Should we consider selling Pogba?

[Andersons Dietician]

I think I’m starting to come to terms with it’s just hasn’t happened here and it probably won’t. Be it tactics, quality in the team, his own lack of intensity or something else just doesn’t look like it will happen or that there is really a space for him in the team.

It seems wild because he has almost every physical attribute you would want in a midfielder and on top of that he is blessed with unreal ability on the ball and can pick and execute some unreal passes but he doesn’t have the consistency and his defensive focus is basically non existent. He should be the best midfielder on the planet but he just isn’t and doesn’t look like he will ever be.

Its coming to the point of are we a better functioning team with or without him.

 

[kopviolator]

Whose on £330k a week?

No idea. Figure of speach, point being that the economical aspect of players contracts is obviously relevant when making decisions on who to keep and who to sell.

On the other hand I accidentaly wrote 330 instead of 300 but if reports are believed then Pogba is on roughly 290k/week.

 

[hungrywing]

Build the team around a player who is wildly inconsistent, whos bottom level is so dire he shouldnt even be on the bench, and whos agent would gladly move him on every summer for a big payday? Who along with De Gea was the reason we didnt get top 4 the season Ole was appointed and has done absolutely nothing to warrant having team built around him? We should not CONSIDER selling him, we should actively be making every possible effort to do so.

I think it might be useful to channel that poster's enthusiasm into some extra Pogba sale value. Should the possibility ever arise, that is. Not that we'd ever want to sell him. Never.

If it were up to me we would channel all Pogsitivity (#staypogsitive) into that one poster. Let him be a beacon, a light; guiding all to the bosom of truth.

 

[Renegade]

Veron should not have been sold that season. He was brilliant for us in the pre season and also in Europe. He always tried hard too and never talked about leaving United and that sort of thing.

He didn’t have the benefit of players being moved and systems being changed to accommodate him. He had to try his best to make it work in a 442, competing With 2 of the best midfielders the EPL has had.

Nothing like Veron.

 

[Sparky_Hughes]

I think it might be useful to channel that poster's enthusiasm into some extra Pogba sale value. Should the possibility ever arise, that is. Not that we'd ever want to sell him. Never.

If it were up to me we would channel all Pogsitivity (#staypogsitive) into that one poster. Let him be a beacon, a light; guiding all to the bosom of truth.

Id say get him on the sales team, cant be any worse than chinless chucky the surrey banker wanker.

 

[Red4Life_#7]

Have you seen the work rate of Silva and De Bruyne? It’s why city can play that way - those 2 work their socks off defensively.

Pogba is so far off from that level of work rate. Bruno has it but not Pogba.

Not enough tbh mate, I usually only watch their highlights. I love Pogba, but he is beginning to frustrate me, because he could be doing so much more for the team.

The reason why we play McTominay and Fred together is to patch up our frail CBs. Only one of them isnt enough to make up for that weakness. If you add Pogba’s inaptitude to defend, then you can expect losing on a regular basis.

Yes you are right and I agree with playing them for the balance of the team. It's just that the talent of Bruno and Pogba behind a quality front 3, how are we not keeping teams on the ropes. It's so frustating at times. Pogba is a hard player to fit in, because of his lack of discipline going backwards.

 

[Norman Brownbutter]

Hes been here a few years now and its just not happening. Is that his fault? Maybe, but its hard to deny that there is a coaching issue at the club. All of our players have looked suspect, and theres more than a few examples of really, really poor passing that have been going on through the tenures of LVG and Jose as well. So its something thats been going on for awhile. Id be more inclined to clear out the coaching staff before making any huge decisions about players. The only real reason to sell Pogba is to fund the transfer budget, but that doesnt seem to be where that money would be going, so why bother?

IMO, we should consider selling him only after we have replaced the coaching staff and seen a marked improvement in everyone else. Pogba hasnt fulfilled his potential, but hes not the only problem at United currently, and its hard to say what might happen if we can finally start getting the coaching right.

 

[TrebleFan99]

Pogba just isn’t consistent at all and it’s time to move him on. He won’t be happy not starting every match and his performances don’t warrant it. Not to mention he openly talks about other clubs etc.

