Cool then we are in agreement: no Pogba without selling another major player for Real.
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You fecker, my muppet laser eyes scanned the words BBC, agree and medical. Fokoff.
At this stage I'd be happy if we signed anyone from Juventus, I need a reason to feel like all this has been worth it. Bring Evra back home, Woody.
It was sarcastic towards people suggesting we can get 2 or 3 top players for Pogba money. Reality is that £100-£110m gets you those 3 average players. That was why I put that emoji at the end.
Not with this saga. There would be another twist. I'm waiting until he is seen holding the shirt on our twitter page. Even then I'd be suspicious that the official page had been hacked and the picture photoshopped. I'll wait until he is seen playing for us.
I think that the deal is done, but he will not be unveiled until after Zlatan has made his debut in the friendly. Got to manage the egos and he won't want to be upstaged by everyone asking about the world record signing.
Pogba is the big man on campus and the new face of the team the second he signs.
It's unbelievable how this transfer getting to me, Pogba thread open on computer at work and on my mobile, refresh every few minutes. God please have mercy on us all and let's this be done.
Tanc should be banned. He's a spoofer! He was saying the deal was done last week.
Take solace from the knowing how the Madrid fans must have felt having to go through 2 summers of "i stay/i go" from Ronaldo.
They deserve it. I hope it happens again next week.
Let's not get too carried away about a meeting between Raiola and Juventus - this could also be to negotiate a new contract at Juve
So, how will he be played at United? 4-3-3 is the obvious one, but would entail Rooney being on the bench. Jose won't allow that, so will it be a 4-2-3-1? But then as we saw with France, Pogba isn't great in a double pivot... I just hope and pray this will finally be the signing that resigns Rooney to the collective dustbin of history.
Alright, I feel confident of this happening again after the Mirror posted the story about Raiola meeting with Juventus today. Even if he signs a new contract, at least this will be over.
The record Vidal transfer thread is going to be shattered, we haven't even had an announcement yet and the celebration/meltdown that will follow. It's going to be biblical! 
And its gonna happen again, and again...
Still nothing on Bluemoon, they reached 30k without even having any concrete linksThe record Vidal transfer thread is going to be shattered, we haven't even had an announcement yet and the celebration/meltdown that will follow. It's going to be biblical!
allready there is now 4 teams involved in this and that will only grow as people look for replacments further down the line, the longer it drags on then it will only take one of them to pull out a deal to stop all the deals happening.
finally an update from them!
Until Woody jumps the shark and destroys a perfectly good show--I mean transfer deal.
It's like buying a house with a long chain!
Hopefully either one way or another we will find out soon, even if it all falls through we can move on
The record Vidal transfer thread is going to be shattered, we haven't even had an announcement yet and the celebration/meltdown that will follow. It's going to be biblical!
I don't know, these threads are pretty quick to get locked nowadays as soon as they become an official player. We need to blow a load now I think if we want to shatter records.
But it isnt a bidding war, thats the point.
If Real really are financially unable to match us (which still seems slightly too big an assumption for me, lack of visable funds has never stopped Real finding Galactico grabbing cash from somewhere) then they dont want to go in early, because all Edd does is make one phone call and say " we'll go higher, dont sell before speaking to us" and then Real are screwed.
Far more sensible, pretend there's no genuine interest, make out like United are the only feasible buyer and let United find Juve's lowest selling price. Once they agree a fee with United, Raiola can make sure Juve stick to that price, Real match it and Pogba decides his destination.
Real just have to hope Raiola is a good enough agent and Juve arent scummy enough to go back on a fee and try to start up a bidding war, which by August (5 days away now), and with Higuain/witsel deals on stand-by, nobody wants to start pissing about with.
And then it seems Juve are on the brink of finalising the Higuain deal today. Pogba's coming home lads.
+++ #Juventus today will be deposited into the Football League contract by Gonzalo #Higuain- @tvdellosport
+++ #Juventus today will be deposited into the Football League contract by Gonzalo #Higuain- @tvdellosport
How can you be sure it's not Lingard wearing a mask. Stay woke lads.
