We already have that type of player in Schneiderlin. By targeting Pogba, Jose clearly wants an attacking threat in midfield.
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My favourite is that we will try to sign Magic if we miss out on Pogba.
Wow! Dont really know if youre wumming anymore. So Im going to stop responding to you.
Fair enough. Not wumming. Nope. As I say if he signs I hope ye are all right and I'm proved wrong.
So we are wasting 94 on million Higuain. We would have been way better off just buying Griezmann if we are losing Pogba.
@RDCR07 Pjanic is more a #10 than Pogba.
True. It's clearly Jose's plan. I don't think Schneiderlin is going to work out for us. Hence my preference for Matuidi/Kante type. Attacking wise I think I'd prefer that Portugese youngster.
Pjanic is a lovely player. I'd take him in a heartbeat.
He is more than capable of the deeper lying playmaker position. If Pogba is there I dont Pjanic will be playing a higher role than Pogba.
Stop digging a hole for yourself there, mate. Kante and Pogba are two completely different players! Stop comparing. Matuidi is the most limited player in that French side, and you'd want him over Pogba. Jesus Christ...
He just mishandled the situation that time. Probably trying to show Pogba who was boss by not giving into his demands to play first team football which in the long term was probably designed to further motivate him into showing he was ready. It was a man-management tactic that had worked for Fergie many times in the past but unfortunately on this occasion it backfired.
94mil for Higuan , and people think we are overpaying for Pogba.
, and people think we are overpaying for Pogba.Hernanes played a higher role than Pogba, so yeah Pjanic is more likely to play higher.
Just from an egotistical point of view, what ambitious professional footballer would not like to be the subject of a World Record Transfer and possibly the very first £100 million (sterling) signing??
Pogba just by looking at his hair seems a wee poser, so he has to have a massive ego, so there.
Pogba just by looking at his hair seems a wee poser, so he has to have a massive ego, so there.
I know they are completely different players. I've already said I would prefer a more combative style player than Pogba. I was asked who my alternative to Pogba is and that's my answer, a completely different style midfielder. I really don't like Pogba.
His hair is one of the reasons I don't like him.
Then you must hate Memphis!
94mil for Higuan
That's an insane fee for Higuain.
He's clearly on a WUM.
Just read the threadmark about Allegri. So is this on or off? Did the meltdown already start?
I fecking hate him yeah.
They obviously haven't. no one would be crying over the price if they had.Judging from some of the comments I really do wonder if many have watched Pogba play apart from the Euros.
Seems legit.
Me? I'm honestly not. If you read the earlier part of the thread I'm on record months ago saying the exact same thing. My opinion on Pogba hasn't changed and won't until I'm proved wrong.
He literally signed a 5 year contract right before the Euros, so there's a 0% chance that you'd be able to buy him.
Griezmann has a clause of 80m euros apparently.
Agree with your concern to some extend.
That year we were closely contesting with City for the title and Sir Alex opted for experience when players were unavailable. Mind you, Pogba wasn't exactly lightening up the reserves at the time, more of a case of uninterested as he thought he was ready for the first team. SAF, as I read here at the time, didn't take it too kindly and wanted him to show more professionalism. Pogba didn't stand out in his first team games either, granted he was only 18-19 and the games were few and far between.
Regardless, I am confident he would have been promoted permanently the following season. In the end, he was impatient but in hindsight made the right career choice. I am not sure he would have developed at such rate if he had stayed with us considering our last three seasons and the state of our midfield that still persists.
I believe the chances of him staying here for majority of his prime is higher now than if he had never left 4 years ago.
You mustn't like Vidal either then
Griezmann has a clause of 80m euros apparently.
Now that would be money well spent!
So let me get this right. You'd want Kante or Matuidi in our MF next season along side the dross that is already there. Not one creative player in our MF at the moment, not one. Yet you want someone more combative?
I like him as a player. His haircut wrecks my head.
Why have prices suddenly jumped up to a ridiculous level?, 94mil for Higuan, 50mil for stones, 75mil for Lakuka, 120mil for Pogba. Christ how much would Griezman go for, £200mil?, Ronaldo and Messi?.
Its crazy at the minute and i don't know whats suddenly happened to cause this. Has every league had a new bumber tv rights deal or something?
Its crazy at the minute and i don't know whats suddenly happened to cause this. Has every league had a new bumber tv rights deal or something?
Griezmann cant go for £200m since his release clause is around £80m.
Huh, that seems rather low. Still though, with his new contract on top of how well he played at the Euros there's no way Atletico would sell this window or anytime soon.Griezmann has a clause of 80m euros apparently.
Which is a part of the story not often mentioned. Essentially, Fergie refused to be dictated to by a kid and his agent. Which is exactly what you'd expect from Fergie. You could argue that we should have been smarter about Pogba's contract - leaving us with more leverage, if you will, but at the end of the day it was a matter of principle.
Pogba was a top talent, nobody will deny that. But top talents don't always turn into to top players. He was also someone who - clearly - had a high opinion of himself. He thought hanging around, applying himself, waiting for his chance - and so forth - was beneath him. Fair enough - that's his opinion, and he is talented, so perhaps he's right to make a move. That doesn't mean Alex Ferguson is wrong not to bend over for him - and his agent. An agent who by all accounts had been in contact with Juventus for a good while - and who had a vested interest in making the move happen (if not now, then next year - or, if Pogba took big enough steps, not Juve, but someone bigger and richer).
Again, we could have timed it better - making sure he had a longer contract. But Pogba's attitude and the presence of his agent (not least), wasn't something Fergie was prepared to "get over" in order to make sure he stayed on our books. I don't blame him for that at all. The muppets on here don't give a feck about principles, of course - they just see what they want to see, and completely ignore the part Raiola played (which was probably the biggest red flag for Fergie).
Everyone would be in for him if that was true, especially after how good he was in the Euros.Griezmann has a clause of 80m euros apparently.
Three things mainly:
1. Super-rich owners
2. Premier League TV money
3. Emergence of China