He hasn’t worked out playing under 2 managers, different positions and different formations, over 4 years at the club. Really hope we don’t have yet another manager spending years trying to get the best out of him.

 

[dinostar77]

Hopefully he will be offloaded in the summer to Real or Juventus. Bruno fernandes is everything that we wanted Pogba to be when he joined Utd again, but it didnt work out.

 

[talking robot]

Sell ASAP. Buy a top class CB and DM with the money.

 

[cyril C]

Our strategy must be built around Bruno, who is about the only consistent and dedicated player. Fred + McTom are the only pairing the bring the best out of Bruno. I am not writing Pogba off, but his playing style, as well as heart, seem to be incompatible with Bruno. So only remaining question is, how much.

 

[Strelok]

And then the question asked will be should we consider selling Bruno? i can see it happening.

Agreed. When some team actually comes with a £100m offer.

 

[el3mel]

It's clear that going forward he won't be anything bar a bench option for us. Ole has tried different combination for midfield and still Fred, Scott and Bruno gives him the most balance and best results.

We will cash on him next summer and probably try to get Grealish or something.

 

[Joeycha88]

I would like him to have some good showings before we sell. Right now his stock is so low and we won’t get the transfer fee we would want.

 

[Red4Life_#7]

It's clear that going forward he won't be anything bar a bench option for us. Ole has tried different combination for midfield and still Fred, Scott and Bruno gives him the most balance and best results.

We will cash on him next summer and probably try to get Grealish or something.

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

Yeah sell Pogba because i really don't wanna ready anymore Deschamps' negative comments about his time at us.

 

[el3mel]

Glad I made you laugh.

 

[Morpheus 7]

Seems every international window, talking shit through and to someone. Sell the liability, Bruno has shown Paul up so bad. Not worked out, sell players that want out. Hardly a big loss, he's been so inconsistent since he came.

 

[tentan]

I would like him to have some good showings before we sell. Right now his stock is so low and we won’t get the transfer fee we would want.

But the thing is if he starts performing again everyone will want him to stay.

 

[Green_Red]

Its a bit like Ronaldo. If he wants to leave, let him. If he wants to stay then great. The one thing that Deschamps might have got right is the covid thing. Maybe he hasn't fully recovered? Either way, to get back into the starting XI his performances must improve. The times he has come on he hasn't been that effective. He can't shoot and he can't defend, he is literally a quarter back. If he gets closed down he is easy to nullify and opposition managers know it. When he does play well he is glorious to watch. City away from home is one game he demonstrated his ability. Since then he has been OK mostly with some decent displays here and there. Thats not good enough for a player that wants to consider himself an elite footballer, no matter what football club or manager they play for. If he could consistently display the kind of form that makes us all realise he has world class ability then he could easily be a Balon D'Or nominee, if not winner, but consistency just isn't there, and Man Utd need players that are consistent.

 

[united for life]

Its a bit like Ronaldo. If he wants to leave, let him. If he wants to stay then great. The one thing that Deschamps might have got right is the covid thing. Maybe he hasn't fully recovered? Either way, to get back into the starting XI his performances must improve. The times he has come on he hasn't been that effective. He can't shoot and he can't defend, he is literally a quarter back. If he gets closed down he is easy to nullify and opposition managers know it. When he does play well he is glorious to watch. City away from home is one game he demonstrated his ability. Since then he has been OK mostly with some decent displays here and there. Thats not good enough for a player that wants to consider himself an elite footballer, no matter what football club or manager they play for. If he could consistently display the kind of form that makes us all realise he has world class ability then he could easily be a Balon D'Or nominee, if not winner, but consistency just isn't there, and Man Utd need players that are consistent.

would it be great? he hasn't lived up to potential at united. the hype he gets is more than what he actually delivers on the pitch. he slows down play, like you said, he doesn't defend well (he said this himself as well), in attack we have bruno and it seems they won't fit in the same team. we've been better when fred and mctominay start with bruno.

why not sell him? 60-70 million? not bad to reinvest in a winger or a striker maybe.

