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Just as an after thought is it maybe not better to have players with injuries that take a while to get over away from the club?

As someone mentioned above KDB in Barcelona was to help with the mental side of recovery and it was certainly printed as such for Pogba by many papers initially for going to Dubai.

Also with Pogbas contract issues maybe being separated from players would hinder any negativity he may have and could potentially affect his team mates?

I'm just thinking out loud here but there are many reasons for players being away from actual club facilities. Not least the availability of the best experts in the field of particular injuries, I'm thinking the American fella who almost all players go to with serious leg injuries such as acl.

The mental health issue is often spoken about by clubs, players/managers, when looking at long term injuries. I'm sure being in Manchester wouldn't help with the weather and even facilities and amenities that places like Dubai or Barcelona have to offer?

Many years ago I suffered with an injury that lead to needing regular physio and put a stop to my sporting dreams. I didn't have access to the best facilities, just the local hospital, and the physio etc was incredibly boring and I was not in a good place. I ended up in my country of origin for 3 months due to condition of my grandfather and just the weather and day to day interactions helped loads. I came back really refreshed even though it wasn't a holiday as such. Just looking after my grandad who had Alzheimer's
 
JPRouve said:
The for a Football club is the key part, Football clubs don't have have the best facilities in sports and they don't have better facilities than many private complexes in the World either.



In theory there is no problem if you have the capacities to do it and if you can do it while maintaining players moral high. But as I said, it's not actually a one sided answer, for example someone mentioned De Bruyne, he did part of his rehab in Barcelona and has he mentioned himself the most difficult part was mental.

And the problem is with the bolded part, his point is sensible with short term injuries but it starts being a problem when you are talking about long term injuries. Because you need to manage the mental side of things, if Rangnick has answers to the lack of mental stimualtion of isolated players then why not, but he would be one of the few people that have answered it without a change of environment.
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Are you in the football industry?

Because everytime we discuss you seem to know the complete inner workings of a football club. Down to pretty obscure details. With 100% certainty. You must have experience of working in one. I mean how do you actually know the medical department isn't capable of fully rehabilitating Pogba's injury. How do you know what Pogba's injury is? How do you know what approach clubs and medical departments take in terms of sending players abroad for treatment? How do you know that approach is the same or not at all clubs?

Ultimately Rangnick, highly experienced and currently the manager of Manchester United, says the exact opposite to yourself.

Obviously I've got to go with Ralf and my initial assessment. Pogba was in Dubai because he likes going to Dubai. Same as De Bruyne being in Barcelona.

For us I'm really pleased Rangnick seems to be getting a grip of these guys. The tail has been wagging the dog for too long.
 
Roane said:
Just as an after thought is it maybe not better to have players with injuries that take a while to get over away from the club?

As someone mentioned above KDB in Barcelona was to help with the mental side of recovery and it was certainly printed as such for Pogba by many papers initially for going to Dubai.

Also with Pogbas contract issues maybe being separated from players would hinder any negativity he may have and could potentially affect his team mates?

I'm just thinking out loud here but there are many reasons for players being away from actual club facilities. Not least the availability of the best experts in the field of particular injuries, I'm thinking the American fella who almost all players go to with serious leg injuries such as acl.

The mental health issue is often spoken about by clubs, players/managers, when looking at long term injuries. I'm sure being in Manchester wouldn't help with the weather and even facilities and amenities that places like Dubai or Barcelona have to offer?

Many years ago I suffered with an injury that lead to needing regular physio and put a stop to my sporting dreams. I didn't have access to the best facilities, just the local hospital, and the physio etc was incredibly boring and I was not in a good place. I ended up in my country of origin for 3 months due to condition of my grandfather and just the weather and day to day interactions helped loads. I came back really refreshed even though it wasn't a holiday as such. Just looking after my grandad who had Alzheimer's
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All good points. My father had Alzheimer's, nasty disease for the relatives
 
Marwood said:
. Pogba was in Dubai because he likes going to Dubai.
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Is this true?

