Am I the only one who thinks Morata going back to Real means the end of Pogba to Real? There are some huge egos at the top of elite clubs and if Juve don't get their man, I highly doubt Real will get theirs. Unless of course it's some sort of a world record transfer fee.
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Like when we gave them Evra and they gave us Vidal? Lol.
We're not really talking about players in their twilight years though are we? We are talking about some of the highest rated young players from both teams. I wouldn't be saying this if it was Raul(back in the day) instead of Morata.
If Pogba signs for us I will send a pic of my wifes norks to whoever wants it.
Maybe they'll use Morata in exchange for Pogba and get him for a lot less money. Clever.
No point. Half the forum already have them buddy
No point. Half the forum already have them buddy
Why I oughta
Morata is shit tbf.
If Man United put up market rates for top tier talent between 2005-09, I believe we would have beat anyone to top players.
It wasn't that long ago that Heineken preferred a move to Liverpool to Real.
Real and Barca have benefitted hugely from the halo effects of Messi and Ronaldo. They have spent heavily, and have fantastic teams.
Much of this was driven by a gold pot of Spanish talent coming through in the last ten years.
Bayern have also massively benefitted from a golden generation of German talent.
In a few years, if we have a strong team competing for trohpihies, I fully believe - with the ever increasing pull of the PL - we will compete with anyone for the very best players in the world.
Just posted in the transfer tweet bit that Tancredi has said Pogba could go to Madrid for 120m or 90m plus Morata, again how he knows this is anyone's guess.
Agreed, one of our biggest mistakes was not buying from a position of power and also underestimating the effect of oil money to the game.
Getting Jose was one of our most important acquisitions ever. It will allow us to get back to top and with his name and pulling power we'll get the players to help us do so.
Looking in the tweet thread apparently we have bid €120 million for Pogba and offered Raiola €25. As mentioned in the transfer tweet thread that €25 in agent fees could be to secure the trifector of Ibra, Mickey and Pogba. Unfortunately it seems to be only the Sun running with this but stranger things have happened. Would be over the moon if we pulled this off, and I for one don't care how much the club spends, if they know they can afford it why should it bother us fans.
I think the source is AS in Spain but I keep forgetting which ones are the trusty ones there (except El Confidencial that is). I would not believe we have a 10% chance at Pogba until I see him in a Man Utd jersey again though. I just think he's trying to force Real's hand.
We were worried about mendes but now it seems Mino Raiola is vital to our summer plans. Any other good players he's representing?
Feck me i'm getting excited now and i know we are not likely to sign him.
Couldn't care less what we pay, he is world class and we need world class players.
Couldn't care less what we pay, he is world class and we need world class players.
Still refusing to get sucked in, just a ploy to get Real to pay up I think.
I really hope that most transfer muppets don't jump on the "Pogba to Man Utd" train.
Lukaku I believe (not that I'd want him here)
Hamsik (also not needed but a good player)
Is AS a reliable source?
Well, the main thing to take from this is that, if Real have to pay up big, because of this link, we might be able to snag James from them as they'll want to make some money back
Rather get Kroos. Even though Pogba would great. But there aren't many midfielder like Kroos.
I would take either,.. But I hear thru ESPN that we are close to James Rodriquez
Can't believe his thread (does he have one??) is not moving in the transfer forum.
Can't believe his thread (does he have one??) is not moving in the transfer forum.
There aren't many midfielders like Pogba either.
Well, the main thing to take from this is that, if Real have to pay up big, because of this link, we might be able to snag James from them as they'll want to make some money back
Feck James, he is just another #10 that carries the traits of a luxury player. In his case i wouldn't pay anything to Real Madrid.
Pogba is special, so many different attributes to his game.
There's a lot of box to box midfielders around. Maybe not as good as Pogba, but would improve us.
How many deep lying midfielders are there?
Its AS and The Sun reporting this though. Unless the two decided to make this story up at the same time.
We will know tomorrow when news leaks from Italy if this is true or not.
There aren't that many who score or assist as much as Pogba does, while combining other traits as well. I see more benefits with Pogba than with Kroos. If we were heading into another season with van Gaal, I'd agree that Kroos would be needed more for that style of play, but I think Mourinho would need and appreciate Pogba more. And you are right, there aren't many midfielders, who are as good as Kroos in terms of passing and I'd love to have that sort of midfielder, too, but I think we will try dominate games differently under Mourinho.
It does seem as though it will be a case of this. Always hold onto the hope that he returns but can't see him not going to Madrid.
I don't even mind if we're getting used here, feck madrid, hope they pay more for him
He'll probably end up at Madrid but we should jack up his price as high as we can get it if we are indeed bidding for Pogba.
Will smash the world record fee no matter who he signs for.
James is a top level player. He'd be our best outfield player by a distance. Pogba is wanted by Madrid, so he's going there. Best make something out of that for ourselves.
James is pretty much impossible while we have Rooney though; especially when we seem to be signing Mkhitaryan to play on the right. I can't see Jose playing Rooney as a central midfielder.
Pogba would be great though; him and Schneiderlin in midfield, the anchor at number ten with Martial and Mkhitaryan out wide and Zlatan up top and we win the league.
No matter what happens and who says what, I will never believe this story until he signs on the dotted line and lines up for us wearing our kit.
I don't believe this for a second. We don't have Champions League football and he's going to be the most sought after player in the world. We'll just be used as a bargaining chip to bump up the fee.
He'll sign for Real, they love their galacticos and he's the biggest CM name that makes that cut even though he isn't the best CM.
Whilst I agree this may be true, I'd be upset if we didn't at least try to sign him if he was indeed available this summer.
His agent has said that he is also interested in the best project which will see him winning trophies and competing at the highest level consistently. Whilst we're not in the CL this year, it would be very short minded of any player to reject a club like Manchester United due to the failure of the previous manager and team. Mourinho is a known winner and has won everywhere he has gone, although that does not guarantee trophies, it does show United are doing the right things to push us past the dreadful 3 years since Fergie has retired.
Real Madrid do guarantee trophies IMO, even with Zidane they managed the CL, but they also guarantee a circus surrounding them.