Has to be Morgan and Pogba
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Has to be Morgan and Pogba
The only certain thing is that Pogba will not be our DM.
I assume we've an old Pogba thread somewhere? I'd like to read how I reacted when he left us... 
If you don't believe Di Marzio, why get worked up about it?
I assume we've an old Pogba thread somewhere? I'd like to read how I reacted when he left us...
I don't think we shall go there
Most seasons teams go to the trouble of these tours, making noises about "bonding" and getting the "balance right" before the season starts, then sign someone late who goes straight in!
He'll go straight in as soon as he's deemed match fit.
City would possibly be a bad choice if he's not fit by then, but it's over a month away so should surely be ok.
That could be a huge game, even 4 games in,
How do you guys know that fans outside of this forum are not as frustrated?
Does this latest report from Di Marzio mean that the deal wasn't, in fact, finished within the 48 hour deadline he reported previously? 
I reckon Di Marzio should pipe down for a while, until he's certain when the deal will be done. Seems to just be throwing dates out there.Does this latest report from Di Marzio mean that the deal wasn't, in fact, finished within the 48 hour deadline he reported previously?
So those who doubted me when a week or so ago I wrote, how long till Di Marzio gets slaughtered on here, what do you think now?
The knee-jerk reactions on here on almost anything is absolutely mind boggling.
Thank god that about 99% of these fans (I'm one of them) don't go to the game, otherwise could you imagine how toxic the environment at OT would be?
It takes only one game, heck even a pre-season game is more than enough for some fickle bunch on here to spout absolute rubbish about a player and vice versa.
Watching Cosmos while refreshing and just realized star constellations would have utterly fecked up names if our generation had spotted them in the night sky first...
This follows days of posters moaning that he hasn't tweeted any updates for ages.
Schneiderlin/Pogba, or Fellaini/Pogba. Pogba ain't coming to Old Trafford for all that coin to sit back in DM role. Either Schneiderlin, Fellaini (even Blind or Shaw at times) will partner with him. He may move up to the attacking role to spell Rooney and/or Mkhitaryan, while the bunch from Carrick, Herrera, Fellaini or even Schweinsteiger can slide into that role.
Interesting pieces. Wonder how long it'll take Mourinho to come up with best combination for chemistry and results.
I've just looked back through the threadmarked tweets from him and I'm not really sure why people are pilling in like he's contradicting himself.
The chronology of his tweets is fine, just people ascribing meaning to his tweets that isn't there.
Of course, until Pogba signs we can't rule out the fact Di Marzio isn't making it up as he goes along, but that would be out of character.
Carrick and Schneiderlin. We can't expect Carrick to stay fresh all year given his age, so a bit of rotation with Schneiderlin will likely take place.
Right here's some past Pogba posts from myself... Mad five years.
2011:
2012:
2013:
2014:
2015:
2016:
2011:
2012:
Bitter.
2013:
Three years ago.
2014:
2015:
2016:
Agreed.
People turning on Di Marzio in here are absolutely bizarre. He's one of the best around, with a great success rate and scoops other journos can only dream of. He's been on the money with this deal all the way through, ahead of pretty much anyone else (apart from maybe the original reporting by Castles). He NEVER said this deal would be announced "within 48 hours", so stop being jerks about it.
This. So much this. We're talking about insane amounts of money being moved. It's going to take a long time
Looks like it. Maybe another 48 hours will do it though.Does this latest report from Di Marzio mean that the deal wasn't, in fact, finished within the 48 hour deadline he reported previously?
I assume we've an old Pogba thread somewhere? I'd like to read how I reacted when he left us...
I had created a thread down in the newbs on the same topic and I did not quote any of your posts there from the old thread - Not sure if that's a good sign or not
Some of the posts that I did mention:
Edit:
To be fair to @Carl, he's only got 18 posts in this thread which in comparison sounds like not caring much really.
Yeah, but that is 20 minutes walk from your office
Pretty brisk walk to make it in 20min tbf!
This makes no sense.
