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Do you want Pogba for £100 million?


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Some say the deal is done and it's all rehashed news because the journos have nothing new to report.

We will all know more by 10pm I reckon.

I reckon you are just reackoning that 10pm thing right out of your arse

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Previously discussed...

Should make a RULE if anyone starts a post with "I THINK" they should be banned from posting,
I think...

Sssoooo annoying.

'I reckon' is actually worse... inevitably followed with vacuous nonsense.

Yes that also :rolleyes:
 
How are people able to do this? I scroll away from the Cafe and all I think after 5 mins is, quick, check if anything has happened.

2 days? My god.
Yeah just come back and nothing's changed :lol:

Anyway, Juve are wanting us to pay the agents percentage? Why? It's not us who wrote that Into the contact, We should tell them to feck off now. Had enough of being pissed about.
 
One way or the other, we will know this week coming. If it's not done by end of the week then I suspect it won't happen at all.
 
The post is about release clauses in theory. And it's unadvised for a club to reject a release clause, when you offer 4*25m, you offer 100m and if the release is 100m you matched it. A player would be right to go to court if the club reject it.
You can't activate a release clause in instalments, though, has to be a lump sum.
 
A complete nobody account (and his picture :lol:) sharing a nobody account. Shouldn't be posted.

I may have to create a new twitter account. Stick my photo on it. Then tweet, "Pogba deal done! Announcement tonight."
I think that should get me a few thousand followers and several thousand retweets.
;)
 
I may have to create a new twitter account. Stick my photo on it. Then tweet, "Pogba deal done! Announcement tonight."
I think that should get me a few thousand followers and several thousand retweets.
;)

Followed by some threats of violence!
 
You can't activate a release clause in instalments, though, has to be a lump sum.

You can't activate a release clause.

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When he triggers a buyout clause, the player cancels his contract and registration.

When a club meets the fee in the release clause, he can officially talk with the player, at no point it is said that he has to bring the money, he just have to make an offer that matches the clause.
 
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For anyone worrying- the deal is done, do not worry. It will happen soon. Madrid are not in it. Sleep well and enjoy your lives.
 
I think it's been off. If Pogba wanted to leave the deal would be concluded by now. This has all the same hallmarks of Thiago and Vidal and I'm done being roped in. I wish it would happen, but I think it's been called off.
 
I think it's been off. If Pogba wanted to leave the deal would be concluded by now. This has all the same hallmarks of Thiago and Vidal and I'm done being roped in. I wish it would happen, but I think it's been called off.
I feel exactly the same.
 
We'll reach 24k tomorrow lads! A few more pushes to go!

Tomorrow? When Di Marzio says it's all been agreed tonight and all that's left is the mega presentation Woody has in store, it will hit 25K tonight.
 
Why do people suddenly think it's off? Because theres been no real news for a couple of days?
This isn't an ordinary transfer, we're talking huge numbers, a big agents fee that needs sorting, and most probably an installment plan that needs sorting too. Then theres the other little bits that may take a little while
Patience is key, no muppet needs to give up just yet
 
People need to chill if they think this won't happen, this is clearly going to any day now it couldn't be more obvious. Juventus are spending a bucket load on Higuan, they can say what they like but they couldn't afford to do that if they weren't selling us Pogba. He will be here soon, nothing to worry about.
 
When this goes through (and i do think it's a matter of when), I genuinely think it'll be the highest transfer fee (in real terms) in all time coming. I seriously cannot see another team going to nine figures for a player. It gets to a point where it simply gets uneconomic and unrealistic. We're getting to a point where you can build entire stadiums and buy football clubs for the same price as players. Ironically, Juve built their stadium for the same as Pogba's reported fee!

Seeing as i've only just been promoted, I would like to make one point. I'm seeing people saying that we shouldnt care about the transfer fee as its not our money. That might be true, but there's no such thing as a free lunch. Somewhere, at some point, someone will have to pay for increased transfer fees and salaries. It'll usually be through increased prices for tickets and merchandise, so in a way it definitely does affect the fans.

That said, i'm not complaining about this one - we're about to sign a player who i think will be a balon d'or winner in a few years:)
 
When this goes through (and i do think it's a matter of when), I genuinely think it'll be the highest transfer fee (in real terms) in all time coming. I seriously cannot see another team going to nine figures for a player. It gets to a point where it simply gets uneconomic and unrealistic. We're getting to a point where you can build entire stadiums and buy football clubs for the same price as players.

Seeing as i've only just been promoted, I would like to make one point. I'm seeing people saying that we shouldnt care about the transfer fee as its not our money. That might be true, but there's no such thing as a free lunch. Somewhere, at some point, someone will have to pay for increased transfer fees and salaries. It'll usually be through increased prices for tickets and merchandise, so in a way it definitely does affect the fans.