A boy is Pogba of Manchester United and he is coming home..
Oh great!In the absence of any updates yesterday, in the Independent they published an article that was about the articles that journalists had written about this story
What an utter waste of time - for me. I was trying to do the same thing, going through all the pages in this thread! I got to page 136.
My goal was to create a timeline, just to show how futile it is to trust journalists.
Here's how far I got. Thank you Independent for doing the work and rendering my project as pointless as the articles I list:
19 May – Duncan Castles – Utd make firm offer for Pogba
30 May – Jack de Menezes – Pogba put up for sale
2 June – The Sun – Utd offer £60mil for Pogba
4 June – James Robson – City drop out of race
7 June – Ken Browne – Madrid wants Pogba
8 June – Mark Ogden – City drops interest. Utd in pole position
8 June – Daniel Taylor – City drops interest
8 June – Sky Sports – City drops interest
9 June – Danny Penza – Moratta: Pogba not leaving this summer
9 June – La Gazetta dello Sport – Madrid will offer €120mil
9 June – Pete Jensen – Madrid will offer Isco plus cash
9 June – ESPN FC – Utd makes contact
10 June – Di Marzio – Madrid make Raiola an offer
10 June – Di Marzio – Utd take “small step” towards signing Pogba
10 June – AS – Utd offer €100mil, Juve wants €120mil
10 June – Marca – Madrid readies €120mil offer
20 June – ESPN FC – Madrid opens talks with Pogba
20 June – Marca – Juventus set price of €160mil
25 June – Balague – Madrid don’t want to pay €25mil to Raiola
25 June – The Sun – Utd meets “huge” asking price
25 June – James Ducker – Mourinho in talks to sign Pogba
26 June – Di Marzio – Utd meet with Pogba with big offer
27 June – Di Marzio – Juventus don’t want to sell
27 June – ESPN FC – Utd keen on £100mil Pogba
29 June – Samuel Luckhurst – Pogba prefers Madrid
29 June – L’ Equipe – Utd to make Pogba offer next week
30 June – Sport Witness – Utd make substantial offer
30 June – Nerozzi – Utd approach Juve
30 June – L’Equipe – Utd open discussion with Juve
30 June – Utdreport – Pogba to cost Utd £65mil
30 June – Mark Ogden – Utd step up pursuit
30 June – Telegraph – Pogba could join Mourinho
1 July – Telegraph – Utd have offered £80mil
1 July – Sky Italia – Pogba’s dad says son prefers Madrid
2 July - Duncan Castles – Pogba is Mourinho’s priority
2 July – The Sun – Pogba would rather join Madrid, Barca or City
2 July – Daily Mail – Pogba to become world’s first £100mil player
3 July – AS – Utd offer €119mil
3 July – Sport Bible – Pogba unfollows Juventus on Twitter
3 July – Richard Keys – Utd got Pogba, despite him wanting Barca
4 July – Daily Mail – Pogba close to joining UTd for more than £80mil
4 July – John Richardson – Pogba moving to Utd for £80mil
5 July – Marca – Madrid prefers Gomes over Pogba
5 July – Sky Sports – Utd interested in signing Pogba
5 July – United Report – Pogba follows Depay, Lingard and Januzaj on Instagram
5 July – Juve FC – Juventus tells Raiola they won’t sell
6 July - Samuel Luckhurst – Utd confident of getting Pogba
6 July – The Sun – Utd ready to re-sign Pogba for £100mil
6 July – The Mirror – Utd to bid £100mil
6 July – Daily Mail – Utd ready to offer £100mil
7 July – Di Marzio – Agreement reached with Pogba
7 July – Tancredi Palmeri – Utd reach agreement with Pogba and will bid €120mil
30 May – Jack de Menezes – Pogba put up for sale
2 June – The Sun – Utd offer £60mil for Pogba
4 June – James Robson – City drop out of race
7 June – Ken Browne – Madrid wants Pogba
8 June – Mark Ogden – City drops interest. Utd in pole position
8 June – Daniel Taylor – City drops interest
8 June – Sky Sports – City drops interest