 

[Borys]

would it be great? he hasn't lived up to potential at united. the hype he gets is more than what he actually delivers on the pitch. he slows down play, like you said, he doesn't defend well (he said this himself as well), in attack we have bruno and it seems they won't fit in the same team. we've been better when fred and mctominay start with bruno.

why not sell him? 60-70 million? not bad to reinvest in a winger or a striker maybe.

Exactly why I wanted him sold in the summer. Imagine how a proper winger could elevate us, and here we are, playing Mata on the wing in 2020.

 

[el_loco_bielsa]

I’m sure I’ll get panned for this, but he’s always been wildly overrated in my opinion.

Whisper it quietly, but by and large he reminds me of Mario Ballotelli with a bit more output than Ballotelli ever managed in his career.

A player who on paper looks like a superstar but is often extremely disappointing on the pitch. He thrived at Juve in a system where he had 2 industrious midfielders water-carrying for him, and a peak Kante did the same for him in the World Cup.

He‘s a luxury player, a bit like Özil - except the latter was one of the most productive creative midfielders Real Madrid ever had during his golden years there, more productivity than Pogba has ever managed anywhere.

I think the best thing you could’ve done would’ve been to sell him for an overinflated fee to RM or Juve a couple of years ago and reinvested that windfall on building a coherent, complementary midfield.

 

[Green_Red]

would it be great? he hasn't lived up to potential at united. the hype he gets is more than what he actually delivers on the pitch. he slows down play, like you said, he doesn't defend well (he said this himself as well), in attack we have bruno and it seems they won't fit in the same team. we've been better when fred and mctominay start with bruno.

why not sell him? 60-70 million? not bad to reinvest in a winger or a striker maybe.

I would expect if he decided to stay we might see an improvement in his performances. Thats where that comment came from. I think if he did decide to stay he should expect a pay cut in his next contract because like you said he isn't living up to the hype.

 

[united for life]

I would expect if he decided to stay we might see an improvement in his performances. Thats where that comment came from. I think if he did decide to stay he should expect a pay cut in his next contract because like you said he isn't living up to the hype.

probably better for us if he leaves. He keeps flirting with Madrid. Hope they take him and I wish him all the best. Let him win all individual awards there.

 

[davidmichael]

We’ve got Fernandes and Van de Beek now as creative midfielders so I’d happily let Pogba go if we got our money back and used it towards someone in the same ilk as McTominay and Fred but obviously an upgrade or has potential to be world class, Camavinga or Zakaria maybe ?

Playing with two solid midfielders that do the dirty work like McTominay and Fred allows Fernandes to do his thing further forward, it’s a shame as at his best there’s very few better midfielders in world football than Pogba BUT a ratio of 1 in 10 or 1 in 15 of his best isn’t good enough especially when he’s a defensive liability and it just hasn’t worked out as we hoped it would do.

 

[hubbuh]

It's clear that going forward he won't be anything bar a bench option for us. Ole has tried different combination for midfield and still Fred, Scott and Bruno gives him the most balance and best results.

We will cash on him next summer and probably try to get Grealish or something.

Am I missing something here? Everything @el3mel said is true. Pogba has been here four years, was our biggest signing ever and still finds himself on the bench. It clearly hasn't gone as planned.

 

[Member 113277]

I've enjoyed Paul's peak moments thoroughly, his creative long passes, amazing close control, shielding and dribbling, but reluctantly am coming to the conclusion it would be better mutually for him to find somewhere where he can realise his full potential consistently.

A footballer's career is short and although he's won a WC medal and Europas League too, his cupboard is bare for one with such talent. He needs to find somewhere to prosper, we need to replace him.

 

[Khalif_20]

I've enjoyed Paul's peak moments thoroughly, his creative long passes, amazing close control, shielding and dribbling, but reluctantly am coming to the conclusion it would be better mutually for him to find somewhere where he can realise his full potential consistently.

A footballer's career is short and although he's won a WC medal and Europas League too, his cupboard is bare for one with such talent. He needs to find somewhere to prosper, we need to replace him.

