My hunch is he is leaving, and maybe the club and the player are happy to keep that fact quiet until the end of the season.
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The only reason why this has dragged on is because we are so close to clinching our 20th league title...
Once its done, we'll give him a contract, if he signs he signs, if not then we'd lose another potentially good youngster, but I'm pretty sure we have a lot more talent popping up and it wouldn't be the end of us...
Once its done, we'll give him a contract, if he signs he signs, if not then we'd lose another potentially good youngster, but I'm pretty sure we have a lot more talent popping up and it wouldn't be the end of us...
When he finally signs for someone, the thread title will be changed/amended, right? If I knew that I could refrain from coming in there again until there is some real news.
You think United is not able to issue a contract in April? I didnt know our lawyers are also on the training ground every day
The fans wont care about that. If he signs then everything will be water under the bridge. You would be amazed on how close Keane was in signing with Juventus a couple of years back. And yet.....no one gave a feck about this 'act of betrayal' at all.
how close was he?
If we can sign Ruud or Hernandez in April, I'm sure we can handle signing a new contract with a current player of ours.
this has always been the case according to raiola though has it not?
He has always said he has 2 options, Juventus or manchester utd.
He just needs to decide where he wants to stay.
But just becuase raiola has agreed a deal "verbally" with juventus, if pogba decides utd is where he wants to stay, it will happen.
Yeah, David Gill is probably so busy training with our first team and preparing himself for Everton game that he can't even speak to Pogba.
come on devilish how close was keane to signin for juve and how do you know?
...and we are still making space for him in our match day squad, often ahead of Berbatov?
Who is definitely leaving and has no potential future at the club or choice in the matter.
Fergie wouldn't waste his time trying to convince Pogba to stay if he was leaving, it's not his style. It wouldn't surprise me if the deal is done for him to stay, but they are keeping it under wraps until the summer.
Oh, well thank goodness for that!
Why would we do that? What possible positive outcome could that have for us?
Maybe he doesn't know. The player made up his mind, his agent knows, and that's that.
Didn't Keane admit it himself? That he would've gone to Juventus if we hadn't offered him £50k a week deal?
I remember being at the game when they announced he had signed! What a buzz 
Keano is magic
Keano is magic
Only Devilish could compare the merits of Keane's situation to Pogba's
There's absolutely no reason to do that. It destabilises the club and destabilises the player. There's no doubt we've either lost him already or are fighting to keep him.
What about the article on the last page that Stanley Cupboard posted? Are we not believing what he said? Because it pretty much puts an end to this Juve talk if the quotes are genuine.
You mean what his agent said? No, dont believe a word
I'm hoping its true what his agent said, because if United have actually told Pogba to take his time then that is classy from us. What did you find so unbelievable about it? When I read it the whole situation suddenly made sense for the first time.
Here it is again. You can now see why Pogba is still getting picked even though he's still not signed his deal. It explains why its taking so long and why Pogba has still not signed dispute saying he wants to stay. I reckon this is genuine from the agent.
To be fair to Railoa (who's got dog's abuse in this thread - from me, amongst others) he comes across well with what he says there.
Yes be really does. Was surprised when I read it.
Btw, Raiola has said that Pogba hasn't signed for Juve. So we can add that Italian journalist to the list of bullshitters.
Yeh thats the first time his agent hasnt been a cock
He's talking shite, though. Clearly he has an offer, regardless of what he says. He wouldn't be doing his job properly if he didn't know what Pogba could earn by leaving.
It's just P.R bullshit, as usual.
To be fair he will tell everybody what they want to hear.
It really makes none of this any easier to understand.
It really makes none of this any easier to understand.
To be honest who gives one. Pogba could be great but its not like there arent plenty of other potential greats out there either. If he dont wanna play for us he can move on. There's plenty more out there who do.
Saga.Boring.End.Soon.Please.
Saga.Boring.End.Soon.Please.
I've a feeling he was telling the truth. Obviously there could be some sort of offer from Juve, but maybe not an official one. I think we are just leaving Pogba to decide, hence he seems genuinely happy to be here but has still not signed yet. He's probably taking all the time he has to make sure he's doing the right thing.
People just need to chill for a couple of weeks.....the battle for the title rightly takes precedence at the moment.
But why should anyone take months to decide between two job offers?
As I see it there are only two possibilities. He's either got an agreement in place with Juve and is waiting to leave OT before announcing it. Or he's postponing his decision until the last possible moment in the hope that better offers materialize, either from us, or Juve, or some other club. If the latter is true, it's very cold-blooded from a 19 year old.
Edit: I suppose he might be trying a assess his chances of making a quick breakthrough into United's first team. Although his performances with the reserves don't bode well.
Maybe he wants to see who we buy and sell/retire in the summer to decide if he would have enough opportunities here before committing himself.
I guess.
Pretty cool for a nineteen old though. It's not as if football contracts were written in blood. If he had any feeling for United, I'd expect him to sign the deal and look to make his breakthrough next season. If that didn't happen, he could move on the following summer.
Agreed. We can worry about Pogba later
the deal was nearly done. He was going to go as a free transfer, he had agreed with Juventus and they also provided him with a house. Thank god United decided to go beyond the 100k a week barrier or we would have lost him.
Supporters tend to bear no grudges. There were players who stalled from signing contracts (and they had the cheek to do so after getting suspended for months) and others who claimed that the club is not ambitious enough and guess what? Everything is forgotten. As I said before, if Pogba does sign with United then I wont be surprised if Pogba ends up being used once again as the reason why we wont bring in a new CM. Thats how football work.
We didn't give him £100k a week if you mean pounds, I am pretty sure of that. I think it was £50k a week.
If he signs, he signs. If he doesn't - then good luck to him. You won't find a bigger club, or one more willing to use young players.
There will be plenty more talent to come through, and many that will want to play for us than move.
There will be plenty more talent to come through, and many that will want to play for us than move.
To be fair to him he wants both him and his client to get the best deal possible out of the whole situation, which is basically the job he's been hired to do. Nothing particularly outrageous about that, it's only the fact that people generally don't like the influence agents have on their clients and the direction football has been heading in. Did players even have agents 30 years ago?
I could be wrong on that particular detail. Ill check
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