I hope he does. He's got all the skills to take on a Lampard type role incorporating his own unique creative skills.
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I hope he does. He's got all the skills to take on a Lampard type role incorporating his own unique creative skills.
Absolutely. De Gea is comfortably in the top 3 in his position in world football, and many would argue that he could be the best. If that's not world class, I don't know what is, and he's still not in his prime. I'm not sure the same can be said of Pogba yet.
I think it was funny to begin with and actually it seemed a bit of a 'challenge' in the context of the ludicrousness of this thread. But, yes, the joke did wear thin and became forced pretty quickly once people start cottoning on to it in droves. Even worse it was being forced by people talking about it directly and not just with other forms of nonsense (can't say I wasn't a little guilty of this myself!). Conversely though some were still asking entirely innocently about the page count while all this was going on much in the same way some were still innocently asking when Pogba was back from holiday despite the countless number of times this had already been answered.
Even Young Money is joining in on the muppetry
Drake is a Nike and Jordan Brand ambassador though. PogOff?
Drake will literally suck any athlete off if he meets them.Drake is a Nike and Jordan Brand ambassador though. PogOff?
It's from the mitten article, but still interesting.
http://www.espnfc.com/club/manchest...d-moved-to-the-brink-of-signing-of-paul-pogba
You'd have thought someone might have covered this at the time?
http://www.espnfc.com/club/manchest...d-moved-to-the-brink-of-signing-of-paul-pogba
You'd have thought someone might have covered this at the time?
This thread is so long that we need a separate thread with daily cliff notes.
I swear some of you have too much time on your hands.
I swear some of you have too much time on your hands.
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/...gba_at_drakes_concert_last_night_in_new_york/
Bloke from /r/reddevils asked Pogba about MUFC at the Drake concert, he's a Madrid fan but asked anyway
Just like the juve video saying "yes", it means nothing. However confirms what we all suspected, he'll say anything to be diplomatic.
One thing I've always felt about Pogba, and maybe regular Serie A watchers can correct me, is that his game isn't as refined and assured as it should be. Whenever I watch him, his moments of class are obvious, some of his touches are trickery are superb. But he can also be very erratic at times. Unlike, say, Modric, who I think is the best midfielder around right now, and who is assured to a supreme degree in everything he does. With Modric you sort of know he has complete control over all his actions. That's why I found the 100 million tag funny when I first heard it. But we obviously believe he's about to make that step up soon. And he has to. For this big a fee, you need an elite player, and from what I've seen of Pogba, he's not quite there yet.
Pogba choosing to leave here and go to a Juve side with a much better midfield than us was ballsy on his part. That's the kind of risk taking that Sir Alex would be proud of. For example in 95 when he stupidly(yes,that's what many said at the time) sold first team players and replaced them with a bunch of nobody youth players.
A lot of people thought he would fail ,but that he returns not just having succeeded but being one of our most successful academy players ever is a testament to Paul. It's why I think this record fee won't overraw him, it might actually spur him on.
I don't think Ferguson wouldn't be petty when it comes to Pogba, mainly because he respect Mourinho and he would be wise enough to not making this a big deal
Fergie said nothing when Moyes completely disregarded his advise and got rid of his entire backroom stuff. He also seems to have not let his issues within Rooney continue post retirement.
He has largely stayed retired and loved this club to not cause trouble for it. That's why he hardly comments on us.
He's not there yet.
But for me,I'm more excited to see what Mourinho can do with him. He did it with Lampard and Hazard.
Lampard's story of how he did that is both weird but also shows how Mourinho is able to tap into a player's psyche and push them to an even higher level.
Agreed. This transfer excites me more in it's potential and the nature of the player. He has a lot of flair in his game and as a fan that's a great thing to watch.
But at the same time, Pogba has to prove himself a fair bit at OT. When you're 22, it's fine being a bit erratic. When you're the biggest signing football has ever seen, then being erratic between 23 and 27 is going to disappoint many.
Either way, I'm really looking forward to having a player of his technique and physicality in our midfield.
