.
Have a feeling it will be done in time for the kit launch and woody will flaunt Pogba at the kit launch.
It will actually help us in the long term because it will jack up market inflation and send transfer fees for top players even higher, narrowing the circle of clubs that can actually pay them.
If you're not intelligent enough to understand what I mean, it doesn't mean I misuse terms, it means you've the intellectual complexity of a spoon.Christ! Did I say I know more than them? Did you follow the discussion?
'Irony', 'Parody of yourself' - you don't know how to use them, and I am not here to do the job your High School English failed at. Buzz off.
What a self righteous reply. I see you appear every so often on these boards with ludicrous statements.
Most apt username 2015
Need I say more. Utterly inept.
Predicted a while ago it would be this Friday. If it happens can I claim ITK status
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He didn't play him in his best position though did he? The Pogba of Juve was very different to the one who played for France
That's an interesting theory to be fair.
I would guess United's target is to have Pogba on board for the City match in China. That would be a marketer's dream, wouldn't it. The biggest player making his debut for the most popular club against their biggest rivals in front of the biggest potential audience in the world.
As much as I love Fergie he was increasingly turning into Wenger when it came to transfers. He should have invested big after Ronnie left. Apart from the RVP splurge his dealings were mediocre at best. Also letting Hazard slip to Chelsea because of the agent fee yet spending £7M on Bebe that same summer was a bad sign.
Still this was all masked by his managerial brilliance and wasnt exposed until he retired and Moyes took over.
There's no chance he's going to play during the pre season.
What is his best position and most importantly can France create the role that he has with Juventus without Juventus's players? The answer is no, Pogba needs to adapt and at the moment he can't. Neymar, Ronaldo or Bale don't play in their best positions for their country but no one blame the manager because we all know that it's not really possible without damaging the teams.
I think 120m include Pogba's salaries and perks.
His wages dont count in the 120m. Thats just the transfer fees. His wages amount to around 13-15m per year.
Its just a pre-season friendly. Wouldnt worry about it too much.
I am browsing a certain unmentionable forum and drinking their salty tears like redah winah 
I've been a silent lurker in this thread since it started simply because I just couldn't believe it happening, but my goodness I can't take it anymore! We actually stand a chance. For me this just shows how important it was to get Mourinho for those still doubting his appointment. All these signings, or possible signings would not be near possible if we still have LVG, Giggsy or any other second tier manager out there. Its clear for Zlatan why he joined, Micky knows he is coming to a world class club but right now a manager who knows what he is doing. And now Pogba...
Alas, its still a way to go for this Pogba deal but if/when it happens...the sheer beauty of knowing that we are soon to return from the brink of the endless wilderness that befell our 5 TIMES friends is enough to make me cry! This past 3 years have been awful to say the least. With Pogba we could get more than just a player. It is a statement, we announcing to the world, our history is here to stay, but so is our future. We are UNITED! No more fighting for top 4, no more mediocre signings (ok one or 2 now and then is still fine).
Pogba better sign or else I've wasted this post
Ok after that speech...back to the RAWK meltdown thread to get my morning dose of laughter.
Alas, its still a way to go for this Pogba deal but if/when it happens...the sheer beauty of knowing that we are soon to return from the brink of the endless wilderness that befell our 5 TIMES friends is enough to make me cry! This past 3 years have been awful to say the least. With Pogba we could get more than just a player. It is a statement, we announcing to the world, our history is here to stay, but so is our future. We are UNITED! No more fighting for top 4, no more mediocre signings (ok one or 2 now and then is still fine).
Pogba better sign or else I've wasted this post
Ok after that speech...back to the RAWK meltdown thread to get my morning dose of laughter.
You think we will be able to sign him, ship him halfway across the world and let him play in a friendly without a single training session ?
I think CS is more likely
He's on holiday till the 6th of August.
You're looking at it the wrong way. Why worry about some future transfer when we can get one of the world best players? What do you think would have happened if the likes of Madrid, Barca, Bayern, PSG and City thought that way? Whould they have got some of the best players? They paid over £60m for Suarez. This week they signed Digne for less than £15m. It didnt distort them in any way. It might distort the market only for the superstars but that was distorted any way.
I meant an agreement between clubs, not medical etc.
ah I was thinking in £ not euros
I dont think anything will be agreed today but we need to get it done ASAP in case Madrid raise the funds to come in last minute. Cant count on the fax machine not working again.
You quoted your own post there mate.
Lets be honest here all things being equal (money, playing time, chance of trophies etc.) i would say maybe 70-80% of footballers would prefer to go and live in spain and play for Real Madrid, maybe even more than that.
So what should we do only sign die hard United fans or players who for some reason are desperate to go to United over any other club?
Because if we did that we would narrow the field of potential new players significantly.
Pogba may prefer to go to Spain in an ideal world but theres no reason he won't be happy at United once he gets there.
Excited about this.
Mourinho most likely will use him as one of the 2 at the base of our midfield, something he clearly isn't comfortable with yet, as we saw at the Euros. Confident he'll come good eventually though, he's too talented to be average when "not used in his best position". That's an excuse the best shouldn't get away with.
Mourinho most likely will use him as one of the 2 at the base of our midfield, something he clearly isn't comfortable with yet, as we saw at the Euros. Confident he'll come good eventually though, he's too talented to be average when "not used in his best position". That's an excuse the best shouldn't get away with.
The reason also lies in the fact that we gave the manager position to someone who has never finished above 4th and a foreign manager who had no experience in the premier league. Bad transfer strategy and even worse system of play has led us here today.
The problem is that we are not getting one of the world's best players. We're not getting a Ronaldo, Bale, Suarez, L. Ronaldo, Kaka etc. at the time they were purchased, we're getting potentially one of the world's best players, and even that's far from certain.