Di Marzio said I think it was almost two to three weeks ago that a deal in principle was agreed with Pogba NOT Juventus. That is what I was referring to. I dont use Twitter and have I no patience to go search for his tweet as well.
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But, they said the same thing about last week too.
1% moaners about people who moan/complain/act optimistic for no reason.
Obviously no deal has been agreed yet with Juve or he would be a united player by now.
He's still on holiday, I assume once he is back either the announcement will be made or the haggling will begin. Perhaps we are waiting for him to hand in a transfer request. Nobody really knows what timeline we are on, we are just waiting for it to happen.
I doubt anything would be agreed until he himself returns from hols since United would not be able to do a medical and official unveiling. Even if he decides to stay at Juve, I doubt we will know much until he returns to Europe.
So the timeline goes:
July 2012 - Man United sell Pogba on a free never to be heard of again
May 19th-June 25th - Tabloid articles linking Pogba in world record deal to Man United and Real Madrid e.g. The Sun exclusive 29th May 2016 - Mouriniho wants Pogba
June 25th - United interested in huge offer for Pogba - Di Marzio
July 4th - Stories that a deal is close. John Richardson claims Pogba is going to United. Newspaper claims Mouriniho has told friends Pogba will sign.
July 6th - Di Marzio says personal terms agreed with the agent over a world record transfer
July 7th - Sky Sports confirm Man United are in talks over a world record deal - 43 pages on the Pogba thread today
July 8th - L'Equipe claim United have held meetings and Pogba is open to return
July 8th - Balague says Pogba is United bound and Madrid can not compete with what United want to pay.
July 9th - BBC Sport confirm interest but say deal not imminent
July 10th - France's European Championship ends - Pogba goes on holiday
July 11th - Sky claim Real Madrid no longer chasing Pogba
July 11th-July 18th - Nothing concrete. Caf resorts to begging for ITK posters to say something.
22nd July - Pogba returns from holiday
July 2012 - Man United sell Pogba on a free never to be heard of again
May 19th-June 25th - Tabloid articles linking Pogba in world record deal to Man United and Real Madrid e.g. The Sun exclusive 29th May 2016 - Mouriniho wants Pogba
June 25th - United interested in huge offer for Pogba - Di Marzio
July 4th - Stories that a deal is close. John Richardson claims Pogba is going to United. Newspaper claims Mouriniho has told friends Pogba will sign.
July 6th - Di Marzio says personal terms agreed with the agent over a world record transfer
July 7th - Sky Sports confirm Man United are in talks over a world record deal - 43 pages on the Pogba thread today
July 8th - L'Equipe claim United have held meetings and Pogba is open to return
July 8th - Balague says Pogba is United bound and Madrid can not compete with what United want to pay.
July 9th - BBC Sport confirm interest but say deal not imminent
July 10th - France's European Championship ends - Pogba goes on holiday
July 11th - Sky claim Real Madrid no longer chasing Pogba
July 11th-July 18th - Nothing concrete. Caf resorts to begging for ITK posters to say something.
22nd July - Pogba returns from holiday
The price etc could already be agreed, we could make an announcement that we've agreed a deal pending a medical - but more than likely it'll all in a few weeks.
The price however wouldn't include the important bit - whether or not Pogba himself wants to stay or move.
Whats with all this sudden Madrid talk, are they back in for him or something?
This transfer has 'that feeling' to me...
'That feeling' being, at worse, a Ramos, Fabregas, Vidal type affair where the player/agent uses United's new found 'announce our intentions' transfer strategy to get either a better deal from their current club, or a better wage from their new club.
Or, at best, a di Maria type transfer, where the player would rather be elsewhere - i.e Madrid, PSG, Barca etc - but comes to United as a stop-gap to their 'dream move'.
Maybe I'm just a bit cynical from the aforementioned transfer sagas. But added to that, the fact we let this lad go (erroneously) for free, really makes me feel weird about the club paying such a high price for him.
Something about it all just doesn't feel right.
I dunno, 105m could buy you a top midfielder and a top CB.