Are you suggesting that when we signed Berbatov on transfer deadline day for the amount we did, we had any LESS to iron out? Or same with Di Maria?
That just because the numbers on the paper says "100 million" instead of "30 million or 59 million", that the workload is doubled?
That's not how it works.
we've concluded much more complicated transfers with much lesser time.
I had created a thread down in the newbs on the same topic and I did not quote any of your posts there from the old thread - Not sure if that's a good sign or not
Some of the posts that I did mention:
I was framed.
FWIW I didn't really care about him moving on at the time. I'm not a reguar reserves watcher and what little I had seen didn't blow me away.
I reckon Raiola's involvement makes the deal a bit more complicated than when it's only a matter of two clubs dealing with each other, considering the back-and-forth over how big his fee should be, who's supposed to pay it etc.
So Pogba fans is he coming here or what?
Carrick is the ideal partner as Porba needs someone who will sit deeper while he goes forwards, basically the way Jose had Alonso with Mordic or Matic with Fabregas. Schneiderlin is the other option but will have to improve positonally.
I think some thought we were taking a big leap forward today in terms of an official announcement but it would seem we're back to just waiting that bit longer.
Let's look at it this way: if you d be on vacation and you just quit your job to start a new one elsewhere, would you cut it short? Hellz to feck no. At least I think most people wouldn't.
It would appear so most media outlets reporting it's done now just waiting on an announcement now.
Still, with BBC sport not dealing their hand in this saga there's still a few doubts about what stage the deal is at.
Our MUTV presenters and official photographer started following him to day so in my opinion its certainly on.
You posts suggest there's some element of doubt still there? This is 100% done and dusted
I actually think many people would do that, if they got a new, better and more well-paid job if that meant that it would help make the start at the new job smoother and make a better impression at the new job. As a matter of fact, I know several people who have altered their vacation plans due to a new job.
But that doesn't mean that Poggy should cut his holidays short - he played loads of games last season and played basically every minute at the Euros. So it might even be in United's interest that he has those extra weeks off. If Mourinho really insisted that he was back already, I'm sure there's a good chance that he would already be here.
If someone said in January that come August there would be people on here sulking that it's taking us too long to announce the signing of Pogba, I'd have said....yep that sounds like the caf.
If the new job has a crazy high signing bonus, triples my salary I 100% would.
Well he needed a long break. And he should get it.
There is a tad element of doubt simply because BBC sport always report on these stories with concrete sources a few days before the deal is officially announced and yet in this case they haven't.
Di Marzio has been all over the show with this transfer too i guess im supressing the muppet in me, I've been burnt before.
There is no element of doubt whatsoever, zero. None at all. Why are people wanting there to be doubt?
BBC don't always report on a transfer before it happens, they only report absolutely verified information and if they don't have that, they won't. Plenty of transfers happen without BBC reporting it before the deal is concluded
Well in fairness, he's not signed yet and anything can happen.
Talking about "shirt sales" does feel very 1997 or so. But in reality, we will recover much of the fee in marketing/commercialization. Shirt sales, even if we got every dime, would just be a drop in the bucket. From a marketing perspective, Woody desperately needs a new face of he club. Rooney still has some pull, but he's shit and still declining on the pitch, which will hurt his pull off the pitch. Sponsors want someone that they can get excited about having their face all over the product. Pogba helps keep current sponsors happy, increase those sponsors renewal fees, and attract new sponsors for big fees. Not to mention the co-branding between United, Adidas, and Pogba (who is becoming a brand unto himself), will reach levels that we've never seen before at United. Ronaldo is the obvious comparison, but from a branding perspective, I'd say that when Ronaldo left for Madrid, he is about where Pogba is now. This is Woody's wet dream, to be able to do everything (marketing-wise) that he had wanted to do if Ronaldo had stayed.
It's all quite absurd, but that's what drives Manchester United these days, and really modern football in general. That's not to say that Pogba is only a face for marketing, but we wouldn't be spending 100m+ on him if he was just a quiet little guy that snuck home every day after training, doing his best to avoid the spotlight.