I'm only asking as there seems to be a link between Dubai and Man UTD. In f at isnt there a university of Manchester in Dubai?

Under Ole we undertook warm weather training there.

Likes of Sancho went there before joining us. Beckham was there for some retro shirt signings etc

Is there a huge adidas thing there too?

I'm not sure it's a player liking a place. Not suggesting you here but there is always a narrative around Pogba. I mean just look at the 500k a week stories. Even the player has come out and said no but it's still being persisted with.

Edit: just did a quick Google search on man UTD and Dubai and there does seem to be a link, don't know what though.

A lot of our players go there it seems. Even Ighalo was there after leaving us and the women's team use it too.
 
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What a godawful signing this has been. Injury prone on top of being inconsistent on the pitch.

He gets a major injury almost every season.
 
kouroux said:
All good points. My father had Alzheimer's, nasty disease for the relatives
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Yeah really horrible. I've seen it twice now in close family (grandad and uncle). Soul destroying for families to see loved ones go through it.
 
The idea that the club don’t have the necessary staff/facilities or access to expert medical input to be able to properly rehab a muscle tear (of any grade) is ridiculous.

It is plausible that a change of scene for some warm weather rehab might be good for a footballer’s mental health if it turns out to be a lengthy injury. However the fact that Pogba pissed off to Dubai as soon as he got injured (correct me if I’m wrong?) shows that he is obviously less than 100% committed to life in Manchester/at Manchester United.

Which is the least surprising news ever, as this has been painfully obvious for a long time now. Seeing as we’re now in the end game of his time at the club I can’t work up the energy to care. He won’t be here as as soon as he’s contractually able to play for another club. We all know this, deep down. He can and will rehab wherever he wants.
 
Roane said:
Is this true?

I'm only asking as there seems to be a link between Dubai and Man UTD. In f at isnt there a university of Manchester in Dubai?

Under Ole we undertook warm weather training there.

Likes of Sancho went there before joining us. Beckham was there for some retro shirt signings etc

Is there a huge adidas thing there too?

I'm not sure it's a player liking a place. Not suggesting you here but there is always a narrative around Pogba. I mean just look at the 500k a week stories. Even the player has come out and said no but it's still being persisted with.

Edit: just did a quick Google search on man UTD and Dubai and there does seem to be a link, don't know what though.

A lot of our players go there it seems. Even Ighalo was there after leaving us and the women's team use it too.
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Footballers in general like going there. Not just United players. It's not my type of place but I can see why it appeals to extremely wealthy people. I'm guessing the club likes to align itself with extremely wealthy states.

I'm not even against a long term injured players having a holiday for a week or two. Yeah a change and sun is good for mental health, same reason we all go away.

But let's call it what it is. It's a holiday.

When it starts to go beyond a couple of weeks I'm glad the club are now bringing an end to it.

If Dubai does have the best of the best I'd be asking for my money back because Pogba sure does take a long time to recover these days.
 
Sick of Pogba

So so Sick of Glazers.

Sick of being awful and full of uncommitted owners and players.

The fans are stuck in limbo

It’s not Pogba or Minos fault. I almost used to think it was. “If we just made an example of PP or Mino it would lead to better times” That’s not what’s wrong. It’s the owners being absent and offering a raise to everyone who wants to stay around but knowing what they know, even the most unhappy players that no other club will offer the same to. You need to be catching talent on the way up and developing it, marketing and all. Like a record label. Not just signing some ok, unhappy or past it dude and milking it till it’s obvious to everyone it’s beyond gone. It’s no fun being the MySpace of football. It would be so much easier if they kept taking the same amount of cash but fecked off and left the same kind of money on the table to someone smarter than them to run it. That would work better eventually.
 
Marwood said:
Footballers in general like going there. Not just United players. It's not my type of place but I can see why it appeals to extremely wealthy people.