That said, i'm not complaining about this one - we're about to sign a player who i think will be a balon d'or winner in a few years:)

I reckon it is crazy sponsorship deals, as opposed to ticket prices that will pay for Pogba.
 
When this goes through (and i do think it's a matter of when), I genuinely think it'll be the highest transfer fee (in real terms) in all time coming. I seriously cannot see another team going to nine figures for a player. It gets to a point where it simply gets uneconomic and unrealistic. We're getting to a point where you can build entire stadiums and buy football clubs for the same price as players. Ironically, Juve built their stadium for the same as Pogba's reported fee!

Seeing as i've only just been promoted, I would like to make one point. I'm seeing people saying that we shouldnt care about the transfer fee as its not our money. That might be true, but there's no such thing as a free lunch. Somewhere, at some point, someone will have to pay for increased transfer fees and salaries. It'll usually be through increased prices for tickets and merchandise, so in a way it definitely does affect the fans.

That said, i'm not complaining about this one - we're about to sign a player who i think will be a balon d'or winner in a few years:)
I do wonder if the trend continues, will the market crash. I'm far from an economics expert so someone else will have to explain the consequences of rising transfer prices.
 
We said that last week.

I certainly didn't. Does not surprise me at all its dragged out. There was always going to be factors influencing this i.e Juve wanting to get players in, Utd being away on tour etc. Unfortunately, the commercial impact of confirming this is an issue and whether fans see this as a problem or not, the manager being on the other end of the world does not make it easy. They'll want the pictures, quotes, everything all done.
 
No.

They have good players that we can continue to poach.

We didn't make it easy for Madrid when they wanted to sign DE Gea or even Ronaldo (they had to pay the entire fee upfront). Why should Juve lie down for us?
You're missing the point. If someone says to you, this car cost £100, pay it or piss off - that's fair enough. You then say yes, it's a deal. You go to close the deal, and this person suddenly does a u-turn, no we want £200. Wouldn't you be pissed off? Clearly they're taking advantage of you. It's the principle of the thing. If they don't want to sell Pogba and if it's true he's not bothered about leaving, and they don't need to sell him to fund their transfers - then all they need to do is stop wasting our time. By continuing to negotiate it clearly shows they want a deal, unlike with De Gea and Ronaldo - we didn't want either to leave so of course we were tough. We set a price for them and it was met in Ronny's case, but things didn't work out with Dave. The point is, we set a price for Ronny and they met it, at no time did we go back and start demanding things after we made the agreement in principle with Real. So you can't compare the two situations.

Juve are not making things difficult, they're acting like con artists imho.
 
I reckon it is crazy sponsorship deals, as opposed to ticket prices that will pay for Pogba.

I do wonder if the trend continues, will the market crash. I'm far from an economics expert so someone else will have to explain the consequences of rising transfer prices.

Probably for a different thread for a more detailed discussion, but re the sponsorship deals, these companies arent charities. You have to look at the bigger picture - the only reason they're giving clubs this money is that they expect net benefit. We (ie the public) are the ultimate consumers of all goods and services, so we do in some way have to pay for it. If Chevy are giving us $x, then they will make sure they get more than $x, even if it means raising prices. I agree that we could see a market crash if clubs keep pushing it, as people's disposable incomes are shrinking, which is why i think Pogba could represent a peak - not even Real are jumping in, and we know what they're like!
 
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I think it's been off. If Pogba wanted to leave the deal would be concluded by now. This has all the same hallmarks of Thiago and Vidal and I'm done being roped in. I wish it would happen, but I think it's been called off.

I feel exactly the same.

Baffling logic. These things take time. Especially when they are of this size.

This deal is done.
 
Hold on a second!

Mino Raiola is supposed to earn shitloads of money if this deal goes through. Do you honestly think that he will spend his days in Miami completely relaxed doing nothing if Juve tries to cut his part of the deal?

As long as I don't hear a word from Mr Raiola then I'm completely relaxed and 100% sure that we will get Pogba.
 
:lol:

We all know this is overpriced, which is mainly down to our stubbornness not wanting to sell. At this point you could offer less for Kroos or Vidal and get a better player.

Wouldn't say better. I think what United have lacked for a long time is a player in midfield who can drive with the ball.

Mourinho mentioned that he knows the profile of player he wants. That means, if we don't get Pogba, we won't get Kroos or Vidal, because they simply aren't the same types of players. We'd move on to targets who have similar playing styles.

Having said all of that, if you lot get Higuain for 85M - a soon to 29 year old, who is known to flop in big games, then 100M for Pogba is justified, in my opinion.
Most people don't get this. They would rather spend the money on a Vidal, a Kroos or a Kante when in fact all these players don't fit the Pogba profile that Mourinho is looking for. Pogba is first on the list and anything but him will be 2nd or 3rd on this list. A downgrade basically. I would rather get the best regardless of the price.
 
He just got sent off in a CL QF vs AC Milan for me on FM16. Shall I blame Maradona10 too?