Ive been trying to for 3 weeks now ☺Well, you could just sit down and relax a bit. This is done. Its just not official. I am sure you will know when it is
Paul Pogba | Undergoing Medical | Helping out the Laundry Ladies
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I had forgotten about Clubcall. Did you ever use the hotline?
I remember being so tempted when seeing rumours of us signing players like Salas and Kluivert. Thankfully I was wise enough not to as I knew how much trouble I'd be in with my parents when the monthly telephone bill came through.
ha ha it cost a fortune! I remember my parents seeing the phone bill and thinking I'd been calling a sex line!!
Wait, has anyone actually called United clubcall? Maybe they're announcing Pogba on there!
I had forgotten about Clubcall. Did you ever use the hotline?
I remember being so tempted when seeing rumours of us signing players like Salas and Kluivert. Thankfully I was wise enough not to as I knew how much trouble I'd be in with my parents when the monthly telephone bill came through.
Yeah. But they'd drag out longer than the length of this thread just to charge as much as they possibly could.
Mortifying!IIRC Van Idiot decline the chance to buy Renato Sanchez. If Woodie had completed this purchase it would have been a clear indication the Idiot was leaving.
"Pogba summoned for tomorrow night. Speaking of substitutes makes no sense. Is a player of Juventus."
So the deal is nowhere near as close as some of the hacks would want us to believe then.
Thanks. Yup - actually mind-blowing when you look at things this way. That said, Rio was a massive success. Was the bedrock on which Fergie built 2-3 teams of title-winners and people forget that for all of Ronaldo's (and Rooney's to be fair) exploits, it was the defence that won us the title several times. van der Saar was not a one-man shield of the type that de Gea has had to become. Veron, well, different story, but I can still see the logic for why we paid what we did.
Where do I begin? Rooney was 18 and cost upwards of 30 Mn over a decade ago. Fellaini cost us 30 Mn. How you come out with a 45-55 for Pogba is mind-boggling. Zidane, as I pointed out, cost 57 Mn 15 years ago and had similar statistics (though he was more developed as a player). I just don't get how people start pinging these numbers around. Have you actually studied the business model of clubs? A club needs to look at how players (and the whole team and their performances) will translate into commercial contracts, merchandise sales (which get bigger sponsors) and visibility as well as following. Pogba - apart from dramatically improving our chances of winning titles - is immensely popular and assures greater viewership and interest. The world record fee, combined with United's marketing machine will ensure that this translates into bigger commercial deals as well. Can't see how Troy Deeney, Fellaini et al do on this.
As for your point on the Euros, I can only shake my head in wonder. Would you also say that Muller and Lewandowski are sh*te? Of course, Kane must be absolutely pants, not to mention losers like Dier and Dele Alli, right? Not worth 10 Mn for the lot of them, then. It beggars belief how people continue to trot out the same lame arguments time after time paying no heed to the actual numbers that make up football.
Here are just some numbers on Man United's revenues:
2000-01: 217.2 Mn Euros
2005-06: 242.6 Mn Euros (remember how pants we'd become and how we had no "galacticos"? Here's the outcome)
2010-11: 367 Mn Euros (Now we're talking. Win the CL, have Ronaldo explode. Build on Rooney's then-shining star...)
2014-15: 520 Mn Euros (Still riding the wave of popularity)
The numbers have exploded, but reality is we're slipping! In 2000-01, United were #1. We're now #3. We're also only about 50 Mn ahead of City. We need to continue pushing and you don't do that by talking about how "things was different in my day. You'd ne'er see these kids prancin' around in Ferraris at this age". We need to move with the times. Pogba (given it will happen) will be the absolutely right move at just the time we need it.
Cheers!
told ya. And here comes the muppet suicides
told ya. And here comes the muppet suicides
What do you expect him to say??
"Pogba is gone and he'll be heading to Manchester tomorrow" Come on guys, lets be honest here. There was never going to be any other reply to that question
Well said.
I know. I was just responding to a joke i made when @top1whoisman posted the juve tweet.
I know it means nothing. However people will read into this BS.
Anyway while we're on the subject, a page 302 snapshot with a not so surprising headline
"Abject Scotland thumped by..." insert country here.
On the subject of Pogba - what else is Allegri going to say? "He's given me back the keys to the Rover and I've told him that I'll have his clothes sent to his bit on the side".
BUt some guy on here said it was done but just not official?
Fergie also said that he was expecting Pogba to return, and also Zeki Fryers. Neither did. Van Gaal also expected Di Maria to return, he obviously didn't. Allegri's words are standard.
What is laughable about a club announcing they have sold a player, you know like happened with another of our players a few weeks ago? I know you have decided to go full steam ahead with this in the know nonsense but you've gotta stick within the realms of logic
Looks like it's off then.
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He's going to clear out his locker and kiss his friends goodbye.
If Pogba really does return to Juve training tomorrow, changes are it really is off.
I remember when Di Maria was expected back in training for us last summer.
If it was off the media would've caught wind of it by now.
Are you for real? You're the biggest nervous nelly on here!
Definitely.
No way he would go to training if he was coming here.
Still expect us to say something today.
This is going right down to deadline day, De Gea style.
I'm sure we have a last minute back up target ready, like we did with Fellaini.
I'm sure we have a last minute back up target ready, like we did with Fellaini.
He'll be a United player. Comments like Allergi's are ones they have to come out with until a deal is complete.
How do you figure?
I'm seriously sure that quite a few people on here think transfers work the same way they do in Football Manager. Transfers of this magnitude are complicated, long and drawn out. Got image rights, agents fees, payment plan, legal matters, loads to sort out. I imagine the paper work alone would be incredibly immense!
You are about to create a mass suicide situation
Not really fair. Sanches was outstanding in the Euro finals.
Not only are Allegri's words standard it's pretty much the exact same rhetoric used by Mourinho in yesterday's press conference.
Christ, get a grip guys, he's coming here. What is wrong with that statement? At the moment, he is a Juventus player and since the deal isn't finalised he certainly may be due for training tomorrow, doesn't mean this isn't happening.
Wait a minute. I thought everyone thought it was done? If it was why would he go back to training.
I agree with the poster that if he goes back to Juve it's a awful sign considering everything that has been speculated.
So him being in England today via Sky was complete bollocks and I was labelled an attention seeker for highlighting that in the 1st place.
If Man Utd and Juve have reached an agreement and Pogba himself has agreed terms with Manchester United like it has been reported for weeks, why would Pogba return to Juventus training. Why would Allegri want a player who's not part of the plans since he's leaving train with Juventus?
If this was happening in the near future, Pogba wouldn't go back to training with Juventus. There is no valid reason why they would want him to train with them if everything was sorted.
If this was our manager saying this about one of our players, that he expects them back in training after their holiday, everyone would be quick to call bullshit and be absolutely certain that they were leaving.
Pogba will arrive in the next few days. I really don't see why people are so pessimistic. Have previous transfers really destroyed people that much
Pogba will arrive in the next few days. I really don't see why people are so pessimistic. Have previous transfers really destroyed people that much
This doesn't come anywhere close to the Berbatov purchase. Maybe it's just the nostalgia talking, but that felt like a proper transfer saga. Especially following it on deadline day.
Which are apparently all sorted. If you don't believe they are sorted, then you'd have to question the person who is reporting them as being sorted.
Who says he's not here already?
Having healthy scepticism isn't really how this thread goes. Say something about masturbation and post one of those drooling smileys and you're golden