I'm not even against a long term injured players having a holiday for a week or two. Yeah a change and sun is good for mental health, same reason we all go away.

But let's call it what it is. It's a holiday.

When it starts to go beyond a couple of weeks I'm glad the club are now bringing an end to it.

If Dubai does have the best of the best I'd be asking for my money back because Pogba sure does take a long time to recover these days.
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Just piqued my curiousity that there is a university of Manchester there, a huge supporters club for us, some adidas thing and not to forget our owners went there to try and buy ipl clubs. And a lot if our players go there at different times including our warm weather training.

It wouldn't surprise me if likes of Pogba are going there or even sent there to maximise sponsorships or such.
 
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Footballers in general like going there. Not just United players. It's not my type of place but I can see why it appeals to extremely wealthy people.
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The Escorts are way better than Manchester I expect.
 
He is undoubtedly a talent, and his daring and unpredictability have won matches for United and France. The top teams in the league, though, need to accumulate in excess of 85 points just to be in the race and to compete, and control of a game has become the most desired commodity. Pep, Rangnick, Tuchel, and Klopp go on and on about control. At the moment, Pogba isn't a player who is appropriate for a top team in the league. He may do in a tournament like CL, but United's poor league form begets crises, real or perceived, that torpedoes any meaningful effort in CL. Retaining him probably isn't what is needed for United.
 
Marwood said:
Are you in the football industry?

Because everytime we discuss you seem to know the complete inner workings of a football club. Down to pretty obscure details. With 100% certainty. You must have experience of working in one. I mean how do you actually know the medical department isn't capable of fully rehabilitating Pogba's injury. How do you know what Pogba's injury is? How do you know what approach clubs and medical departments take in terms of sending players abroad for treatment? How do you know that approach is the same or not at all clubs?

Ultimately Rangnick, highly experienced and currently the manager of Manchester United, says the exact opposite to yourself.

Obviously I've got to go with Ralf and my initial assessment. Pogba was in Dubai because he likes going to Dubai. Same as De Bruyne being in Barcelona.

For us I'm really pleased Rangnick seems to be getting a grip of these guys. The tail has been wagging the dog for too long.
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Those aren't obscure details, the same way you know that Pogba went to Dubai you will know that De Bruyne went to Barcelona, Kane to the Bahamas(2020), Messi to Argentina and the list is actually endless. When it comes to the mental toll and isolation for injured players, it's also a known reality injured players are on different schedules and generally isolated. And it's also well known that clubs and athletes routinely seek the help of medical specialists around the world when it comes to severe injuries, they are perfectly able to take care of minor injuries like your GP could take care of minor illnesses but it's not the same story for major injuries/illnesses, even two orthopedic surgeons aren't the same.

And yes he picked Dubai because he likes it, is that a problem? Should athletes pick places they don't like?
 
The way it was reported at the time, he didn't just decide to catch the first flight to Dubai as soon as he got injured. He was sent there by the club, accompanied by a member of the medical staff, presumably because someone thought it would speed up his recovery.
 
Chesterlestreet said:
The way it was reported at the time, he didn't just decide to catch the first flight to Dubai as soon as he got injured. He was sent there by the club, accompanied by a member of the medical staff, presumably because someone thought it would speed up his recovery.
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Don't bother mate. I've been trying to say that for a while, as well as asking stuff I don't know is true such as commercial value to the club of players being there.

There is a narrative against Pogba that doesn't change regardless of what is said/reported. Just look at the 500 quid a week wages thing.
 
Also regarding Rangnick former club when Forsberg had his groin injury, he didn't stay in Leipzig but went to Austria.
 
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Also regarding Rangnick former club when Forsberg had his groin injury, he didn't stay in Leipzig but went to Austria.
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Don't know if any folk on here listen to podcast regularly, of the Ben foster one or them guys on the golf course etc. But teams and individuals being sent abroad etc is very common.
 