Why have you omitted all those trophies he won with Juve, where he was the most important player and carried them to a CL final as well? No doubt going to win at least a dozen more trophies after he leaves too.

Far in the future, people won't question Paul's credentials because his heroics in Serie A and his leadership in French NT speak for themselves... They'll only question his naive decision to spend his prime with mediocre United side.

 

[romufc]

Isn't this what many of us thought back in March anyway? I remember alot being said about, how will Pogba get back into this team?

Ole decided its Pogba, he will walk into the team, we done well to get through post lockdown but after 3/4 games the signs were there when West Ham and Southampton dominated the midfield at OT.

Again, Pogba does not suit the balance of the team, Ole even tried him in his best position on the left and conceded a penalty, saying he cannot defend in the box and was tired? what sort of excuse is that for a player being payed 290k a week? I can't defend as a midfielder.

 

[red_de_pologne]

 

[VP89]

And then the question asked will be should we consider selling Bruno? i can see it happening.

No, it won't. Because the height of Pogba isn't as good as the height of Bruno, and the consistency of Pogba is not comparable to that of Bruno.

Pogba is Pogba and he was never that good, whether the forum wants to have a big love fest about him or not. Extremely talented player, but not a top class player. Charrager was spot on about him

 

[SSSSnake]

He doesn’t fit the team philosophy and hasn’t got the work rate to be a top United player sadly. He’s had plenty of chances and right now he doesn’t benefit the team except for coming on as an impact sub. I’d be happy for him to be sold as we can still get a big fee and use that for a player like Grealish.

 

[RuudTom83]

In a post covid world I’m not sure the money offered would come close to tempting Woody and Co.

I think the club is more likely to offer him a new deal with larger wages than accept 50 million from Spain or Italy tbh.

 

[Schmeichel's Cartwheel]

If we can get close to our money back, yes. He’s had about 10 world class performances in 5 years here.

I’ve never seen a player have more excuses made for them than Pogba. I’m not a “Pogba hater” by any means but his super fans just annoy me with the constant excuses for 5 years of inconsistency.

“we need the right players around him” “he needs to play on the left of a 3” “he needs to play as a 10” “he needs a new manager” “he needs more quality around him”

1. if you’re a world class player you don’t need all of those things to look good consistently

2. he’s had all of those things at stages in his United career & has still never been consistent

 

[hungrywing]

Am I missing something here? Everything @el3mel said is true. Pogba has been here four years, was our biggest singing ever and still finds himself on the bench. It clearly hasn't gone as planned.

Maybe (s)he was laughing at the idea of getting enough money from a Pogba sale to cover a Grealish purchase.

 

[jamesjimmybyrondean]

If we can get close to our money back, yes. He’s had about 10 world class performances in 5 years here.

I’ve never seen a player have more excuses made for them than Pogba. I’m not a “Pogba hater” by any means but his super fans just annoy me with the constant excuses for 5 years of inconsistency.

“we need the right players around him” “he needs to play on the left of a 3” “he needs to play as a 10” “he needs a new manager” “he needs more quality around him”

1. if you’re a world class player you don’t need all of those things to look good consistently

2. he’s had all of those things at stages in his United career & has still never been consistent

Dare I say Ole is the managerial form of Pogba. Anyways don't want to derail the thread

 

[hubbuh]

Maybe (s)he was laughing at the idea of getting enough money from a Pogba sale to cover a Grealish purchase.

It won't cover the entirety but I imagine we'd get offers of around £50m. Are we saying Grealish will go for around £90m?

 

[hungrywing]

It won't cover the entirety but I imagine we'd get offers of around £50m. Are we saying Grealish will go for around £90m?

I'm pretty sure your original reaction to those laughing smileys was correct; I was just trying to offer an alternative.

Also, now that Grealish has signed that new contract, I think they'd ask for more than that. sadfaceemoji:

 

[Schmeichel's Cartwheel]

Dare I say Ole is the managerial form of Pogba. Anyways don't want to derail the thread

In terms of number of excuses people are willing to make for him, absolutely.