9 June – Danny Penza – Moratta: Pogba not leaving this summer
9 June – La Gazetta dello Sport – Madrid will offer €120mil
9 June – Pete Jensen – Madrid will offer Isco plus cash
9 June – ESPN FC – Utd makes contact
10 June – Di Marzio – Madrid make Raiola an offer
10 June – Di Marzio – Utd take “small step” towards signing Pogba
10 June – AS – Utd offer €100mil, Juve wants €120mil
10 June – Marca – Madrid readies €120mil offer
20 June – ESPN FC – Madrid opens talks with Pogba
20 June – Marca – Juventus set price of €160mil
25 June – Balague – Madrid don’t want to pay €25mil to Raiola
25 June – The Sun – Utd meets “huge” asking price
25 June – James Ducker – Mourinho in talks to sign Pogba
26 June – Di Marzio – Utd meet with Pogba with big offer
27 June – Di Marzio – Juventus don’t want to sell
27 June – ESPN FC – Utd keen on £100mil Pogba
29 June – Samuel Luckhurst – Pogba prefers Madrid
29 June – L’ Equipe – Utd to make Pogba offer next week
30 June – Sport Witness – Utd make substantial offer
30 June – Nerozzi – Utd approach Juve
30 June – L’Equipe – Utd open discussion with Juve
30 June – Utdreport – Pogba to cost Utd £65mil
30 June – Mark Ogden – Utd step up pursuit
30 June – Telegraph – Pogba could join Mourinho
1 July – Telegraph – Utd have offered £80mil
1 July – Sky Italia – Pogba’s dad says son prefers Madrid
2 July - Duncan Castles – Pogba is Mourinho’s priority
2 July – The Sun – Pogba would rather join Madrid, Barca or City
2 July – Daily Mail – Pogba to become world’s first £100mil player
3 July – AS – Utd offer €119mil
3 July – Sport Bible – Pogba unfollows Juventus on Twitter
3 July – Richard Keys – Utd got Pogba, despite him wanting Barca
4 July – Daily Mail – Pogba close to joining UTd for more than £80mil
4 July – John Richardson – Pogba moving to Utd for £80mil
5 July – Marca – Madrid prefers Gomes over Pogba
5 July – Sky Sports – Utd interested in signing Pogba
5 July – United Report – Pogba follows Depay, Lingard and Januzaj on Instagram
5 July – Juve FC – Juventus tells Raiola they won’t sell
6 July - Samuel Luckhurst – Utd confident of getting Pogba
6 July – The Sun – Utd ready to re-sign Pogba for £100mil
6 July – The Mirror – Utd to bid £100mil
6 July – Daily Mail – Utd ready to offer £100mil
7 July – Di Marzio – Agreement reached with Pogba
7 July – Tancredi Palmeri – Utd reach agreement with Pogba and will bid €120mil
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Will be interesting to see if we get another Di marzio update when this becomes public.
Wait, you went through 136 pages of this thread?!
Wait, you went through 136 pages of this thread?!
Respect!
YES!Wait, you went through 136 pages of this thread?!
Very little journos know anything about this saga because the people involved have been very tight lipped. So some like this guy have been creating speculation just to try and stay ahead of the pack. Personally I think he is only good for the BOOOMMs
As funny as I find this thread, and I will keep returning to it, I have never once believed anything I hear about Manchester United until the club confirm it. Once I read on our Twitter feed that he's signed I'll believe it, until then everything is conjecture. How else can you treat it when the story changes every day depending on who you read/ listen to?!
Is it just me or does Di Marzio just repeat the same thing over and over in a slightly different way?
Seems every update is no real update. Just saying it's close but leaves himself a gap in case it goes balls up
Seems every update is no real update. Just saying it's close but leaves himself a gap in case it goes balls up
I'm not sure that's the right word...