Roane said:
Don't know if any folk on here listen to podcast regularly, of the Ben foster one or them guys on the golf course etc. But teams and individuals being sent abroad etc is very common.
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I know it is, though some seem to think that it's special.
 
JPRouve said:
Those aren't obscure details, the same way you know that Pogba went to Dubai you will know that De Bruyne went to Barcelona, Kane to the Bahamas(2020), Messi to Argentina and the list is actually endless. When it comes to the mental toll and isolation for injured players, it's also a known reality injured players are on different schedules and generally isolated. And it's also well known that clubs and athletes routinely seek the help of medical specialists around the world when it comes to severe injuries, they are perfectly able to take care of minor injuries like your GP could take care of minor illnesses but it's not the same story for major injuries/illnesses, even two orthopedic surgeons aren't the same.

And yes he picked Dubai because he likes it, is that a problem? Should athletes pick places they don't like?
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It's not a problem especially nnw Rangnick has brought it to an end. But I'm gald we eventually got there. Pogba picked his rehab/holiday destination and he did so because he liked the place.

But the stuff you comment on about football club processes is mainly guesswork. You can't possibly know this stuff. You don't even know what Pogba's injury is never mind where he should go for appropriate treatment. Re injury rehab the current manager says the club now operates in the opposite manner to what you described.

Can we drop this nonsense now that United's staff can't rehab a muscle tear and footballers will have a psychological breakdown if they mostly rehab where they live.

Edit: we won't because it's a Pogba thread so everything has to be irrational.
 
Roane said:
Don't bother mate. I've been trying to say that for a while, as well as asking stuff I don't know is true such as commercial value to the club of players being there.

There is a narrative against Pogba that doesn't change regardless of what is said/reported. Just look at the 500 quid a week wages thing.
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Exactly, look at how many fans still say Fergie didn't like or want Pogba despite Evra and Rio being amongst people he personally sent to pursuade Pogba to stay.

Reading some of the replies it is clear people are projecting their desires for this to be an evil plan Pogba has which shows how much he hates the club because it will make them feel vindicated for their ridiculous hatred of the guy.
 
Marwood said:
It's not a problem especially nnw Rangnick has brought it to an end. But I'm gald we eventually got there. Pogba picked his rehab/holiday destination and he did so because he liked the place.

But the stuff you comment on about football club processes is mainly guesswork. You can't possibly know this stuff. You don't even know what Pogba's injury is never mind where he should go for appropriate treatment. Re injury rehab the current manager says the club now operates in the opposite manner to what you described.

Can we drop this nonsense now that United's staff can't rehab a muscle tear and footballers will have a psychological breakdown if they mostly rehab where they live.

Edit: we won't because it's a Pogba thread so everything has to be irrational.
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Pogba had an hamstring strain, the only thing that I don't know is the grade.The initial reports suggested that he would be out until new year which suggest a severe strain so likely grade 3. And no one suggested that Pogba didn't pick the place because he liked it, that's a strange point to argue since there were other destinations, the same way Shaw and Matic probably picked Dubai among several options in 2019. But the point still stands that players with long injuries don't really spend the entirety of their rehab in a single place, it doesn't happen in any professional sport.

Also no one said that United staff can't rehab a muscle what has been said is that United staff can't do all rehabs fully which was the question that you asked and the reality is that no one can do that because some rehabs include specialists and sometimes surgery.
 
It’s time for Pogba to go. Sadly it didn’t work out and we never saw the Juventus Pogba, maybe the odd game but it’s been so stop and start.
 
Hes not value for money let another club tie themselves down to a long contract with him
 
Ali Dia said:
Sick of Pogba

So so Sick of Glazers.

Sick of being awful and full of uncommitted owners and players.

