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Do you want Pogba for £100 million?


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A photo with Drake creates all this doubt and crying in here. I just hope Pogba isn't training with Juventus on Monday or else the forum will go down. :(
 
The issue is, when a striker gets this much hype its easy for them to silence the doubters and to do it, a goal on his debut usually does the trick. With a midfielders it's a bit trickery. Are people going to be annoyed if all we see from Pogba in his debut is a tidy display where he sprayed a few nice balls around and makes a few driving runs?
 
So beeing fed up of all the will he , wont he sign.
If this was happening at any other club we would be laughing !
Sick to death of the Pogba roadshow
I guess that must make me a muppet then.

Only fed up because of the media hype. When you break it down it's rather simple. He wasn't scheduled to return from holiday until Monday 8th regardless of it being to Juve for training or a move elsewhere, he was in the US so formalities can't be completed. All our signings do their medicals in-house, contract is signed in-house, this was never going to change.

The supposed "delay" is the fact he was on his planned holidays after the Euros. So it's the media trolling as usual and guessing.
 
The issue is, when a striker gets this much hype its easy for them to silence the doubters and to do it, a goal on his debut usually does the trick. With a midfielders it's a bit trickery. Are people going to be annoyed if all we see from Pogba in his debut is a tidy display where he sprayed a few nice balls around and makes a few driving runs?
That's not Pogba's game.
 
So beeing fed up of all the will he , wont he sign.
If this was happening at any other club we would be laughing !
Sick to death of the Pogba roadshow
I guess that must make me a muppet then.
What roadshow? It is the media and the muppets in this thread who are trying to create drama - Pogba has just enjoyed his vacation and is going to sign the contract once his vacation is over.
If you didn't have the media or this thread, then you would be none the wiser. If anything this deal has been far cleaner than most - it is normal for negotiations to take some time. It has been clear for a while now that he was going to sign.
 
So beeing fed up of all the will he , wont he sign.
If this was happening at any other club we would be laughing !
Sick to death of the Pogba roadshow
I guess that must make me a muppet then.

I wouldn't be laughing at City or Chelsea if it was indeed the case. Would be bricking it tbf and hope it doesn't happen. Let any fans from other clubs not fool you into believing otherwise.
 
I know exactly what his game is. I'm asking what other people will be expecting, hence "are people", I know what I'm expecting.
Only thing that would worry me is he's played very deep and not allowed to get forward since that would tactically set him up to fail. Like any other player, he needs to adapt to the pace of the league. I'm not really expecting him to perform at the same level he did at Juventus from day 1.
 
I hope Jose gives him an extra 2 weeks off, a la Zlatan, just to see the reaction in here if he's back in New York after signing next week..! :lol:

"Lazy cnut!"
 
If we play him deep I don't know why we're buying him, I think one day he'll be able to play there, but that's not his position now. He could play there in home games against lesser teams if he's got full licence to basically do whatever he pleases.
 
Who the feck is Drake? I thought he was dead.

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They will save the announcement for Monday to cheer us up in case Leicester beat us.
 
I know some will dispute it, but I'd say Pogba would be our first prime "World Class" player since Ronaldo left.

23 years old and would be a natural starter for any club or country in the World currently.

RvP was maybe closest to it in between, but was 29 and perhaps just at the brow of his peak

De Gea?
 
Who the feck is Drake? I thought he was dead.

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Drake is the best gift to music humanity has ever received.

I'm sure Mourinho isn't spending 100m on a player just to play him in a position in which he will fail.
 
Mourinho's words and Zlatans's knowing smile. Minus the paperwork, this is done. It surely can't be anything but. We've been let down before with some high profile signings but this is an exception. Maybe this will change our future business deals regarding players? It could be a major turning point in our fortunes on and off tbe field. Mourinho and Woody could really work together and CL football next year and we're no longer a project. Let's enjoy the CS tomorrow and look forward to Pogba joining us, whether there's an announcement today or on Monday. We should all be happy right now.
 
Surely, unless this has all been some sort of elaborate wind up then he has to be in Manchester this weekend, and if so then this thread should liven up very soon.

I still have my doubts over this happening, but hopefully that's only because of the scars from previous times I've been burnt with our transfers.
 
Surely, unless this has all been some sort of elaborate wind up then he has to be in Manchester this weekend, and if so then this thread should liven up very soon.

I still have my doubts over this happening, but hopefully that's only because of the scars from previous times I've been burnt with our transfers.

Agreed. Everything points to that so surely we will get some official news soon.

If he isn't here by Monday however...
 
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.
tbf, that's exactly what Scholes and Pirlo at 22 is. Both player become the more recognizable playmaking version years into their careers. I do think Pogba has the talent to become that kind of player. But his dynamism is a massive part of his game, I don't think we'll see that part of his game until much later
 
You cannot compare Pogba to players who currently play. If you are going to compare him, it would be with someone like Zizou. Has the flair and touch as him.

Of course, people will compare my above comment between the peak of Zidane to the current Pogba. All I will say to that is, Pogba is ahead of Zidane of the same age. IIRC, Zidane moved to Juve when he was 23 and then to Real when he was about 28? I'm sure I will be corrected on this but hopefully you'll get the just of the post.