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Do you want Pogba for £100 million?

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shamans said:
So Duncan Castles gets a lot of hate on here but he was the first to break the story?
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Well he's a Mendes/Jose mouthpiece so I guess he's got to be somewhat reliable in regards to United now. Don't really get all the hate he gets. He is really, really bald, though.
 
shamans said:
So Duncan Castles gets a lot of hate on here but he was the first to break the story?
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I don't really get the Duncan Castles hate. It's clear he has some links to Mourinho, and to be fair there's worse journos than him.
 
shamans said:
So Duncan Castles gets a lot of hate on here but he was the first to break the story?
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Castles and Keys seem to be the football forum's whipping boys but both are very good when it comes to Utd these days. I trust them over Tanc Top and Di Marzio.
 
I wonder if the intoxication and hubris of Mou's newly arrived vibes, and his Gung Ho attitude etc, might have led Woody to overplay his hand? Did all the hints and leaks leave Juve with a bit too much bargaining leverage? Woody/United winds up as the boy who brags of climbing a tall steeple, and puts himself in grave danger, 'cos he can't lose face? Looking down from a great height right now. Hope Pogba is worth it.
 
Red Bug said:
Ok I have just watched the Italian Sky Sports woman give info on the situation via UK Sky Sports.

This is all done. She even had exact wages etc. It literally is just waiting for us to pay Raiola's €20m (not 25 like some are reporting.)

As soon as either us or Juve pay it, Pog is ours.

I can't see Jose letting them f**k this up over a few quid. We would probably be looking at selling a fair few players as well.

Pogba is as good as done for me.
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20m is not a few quid though.
 
RDCR07 said:
You've actually confused me with what you're saying. I thought you are kinda ridiculing the money we are spending on Pogba and that for his fee we can sign anyone bar Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar?
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Yeah, my fault. Not ridiculing in any way (I'm glad he's coming), but I do think we could get pretty much anyone except the ones you mention for this money, yes.

But I'm happy with it, I just don't agree that he's the only option.
 
AltiUn said:
20m is not a few quid though.
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It is in the grand scheme of things. We are pretty desperate for a world class midfielder and not closing the deal over it would be madness. We could recoup that fee by selling Fellaini and Schweinsteiger.
 
This thread is shit and people are going for the record number of posts just for the sake of it. Reminds me of Rooney's quest for the goal scoring record.
 
Shakesey said:
Oh great!

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
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Phenomenal work, but you could have saved yourself a lot of bother by just using the last two weeks. He's been signed, fee agreed, fee not agreed, agent fee holding it up, Real involved, Real never fancied her anyway, fee not agreed, fee agreed, fee agreed but Juve actually want more at one point. It's gotten beyond a joke.
 
the onus is always on the buyer in this case, particularly when there isn't much in the way of rival bids. we'll pay the fee, or maybe the majority of it or something.
 
Xign said:
I don't really get the Duncan Castles hate. It's clear he has some links to Mourinho, and to be fair there's worse journos than him.
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It's down to him being an obvious ABU and constantly posting negative stories or putting a negative spin on things about us. Can't stand the twat.
 
Bwuk said:
It's mad to think we had him, Lingard and Morrison at the same time and we only managed to keep a hold of Lingard for various reasons.

I'd love it if we could get Morrison back ad have his head screwed on. It'll never happen.
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Yes. And, in my opinion, having Pog and Ravel were the major reason as to why Sir never went big for a midfielder.
 
Massive Spanner said:
There's nothing impossible about Pogba, it's just crazy money for a footballer, and very complex.

It's unreal the moaning from people like you.

"Oh we never target top players"
"Oh feck sake how humiliating going for a top player and not getting him!"
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I'am just saying go for the ones you can get

Apart from Di Maria I can't remember a single top player the club went for and we actually managed to get him. Vidal, Ramos, Müller, Hazard etc, I'am not saying we should sign all these players, I'am saying if you spend half a summer trying then please try to get it done for once.

I would have been just as happy if the club said this summer we need a new midfielder, lets sign Kanté or Pjanic and get them. If they rather get Pogba then that is fantastic but if it ends with no Pogba and also no Kanté, no Pjanic because they are off the market already then feck me that is a big failure.

It is not moaning it is just stating the obvious fact that we have advanced to a state right now because the transfer has dragged on for awhile and most other alternatives have already disappeared, we better get this done or risk having a failed summer again.
 
I don't buy that they'll be able to sign Higuain and keep Pogba, not for the money they're throwing at Napoli. Financially they're not a Madrid or United and couple that to their match fixing budget for the season I simply don't see how they're not going to sell Pogba to us at the quoted prices.
 
Kaos said:
I don't buy that they'll be able to sign Higuain and keep Pogba, not for the money they're throwing at Napoli. Financially they're not a Madrid or United and couple that to their match fixing budget for the season I simply don't see how they're not going to sell Pogba to us at the quoted prices.
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I highly doubt it also. They have been working very hard to get their house in order since making a massive loss in 2011. In 2015 they still posted a small loss (around £5m) I just don't see them spending at the levels of United or City.
 
Classical Mechanic said:
I highly doubt it also. They have been working very hard to get their house in order since making a massive loss in 2011. In 2015 they still posted a small loss (around £5m) I just don't see them spending at the levels of United or City.
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Aren't they still paying off the new stadium too? Plus in Serie A no team earns anywhere near what we do.

They get extra CL money though that we don't.
 
Kaos said:
I don't buy that they'll be able to sign Higuain and keep Pogba, not for the money they're throwing at Napoli. Financially they're not a Madrid or United and couple that to their match fixing budget for the season I simply don't see how they're not going to sell Pogba to us at the quoted prices.
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It also seems they are not stopping with Higuain alone. They are also bidding for Witsel and Gabigol. That will take their net spending past the 100m euro mark.
 
cyberman said:
It wasn't due to reliability, it's due to being a chronic WUM
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Wrong. Castles has been a known Mourinho/Mendes journo with actual contacts with them. He's even been called Mendes' b!tch. He's traditionally been a ABU WUM but he has no choice but to try and be nice with us now since Mou is at United.
 
Stretch said:
Wrong. Castles has been a known Mourinho/Mendes journo with actual contacts with them. He's even been called Mendes' b!tch. He's traditionally been a ABU WUM but he has no choice but to try and be nice with us now since Mou is at United.
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So how am I wrong?
 
Stretch said:
You said it's not due to reliability and that it's due to being a WUM. Not the case here I'm afraid. He's been very well informed regarding United's dealings and Mourniho's plans.
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He wasn't saying he isn't reliable.
 
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