The fans are stuck in limbo

It’s not Pogba or Minos fault. I almost used to think it was. “If we just made an example of PP or Mino it would lead to better times” That’s not what’s wrong. It’s the owners being absent and offering a raise to everyone who wants to stay around but knowing what they know, even the most unhappy players that no other club will offer the same to. You need to be catching talent on the way up and developing it, marketing and all. Like a record label. Not just signing some ok, unhappy or past it dude and milking it till it’s obvious to everyone it’s beyond gone. It’s no fun being the MySpace of football. It would be so much easier if they kept taking the same amount of cash but fecked off and left the same kind of money on the table to someone smarter than them to run it. That would work better eventually.
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Makes you wonder the amount of grief pogba and his agent have caused the club over the years with little pushback. Now most of the squad have no fear of authority
 
I can't wait to see which club is stupid enough to actually pay what he'll be looking for, unless it's Utd, which it could well be.

Even if I was Newcastle I wouldn't sign him.

He was a good young talent who did well in a weak league whilst surrounded by top class players, everything since has been uninspiring, and now he's looking for one last payday based on feck all.

Is there a cue to sign him on a free?
 
duffer said:
Could the £500k talk be a leak from the club, so that when he signs an extension at £350-£400k it seems like a fair deal?
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If that's the case journalists like Simon Stone, Ducker would be reporting it, not some random journalist from Sun.
 
So I am not an ITK of any kind but have an interesting story (or two) that I would like to share.

I have a friend that works for Adidas. While he isn’t in the sponsorship/deals side of the business he does occasionally get to attend functions and he knows some of the people that work on that part of the business.

A while ago he was having a discussion with the guy who worked on the Adidas / Man United sponsorship deal. Here are some of the noteworthy things this guy said about the sponsorship deal:

- The agreement has a clause that requires Manchester United to have an Adidas sponsored player at the club that Adidas approves of - for marketing purposes.

- Adidas does not have the right to dictate who this player needs to be, but they have the right to approve or reject the player being considered.

- The current Adidas Approved player is Paul Pogba.

- The stories about Paul Pogba trying to get a move away in the summer of 2019 are true. The challenge was that United could not find a suitable player that Adidas would approve to replace him that was willing to move at the time.

- The Dybala rumours at the time we’re true, as he was the only player on the list of possible transfers that Adidas approved. However, Dybala did not want to join.

This is one of the main problems we face in the Pogba debacle. He wants to move and the club may be willing to let him go, but due to commercial contract reasons, we have had to keep him. Moving on from the summer of 2019 we still do not have an alternate Adidas “elite” player (to my knowledge). If we look at he other possibilities in or squad that might fit the adidas requirement, Ronaldo has been with Nike for ages, Bruno is with Nike, and Sancho is with Nike. And even then, based on current form and fan sentiment, I don’t think any of these players (Ronaldo aside) would fit the requirement for Adidas’ marketing team.

Bonus Fun Fact:
Mohamed Salah is an Adidas player and as such was due to receive a big bonus from Adidas for participating in the champions league final in 2019. 2 weeks before their Champions League final he was given a special “Finals” boots that he was expected to wear during the finals game. Come finals night, Salah walked out onto the pitch in his old boots and did not wear the special boots Adidas had created for him. Adidas we’re suitable p***ed and refused to pay him his bonus as a result. It lead to Salah attempting to sue Adidas to try and get his bonus from them. I do not know if it has subsequently been resolved, but I do not believe Adidas did ever pay him his bonus.
 
bushyzor said:
So I am not an ITK of any kind but have an interesting story (or two) that I would like to share.

I have a friend that works for Adidas. While he isn’t in the sponsorship/deals side of the business he does occasionally get to attend functions and he knows some of the people that work on that part of the business.

A while ago he was having a discussion with the guy who worked on the Adidas / Man United sponsorship deal. Here are some of the noteworthy things this guy said about the sponsorship deal:

- The agreement has a clause that requires Manchester United to have an Adidas sponsored player at the club that Adidas approves of - for marketing purposes.

