I think your agreeing with me? OP said that Nick Powel would become marketable if he became a regular for United, Carrick has been and isn't.
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And there would be 3 wages of 200k instead of one.
Some(rather one poster I saw) over there at Juventuz are now calling him the N word. Things gone south over there
There's always one/few/minority in every fanbase. Let's not tar them all with the same brush, even if they all come across as cnuts over there on that forum.
Great post
This is actually happening? Expected this to turn out like Vidal and his saga.
I am ecstatic personally, there are better players out there but Pogba offers and incredibly unique skillset.
Our team with him could be very physically dominant with the likes of Ibra, Pogba, Bailly, Smalling, Shaw and Valencia. Martial and Mkhitaryan aren't wimps either. And in a few years maybe TFM and Herrera might play together, one of whom is a beast and Herrera is feisty. Not to mention Rooney who is still very strong.
I am ecstatic personally, there are better players out there but Pogba offers and incredibly unique skillset.
Our team with him could be very physically dominant with the likes of Ibra, Pogba, Bailly, Smalling, Shaw and Valencia. Martial and Mkhitaryan aren't wimps either. And in a few years maybe TFM and Herrera might play together, one of whom is a beast and Herrera is feisty. Not to mention Rooney who is still very strong.
They genuinely think that they're above us in terms of prestige in football. We've had a shit few years but we're still by an absolute mile a bigger name in football.
They brought this onto themselves. Had they been more humble, then the fall wouldn't hurt so much like this. I actually feel a bit of sympathy for them, because we've been in that situation before, when a club comes in with a monster offer and your player actually wants to go, suddenly it makes you feel not so big anymore. And had they not been clowning around and acted arrogant a few weeks ago it wouldn't be as embarrassing or hard to accept as it is now.
Some(rather one poster I saw) over there at Juventuz are now calling him the N word. Things gone south over there
You serious? FFS, that lot really are scum.
Better players in his position?
Exactly my thoughts.
Imagine If no one knew about the figures involved in deals. Imagine If all we knew was "Pogba signed for United on a 5 years contract". Would any of you still believe we could've signed 3 or 4 other players instead? I don't think so. Since it's not our money (well, not directly our money at least) and since we've been arguing for so long that the Glazers are milking the club and don't invest in the squad, I am more than happy with this signing, even at a record fee.
Bonucci has been valued at least £50m, daresay there wouldn't be much change left out of £40m for Mahrez. Do you really think that you could get Kroos for £30m?
Football should be the sole determinant of who we buy, while commerce might legitimately influence how much we pay.
Its a poorly moderated forum full of children I think. Let's not judge Juventus fans by that awful place. It's the Blue Moon for Juve fans, awful forum.
Agreed! Madrid sold us Di Maria for that price even after they didn't want him. Imagine what the fee would have to be for them to even consider selling Kroos, Something crazy maybe.... 100 mil???
We will definitely find out tonight if Juve accept the agreement, which they will.
Pogba will be ours by tomorrow.
Pogba will be ours by tomorrow.
great post!!
Man that turnover chart really shows how much football has blown up over the Sky/Prem years.
Crazy.
Crazy.
I thought we'd agreed personal terms with him ages ago (according to various reports...and by ages ago, I mean several days ago!). The only small matter that remained at the time was an actual agreement with Juventus.
Football Manager has a lot to answer for
He is going to cost so much since he is still young, no major injury issues, he is the best player at Juventus who are the richest club in Italy and they do not want to sell him.
Agreed! Madrid sold us Di Maria for that price even after they didn't want him. Imagine what the fee would have to be for them to even consider selling Kroos, Something crazy maybe.... 100 mil???
Yep, I said 60 and that was being ambitious. Throw in faxgate and Perez would want us over a barrel
The thing that shocked me was that David May was once our most expensive signing (at least for a year) maybe I have a skewed opinion of May because of the talk about the treble photos - it was before my time
Have we ever released/ sold a player only to buy him back later before? This seems to be a first for us, I think.
I'm hoping he can have a similar impact to Matic at Chelsea in his second spell.
I'm hoping he can have a similar impact to Matic at Chelsea in his second spell.
Mark Hughes?
Very well said.
Mark Hughes no?
Mark Hughes?
Hughes?
Plus the fact that we have Jose and If we manage to get Pogba!
I very much doubt Madrid even are accepting our number these days
I got quoted over 10 times so I won't multi quote all of you, but my comment was more focused on us being able to buy 'Porsche's' for 120 million instead of the so called Mondeo's that the tweeter/poster suggested we would be forced to buy.
Mahrez is the current player of the season and wouldn't cost any more than 40m.
Reports suggest that City are close to Bonucci for 50m. We could gatecrash the transfer and offer higher wages to him. Thats 90 million for 2 world class players with 30million left over.
As some posters have argued, we wouldn't get Kroos for 30m and its a valid point. My argument was mainly regarding the fact that alternatives for Pogba would still be top quality.
For the posters that are overly concerned about prices, we are linked to Matuidi and could sign him for 30million. He's no Kroos or Pogba, but along with Mahrez and Bonucci, I believe that our squad would be stronger and we would be getting more 'bang for the buck' than just Pogba.
These are all realistic alternatives and are linked to moves away from their respective clubs as we speak.
In fact, goong back to the original analogy, I daresay that Mahrez and Bonucci would resemble Ferrari's themselves along with Matuidi as a Mercedes.
Mahrez is the current player of the season and wouldn't cost any more than 40m.
Reports suggest that City are close to Bonucci for 50m. We could gatecrash the transfer and offer higher wages to him. Thats 90 million for 2 world class players with 30million left over.
As some posters have argued, we wouldn't get Kroos for 30m and its a valid point. My argument was mainly regarding the fact that alternatives for Pogba would still be top quality.
For the posters that are overly concerned about prices, we are linked to Matuidi and could sign him for 30million. He's no Kroos or Pogba, but along with Mahrez and Bonucci, I believe that our squad would be stronger and we would be getting more 'bang for the buck' than just Pogba.
These are all realistic alternatives and are linked to moves away from their respective clubs as we speak.
In fact, goong back to the original analogy, I daresay that Mahrez and Bonucci would resemble Ferrari's themselves along with Matuidi as a Mercedes.
I've always been on the "Pogba is too expensive" side. I even voted "No" in the poll above. But this comparison is quite legtit actually.
Edit: I still stand by my vote. At least till we actually buy him. I will then forget the financials and claim that he's the best player in the world and a total bargain.
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Mark Hughes.
You're right. Some are calling him on that shit but seems like he's adamant to keep looking like a douche in his feverish raging over the very likely scenario of Pogba leaving.
armfanny
I can't stop laughing. I guess you're being sarcastic?
Or you're downplaying the best CM's in the world when comparing them to a 23 year old player who is coming from a midfield heavy team that is light years ahead of everyone else in their league, and then you go on to call him incisive.
Oh, and btw, midfield maestro, that's not Pogba. He's box to box. Kroos, Modric, Iniesta, the ones you're downplaying are a definition of midfield maestro's. If you wanted a young "midfield maestro", there's a guy playing in PSG, but they say he's not for sale.
I had a bit of a run in with a couple of Juve fans on facebook, they simply refused to acknowledge that Pogba had good things to say about United. Even after giving them links to interviews where he said he still loved United they just downright denied it and said it was all made up.. It was both sad and hilarious at the same time. I fear there will be quite a few muppet suicides among them if he goes on to sign for us, which is looking very, very likely.