It's not desperation. It's wanting the club we love to buy the best players. It's wanting to win trophies. It's wanting to compete at the very highest level of football. It's wanting to show the world that we really are as big a club that we keep boasting about. It's us flexing our financial muscle and saying "Look at us, we're loaded, we're relevant, fear us" And believe me, when we line up next season with Mourinho as manager and Ibrahimovic, Mkhitaryan, and Pogba in our team, other teams will fear us, for the first time in a long time.
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Off course without knowing but based on my experience in business this is a done deal. All signs points at one direction without any real discrepancy.
Balague's Twitter more or less confirm its a done deal, on top of all the others who also confirm he's United bound.
My take on it is that Mino Raiola was our negotiater against Juventus. He tested the waters and got a confirmation about expected fee. Then it was up to Woody to accept or not. That's why he get such a hefty agent fee, well deserved IMO.
I have already expressed my take on Pogba the player and I stick with my initial thoughts that he has everything to succeed. When this is finalized I will celebrate with buying a new black Pogba shirt together with my blue Zlatan polo.
Balague's Twitter more or less confirm its a done deal, on top of all the others who also confirm he's United bound.
My take on it is that Mino Raiola was our negotiater against Juventus. He tested the waters and got a confirmation about expected fee. Then it was up to Woody to accept or not. That's why he get such a hefty agent fee, well deserved IMO.
I have already expressed my take on Pogba the player and I stick with my initial thoughts that he has everything to succeed. When this is finalized I will celebrate with buying a new black Pogba shirt together with my blue Zlatan polo.
Thats not really true, sometimes you get an offer that is too good to turn down.
Our friends at Juventuz are still in denial 
Jesus Christ, this is another thing that gets mentioned every page. Please enlighten us how exactly did we force Di Maria to come here?
Saw a tweet saying that United will be discussing about Pogba tonight at 6:30 on MUTV hopefully he should be a good watch.
Well he's a decent player who'll definitely strengthen us, but it's a shame we've got to pay well over the odds to get him.
I've seen quite a lot of him in the last year, and he doesn't strike me as a £100M player. Not even a £60M player, but he's good, and United will be stronger with him in the team.
And I'm sure £100M is peanuts to us at the moment.
I've seen quite a lot of him in the last year, and he doesn't strike me as a £100M player. Not even a £60M player, but he's good, and United will be stronger with him in the team.
And I'm sure £100M is peanuts to us at the moment.
If his heart was for playing for Madrid now, we wouldn't be having this conversation. It's logical to create reasons why Madrid would be more tempting at this present moment, but it has nothing to do with love of a club. The fact money can tempt him, means that his preference can't really be that strong or convincing enough for that to be enough.
That said, to keep players of Pogbas quality - we have to improve and should we conclude the deal, we are going in the right direction. There's a long way to go. We've not even signed the guy and some people are already talking about us selling him lol.
That's it, the doll is devastated now. She was not your first option!!!
Real are European Champions and we're in the Europa League, it wouldn't be a surprise if he preferred a move there. That doesn't mean he wouldn't want to play here though and it's only about money.
No. It's badass and strong.
The fact that Madrid kicked him out the door is forgotten. We basically kidnapped Dobby from his loving father Perez Potter.
It's not like he'd be signing for a Chinese Super League side. It's Manchester United and he's already said he loves the club.
You do realise it will be a few ex-players who are all out of any sort of loop discussing it?
Nobody is going to force Pogba here.
I'd generally agree with that but he's been here before, will probably still know a lot of the staff, some of the players and Manchester in general so I doubt he'd be unhappy. I don't doubt he'd prefer Real over us but if he did come I think it'd turn out a lot differently than it did with Di Maria. He might want away in 3-4 years but whoever wanted to buy him would have to pay an absolute shitload, if he stays you can build a team around him for 8-10 years.
Now we know his career plan too?
Balague should add "Real Madrid spin doctor" to his CV
Why don't you go ahead and tell him Santa Clause isn't real while you are it, party pooper.
Hardly forced to join us, he had a choice move to United or stay and fight for a place in Madrids team. He even played great at the beginning for us until LVG and his philosophy and different playing positions ruined it all.
There's no comparison to the Di Maria situation as he just didn't like living in Manchester (England?) and wanted to be in Paris for the lifestyle. Pogba has lived in Manchester before, he has friends and family in this country. He's also going to be playing under Mourinho not Van Gaal. If we signed him we wouldn't be selling him in a year for a knock-down price.
We know he was kicked out as such but he still had a choice of either staying at Madrid or move to United and try and conquer the EPL.
If you believe what you read - just like if some people obsess about madrid. Refer to earlier tweets.
how did he have a choice of staying at Madrid? Perez wanted him gone.
Do we think Juve will accept the offer being touted?
any club will be tempted at some level by a world record fee.
He's such a whiney prick when it comes to his beloved Real Madrid.
He is. The weird thing is, he's Catalan isn't he? And isn't his team Espanyol?
He's just one of those pro-everything-Spanish people I think and hates the Premier League from what I can gather from his previous snide remarks.
Well a bit of contradiction here but the article from l'Equipe is pretty clear: he wants to finish a business with us. He speaks highly of the club.
In a French Juventus forum they say Pogba shared with Dybala: "I am staying, see you after the vacation". But that was before the Euro.
In between, Raiola wanted to earn some money and Ed has agreed... Maybe? It's a bit too hot now but who knows, Juventus might feel obliged to reject a deal no matter what.
In a French Juventus forum they say Pogba shared with Dybala: "I am staying, see you after the vacation". But that was before the Euro.
In between, Raiola wanted to earn some money and Ed has agreed... Maybe? It's a bit too hot now but who knows, Juventus might feel obliged to reject a deal no matter what.
People are worrying too much about the size of the deal. We have to overpay because Juventus is reluctant to sell and we're not a top destination this year due to the lack of Champions League. We're not as desirable as the big 2 in Spain so we need to put a bigger figure in front of the six zeroes in the check.
I'd rather the money goes to a top player than just stay in the Glazers bank account in Bermuda, Cayman Islands or the like.
I'd rather the money goes to a top player than just stay in the Glazers bank account in Bermuda, Cayman Islands or the like.
Especially making a 100m profit on the deal as well.
He had time left on his contract by no means did he have to leave at all. If he really wanted to stay he could have, and fought his way back into the team.
I'm throwing a party if this transfer actually happens. There will be lots and lots of "Jesus juice".
Sounds like a bit of a gay party mate.I'm throwing a party if this transfer actually happens. There will be lots and lots of "Jesus juice".
Funny how some think this is a "saga". Its clearly not - just wait til the Euros are done and visit the thread again.
I don't think Balague really cares where Pogba goes.
For one thing he's Catalan and isn't a Madrid fan. He works for a Madrid-based paper but does most of his work in the UK, so surely it's better for him that one of the world's biggest names is coming to the UK.
It's the last time I let that Spanish dude rinse me with his holy water.
I remember when the PL was transition from the best league into the second behind the Spanish league. Ballague would have debates with various English pundits about it. He is pro La Liga unquestionably and loved it when La Liga took over. In fairness to him, he was right at that time about the shift in the balance of power.
Three years of dire football will do that to you mate.
I'm lukewarm about the signing as well but at least we're showing ambition and, as mentioned in a previous post, maybe the signing of Pogba would reinvigorate the club and put them back on the map.
He works in the UK as a 'La Liga expert'. A strong La Liga is in his interests.