- Adidas does not have the right to dictate who this player needs to be, but they have the right to approve or reject the player being considered.

- The current Adidas Approved player is Paul Pogba.

- The stories about Paul Pogba trying to get a move away in the summer of 2019 are true. The challenge was that United could not find a suitable player that Adidas would approve to replace him that was willing to move at the time.

- The Dybala rumours at the time we’re true, as he was the only player on the list of possible transfers that Adidas approved. However, Dybala did not want to join.

This is one of the main problems we face in the Pogba debacle. He wants to move and the club may be willing to let him go, but due to commercial contract reasons, we have had to keep him. Moving on from the summer of 2019 we still do not have an alternate Adidas “elite” player (to my knowledge). If we look at he other possibilities in or squad that might fit the adidas requirement, Ronaldo has been with Nike for ages, Bruno is with Nike, and Sancho is with Nike. And even then, based on current form and fan sentiment, I don’t think any of these players (Ronaldo aside) would fit the requirement for Adidas’ marketing team.

Bonus Fun Fact:
Mohamed Salah is an Adidas player and as such was due to receive a big bonus from Adidas for participating in the champions league final in 2019. 2 weeks before their Champions League final he was given a special “Finals” boots that he was expected to wear during the finals game. Come finals night, Salah walked out onto the pitch in his old boots and did not wear the special boots Adidas had created for him. Adidas we’re suitable p***ed and refused to pay him his bonus as a result. It lead to Salah attempting to sue Adidas to try and get his bonus from them. I do not know if it has subsequently been resolved, but I do not believe Adidas did ever pay him his bonus
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Adidas choosing players is obviously nonsense,

ManUtd's biggest stars are Nike athletes, Ronaldo and Bruno. Madrid's biggest star was Ronaldo and Madrid were Adidas' biggest football club.

Messi is Adidas sponsored player and he played almost all his career for Nike sponsored team and we are talking about elite level, biggest club and biggest footballer.

Lewandowski is almost the face of Bayern and Adidas owns part of Bayern (if I'm not wrong)

People read too much into these, like how Nike were supposed to sponsor ManUtd for Sneijder deal.
 
bushyzor said:
So I am not an ITK of any kind but have an interesting story (or two) that I would like to share.

I have a friend that works for Adidas. While he isn’t in the sponsorship/deals side of the business he does occasionally get to attend functions and he knows some of the people that work on that part of the business.

A while ago he was having a discussion with the guy who worked on the Adidas / Man United sponsorship deal. Here are some of the noteworthy things this guy said about the sponsorship deal:

- The agreement has a clause that requires Manchester United to have an Adidas sponsored player at the club that Adidas approves of - for marketing purposes.

- Adidas does not have the right to dictate who this player needs to be, but they have the right to approve or reject the player being considered.

- The current Adidas Approved player is Paul Pogba.

- The stories about Paul Pogba trying to get a move away in the summer of 2019 are true. The challenge was that United could not find a suitable player that Adidas would approve to replace him that was willing to move at the time.

- The Dybala rumours at the time we’re true, as he was the only player on the list of possible transfers that Adidas approved. However, Dybala did not want to join.

This is one of the main problems we face in the Pogba debacle. He wants to move and the club may be willing to let him go, but due to commercial contract reasons, we have had to keep him. Moving on from the summer of 2019 we still do not have an alternate Adidas “elite” player (to my knowledge). If we look at he other possibilities in or squad that might fit the adidas requirement, Ronaldo has been with Nike for ages, Bruno is with Nike, and Sancho is with Nike. And even then, based on current form and fan sentiment, I don’t think any of these players (Ronaldo aside) would fit the requirement for Adidas’ marketing team. Even that top 4 clause contributed to sinking standards at the club, people quote sponsorship clauses like it's some accomplishment and the board only judge managers on the back of it.

