Right so they'll end up with Veratti or some such...
He looked lighter? I was actually thought the contrary, but perhaps it was just a visual thing, specially when he went up against that England midfield
Yeah he had one of the lowest wages when he returned from Belgium loan. President took too long to renew his contract. A bit better now but he obviously can get better abroad. Leonardo Jardim would be a great influence (as probably Jorge Jesus) but i´d prefer to see him at Germany, Spain or England. Big rumours about Bayern since he played and bossed that German midfield. He got big praise from a German FA rep with ties to Beckenbauer.
It´s a matter of perception and sometimes of the level of the opponent. For instance against Porto he has always been a beast and aggressive. On other times he just doesn´t look arsed. But playing at a higher level like in England i think he would improve on that like i said.
We paid similar money for Di Maria (who hopefully will soon show at Utd that he is no doubt the 3rd best player in the world but still a small chance he might not settle and remain pants) so it's all relative.....If Pogba becomes the new Zidane wherever he goes which is very possible then his price tag will have been a crazy bargain...He was rubbish against Barca in the CL Final but there was many a game when the likes of Ronaldo, Giggs, Scholes were rubbish against Barca while wearing a Utd Jersey
If im not mistaken Laporta won the election years ago on the back of Beckham's name who then went to Real Madrid.
Worked out pretty well for him in the end though as he then turned to Ronaldinho who was close to signing for us.
No doubt about it.....the man was a money-whore......did an inside job on us with Robben too...he took the russian blood money and ran and is an absolute nobody now