He's 23 though, so are you saying he's a disappointment?
His quality will improve us and we will win titles, because of that, he won't be considered a disappointment.
Yup , if he helps us win titles over the years the money tag would cease to matter
It will cease to matter in 2 or 3 years time when there's been a lot of other transfers around his price range.
The way transfer are going, I think people are going to forget about the price pretty quickly. Bale's price seemed exorbitant at the time, but two CL trophies later, no one bothers talking about it. You see average to good players moving for big sums often in the past couple of years, and that trend will likely continue in the future. The media tends to focus on the latest big transfer rather than sticking to one player.
I'm a bit worried about his mental health after reading this article.
We might be signing damaged good, lads
And the France international has wasted no time in trying to familiarise himself with his new team-mates by watching hours of footage of last season's United.
We might be signing damaged good, lads
Shame none of his followers can form a sentence.
Even Young Money is joining in on the muppetry
I'm a bit worried about his mental health after reading this article.
And the France international has wasted no time in trying to familiarise himself with his new team-mates by watching hours of footage of last season's United.
We might be signing damaged good, lads
FFS won't be surprised if he signs for Madrid now.
Who is he?
48 hours
at least we'll know Nerozzi has been out of the loop if pogba does fly back to italy first
I'm a massive fan of Modric also but they are completely different players. Modric to me is like a later Scholes or Pirlo in the sense they control the tempo/rythem of the team. Where Pogba is more like a Gerrard type in the sense that he will do the spectacular but often go missing for periods in the game. £100m is laughable but if United want to sign the top talent to get back to the top of the tree. Then this is what they have to do by bidding high to block other interest until they are back in champions league finals and a more attractive proposition for the top top players all who want champions league football.
On a side note with the fee being absurd. When you look at other transfers say Troy Deeney £35m + then in relation to this the £100m looks money well spent.
The difference he'll make to our midfield will be immense, he's the first CM we've had in years who can actually run with the he ball and comfortably get past the front man, that alone will be huge and great to watch.
As others have said, I don't think he's currently as good as Vieira was in his prime, but that's fine because Pogba isn't yet in his prime, so there's more to come from him and he certainly has that potential to reach those levels.
Vieira was a different league but it took a few years for him to reach that level, and it only started to click when he joined Arsenal, I think he played wide for Milan originally (could be mistaken).
As others have said, I don't think he's currently as good as Vieira was in his prime, but that's fine because Pogba isn't yet in his prime, so there's more to come from him and he certainly has that potential to reach those levels.
Vieira was a different league but it took a few years for him to reach that level, and it only started to click when he joined Arsenal, I think he played wide for Milan originally (could be mistaken).
La Stampa between today and tomorrow Pogba will visit Manchester United to complete his move.
ADM's heart wasn't in it. He didn't want to stay with us. Don't blame LVG for this, he gave him the free role as well but he just faded away.
And in the end he showed disrespect to the club which is beyond any thing else so for me
La Stampa between today and tomorrow Pogba will visit Manchester United to complete his move.[/QUOTE]
lol another 48hrs?
lol another 48hrs?
48 hours lads
He'll be match fit around christmas time.
The last threadmark was on page 795, so we've basically moved 150+ pages without any actual news.
I wouldn't trust this Nerozzi guy either, he said the same last week as well.
I wouldn't trust this Nerozzi guy either, he said the same last week as well.
I feel like these sources had a large meting and all said right on Monday i'll say 48 hours. On Wednesday you will say 48 hours.
I do think there'll at least be an announcement from the club by Monday, it's hard to see this stringing out much longer and Mourinho's comments made it seem like it's just a formality at this point. Home stretch.
as soon as we know he's flying in to the UK. We'll know it's all done.
Won't both clubs be in London this weekend?
Would like to think United will be doing a 'Its Zlatan Time' clip with Pogba like a 'Guess who's back' or 'I'm back' #Pogback kinda thing
ZlatanTime is the cheesiest f*cking shit. I cringe every time I see it.