Bonus Fun Fact:
Mohamed Salah is an Adidas player and as such was due to receive a big bonus from Adidas for participating in the champions league final in 2019. 2 weeks before their Champions League final he was given a special “Finals” boots that he was expected to wear during the finals game. Come finals night, Salah walked out onto the pitch in his old boots and did not wear the special boots Adidas had created for him. Adidas we’re suitable p***ed and refused to pay him his bonus as a result. It lead to Salah attempting to sue Adidas to try and get his bonus from them. I do not know if it has subsequently been resolved, but I do not believe Adidas did ever pay him his bonus.
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I don't mind the commercial side one bit. What gets me is how we do feck all with the money so it's like a lose-lose. Recently started to wonder if we'd even be better off with less. Manager/CEO blows huge sums on inflated single signings, then if fans don't get a muppet megasigning they say we haven't invested, haven't backed the manager or can't expect to win anything till we do.

Even that top 4 clause helped sink standards. People quote it like some standalone accomplishment and the board only judge managers on it.
 
bushyzor said:
So I am not an ITK of any kind but have an interesting story (or two) that I would like to share.

I have a friend that works for Adidas. While he isn’t in the sponsorship/deals side of the business he does occasionally get to attend functions and he knows some of the people that work on that part of the business.

A while ago he was having a discussion with the guy who worked on the Adidas / Man United sponsorship deal. Here are some of the noteworthy things this guy said about the sponsorship deal:

- The agreement has a clause that requires Manchester United to have an Adidas sponsored player at the club that Adidas approves of - for marketing purposes.

- Adidas does not have the right to dictate who this player needs to be, but they have the right to approve or reject the player being considered.

- The current Adidas Approved player is Paul Pogba.

- The stories about Paul Pogba trying to get a move away in the summer of 2019 are true. The challenge was that United could not find a suitable player that Adidas would approve to replace him that was willing to move at the time.

- The Dybala rumours at the time we’re true, as he was the only player on the list of possible transfers that Adidas approved. However, Dybala did not want to join.

This is one of the main problems we face in the Pogba debacle. He wants to move and the club may be willing to let him go, but due to commercial contract reasons, we have had to keep him. Moving on from the summer of 2019 we still do not have an alternate Adidas “elite” player (to my knowledge). If we look at he other possibilities in or squad that might fit the adidas requirement, Ronaldo has been with Nike for ages, Bruno is with Nike, and Sancho is with Nike. And even then, based on current form and fan sentiment, I don’t think any of these players (Ronaldo aside) would fit the requirement for Adidas’ marketing team.

Bonus Fun Fact:
Mohamed Salah is an Adidas player and as such was due to receive a big bonus from Adidas for participating in the champions league final in 2019. 2 weeks before their Champions League final he was given a special “Finals” boots that he was expected to wear during the finals game. Come finals night, Salah walked out onto the pitch in his old boots and did not wear the special boots Adidas had created for him. Adidas we’re suitable p***ed and refused to pay him his bonus as a result. It lead to Salah attempting to sue Adidas to try and get his bonus from them. I do not know if it has subsequently been resolved, but I do not believe Adidas did ever pay him his bonus.
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im sure on here at the time of the Pogba rumours, Adidas were said to be heavily involved and knew of the deal beforehand. This all wouldnt suprise me at all with our board. Grab the big money upfront without care how it affects the club later on. I dont see many logical reasons why the board have kept him all this time for underperformance and constant headache
 
clarkydaz said:
im sure on here at the time of the Pogba rumours, Adidas were said to be heavily involved and knew of the deal beforehand. This all wouldnt suprise me at all with our board. Grab the big money upfront without care how it affects the club later on. I dont see many logical reasons why the board have kept him all this time for underperformance and constant headache
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Because it's not their headache but the manager and fans. In fact, on a business perspective they probably even like noisy ones like him. It generates clicks and media coverage.
 
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