'That feeling' being, at worse, a Ramos, Fabregas, Vidal type affair where the player/agent uses United's new found 'announce our intentions' transfer strategy to get either a better deal from their current club, or a better wage from their new club.
Or, at best, a di Maria type transfer, where the player would rather be elsewhere - i.e Madrid, PSG, Barca etc - but comes to United as a stop-gap to their 'dream move'.
Maybe I'm just a bit cynical from the aforementioned transfer sagas. But added to that, the fact we let this lad go (erroneously) for free, really makes me feel weird about the club paying such a high price for him.
Something about it all just doesn't feel right.
I dunno, 105m could buy you a top midfielder and a top CB.
That wouldn't help Juve though which must come into play. Juve when they sold Zidane - spent the money. I'm sure they'd want to do the same. If we announced anything, that would mean they accepted the fee and have that money in due course to spend. So I agree, most certainly the latter if anything.
Yeah AS reported that Madrid have asked for more time. But Marca countered it by saying Madrid arent interested at all.
You nutters with feelings should get out of this thread. You people are always negative vampires. I wonder why that is
How do you know it will be 22 July?
He must be ITK.
We go again lad, we go againBut, they said the same thing about last week too.
But, they said the same thing about last week too.
Only the dumb folk. You melodramatic sod.
Di Marzio >> Di Culo
Ibra
Martial | Mickey
Pogba | Herrera/Morgan/Andreas
Carrick/Blind/Schweinsteiger
Can't wait for these line-ups next season.
Martial | Mickey
Pogba | Herrera/Morgan/Andreas
Carrick/Blind/Schweinsteiger
Can't wait for these line-ups next season.
AS said we should hurry up and sign him before Madrid get bored with the whole saga and sign him Themselves
Logically banning a member for a post is criticizing the poster and not the post. There can be no justification for "Some people get special treatment...tis the way of the world."
You gotta promise the muppets that you're never gonna let them walk alone!
Chuck it - It happens, you've worked hard to get promoted to the mains. Don't get in arguments with mods of caf, as it only ends in one way.
Suck it up & move on! Implement the Wenger's "I did not see it" philosophy
Now let's discuss Pogba!
This again? As was repeated so many times throughout this thread, please name a top defender and a top midfielder who we could acquire for 105 million.
The lad, provided he is a success of course, will pay for a significant portion of his fee himself; trophies and the subsequent prize money, merchandise sales, a transfer of this magnitude involves more than just a football player.
Also, you mentioned that you don't really like spending a huge sum to bring back a former player who we let go for free. Surely it's better to swallow one's pride and rectify the mistake instead of letting him join another club and rip it up there?
Sure there can, it's a private forum and we make the rules.
Read somewhere he is back Friday.
Spot on.
Ahhh, in which case he probably had only 9 days annual leave entitlement when he applied to his line manager for holiday (all of last week and only 4 days this week). Poor planning on his part, but it means the transfer should go through this Friday! I usually piggy back onto the end of a Bank Holiday to get myself 2 full weeks! Good planning can get you a long holiday in xmas or easter.
so AS say Madrid may want to get back in the race and then the next day refute the claim like it was someone else's .
I agree with the majority of your post - but not the part where you hint that a top defender and a top midfielder can't be aquired for £105 million. That is of course a strange thing to say considering what Leicester paid for a couple of decent players last year. I am however all for signing Pogba
That's fair enough I suppose. I'm a big fan of equality and can't help but see holes in logic. But like they say in the states, it is what it is. Whether people wum or not or get banned or not doesn't really bother me in any way whatsoever. Poor arguments and arrogant use of authority does bother me. If this forum is set up to embrace old timers' power trips I will bow out graciously. Nothing worse than a person with a little power and a big ego.
The real difference is how obnoxious you are, not how old. Spoony didn't spoilt the thread and didn't lost his temper like the precedent poster that's why he is fine.
I think you need to take this matter a bit more seriously. This is the internet after all.
Pogba has been listed as joint 25th for Best Player in Europe Award - alongside Will Griggs.
Had to sneak that in Balague huh...
I seriously hope no one here quotes this article and argues he isnt any good. That list is shit.
Ballague is truly a pathetic little toad.