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Do you want Pogba for £100 million?

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Sparky Rhiwabon said:
The longer Woody dithers over this, the more time Madrid have to scrape together the funds they need to get Pogba his preferred move.
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You literally have zero clue what is going on behind the scenes. "Woody is dithering", okay mate. Unless you're his receptionist or his mother, get off the soapbox.
 
Womp said:
Exactly my point though. It was known Ibra had a few options when deciding where to go but well documented Mkhitiryan didn't really have any other offers apart from us. His Zlatan approach to Pogba makes me think this isn't as clear cut as it seems.
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We really don't know if there were other clubs in for Mkhitiryan. I think sometimes it comes down to the personality of the player. Mkhitiryan seems a calm guy to me. Zlatan is more ego as is Pogba. I think that's what people are seeing. Mkhitiryan didn't seek the drama and so his agents approach was perhaps more honest. It don't take genius to drop Madrids name in it to make it a more interesting narrative. If someones to move for 100M, then they will want a battle. Someone to win and someone to lose. I'm hopeful it'll be done soon so we can all break our fecking addiction...well for a day anyway :)
 
Rockets Redglare said:
To be honest I don't really care whether we get him or not. He's obviously a fantastic player, but the huge sum to get him to come back to a club he left for free is a bit of a sore point.
Also I don't really think he wants to come to United for anything other than money, which is quite alarming.

The again if we sign him I will be chuffed to bits, I just won't be crying myself to sleep if it goes tits up like I've still got a feeling it might.
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That's how I feel as well, particularly regarding him not really wanting to come here.
 
Ramshock said:
Why is it Woodys fault? You dont know this
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StanleyCupboard said:
You literally have zero clue what is going on behind the scenes. "Woody is dithering", okay mate. Unless you're his receptionist or his mother, get off the soapbox.
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You're right, I don't know what's going on, but I do know that he's our Chief Exec, he's taking a long time, and that what I said about Madrid is true.
 
When did Juventino become a thing? I'd heard of Madrista's but recently Atleti and Benfica have a nickname for their fans as well .
 
Jose has claimed he doesn't want to be held ransom and with multiple reports about Juve wanting us to pay Raiola's cut you'd think it has to do with money. Otherwise what could be the hold up, it seems we've agreed terms with Pogba and Juve so what is left?
 
Devil may care said:
When did Juventino become a thing? I'd heard of Madrista's but recently Atleti and Benfica have a nickname for their fans as well .
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Juventino has been around from the beginning. Opposition also have a chant going like Juventino pezzo di merda!
 
Womp said:
Jose has claimed he doesn't want to be held ransom and with multiple reports about Juve wanting us to pay Raiola's cut you'd think it has to do with money. Otherwise what could be the hold up, it seems we've agreed terms with Pogba and Juve so what is left?
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How do we know there is a hold up?
People have mentioned that maybe Juve want to make their signings before they announce Pogba has gone, maybe to soften the blow for their own supporters? Perhaps it's all done and dusted and we're being asked to hold off announcing it. Lets face it, we're in no big rush to announce it are we? If it's all done and dusted, no one can hijack it etc.
I think we just need to be patient to be fair
 


After the turn of events this morning, and the numerous confirmations filtered in throughout the afternoon, Gonzalo Higuain and Juventus are ready to come together. In fact, the Argentine striker should be in Turin at the beginning of next week, perhaps on Tuesday or Wednesday, when the bianconeri will have defined all of the details for Napoli. For now, Higuain will remain in Madrid until Juventus gives the ok for him to return to Italy. However, Pipita is not the only ongoing negotiation as Marotta and Paratici continue to work to define the details of the agreement with Manchester United for the transfer of Paul Pogba to England. Mino Raiola remains by the player’s side in Miami, in anticipation of the conclusion of the deal between Juventus and United.
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Seems there's like a few details to iron out, but all going well according to that article.

Pogba will soon be ours :drool:
 
Womp said:
I've been positive for the most part this whole saga, but the longer it goes on the less likely I think it's happening. We have Jose saying we won't be held ransom, that we have other options, we have reports that Zidane likes Pogba and is calling him to join yet Perez doesn't like him, which makes no sense at all, why would Zidane call him to persaude him if he didn't have a chance of signing him.

Also, Raiola was a lot more aggressive when talking about Mkhitryan being linked to us, for example.

Honestly think Madrid will come in last second or he'll stay at Juve, not cause I'm scared of Madrid because according to reports we are dithering on a few million pounds.

Lastly for people saying where he will play at Madrid, they could sell Kroos and use Pogba in the 433. Kroos would then join City and Pep in a heartbeat leaving us with Matuidi imo.
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Not if Juve spend €94m on Higuain, no way jose
 
From GDM, it's positive news IMO.

Marotta and Paratici continue to work to define the details of the agreement with Manchester United for the transfer of Paul Pogba to England. Mino Raiola remains by the player’s side in Miami, in anticipation of the conclusion of the deal between Juventus and United.
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Sparky Rhiwabon said:
The longer Woody dithers over this, the more time Madrid have to scrape together the funds they need to get Pogba his preferred move.
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Dithering? We're about to sign a player for over £100m with over 5 weeks of the transfer window remaining. That's not dithering. That's impressive.
 
Hojoon said:
Sounds good. No way can Juve spend 94m on Higuain without the Pogba cash. They have money, but not that much money.
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They can fund the first 50% of the payment which is due this season by selling fringe players like Zaza and Pereyra. They don't need to sell Pogba.
 
Kill 'em all said:
They can fund the first 50% of the payment which is due this season by selling fringe players like Zaza and Pereyra. They don't need to sell Pogba.
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There's wages as well. If they didn't sell Pogba they'd have to give him a big new contract.

It's irrelevant anyway, as they are selling him.
 
:lol: I thought a deal was done with Juve already?
 
AndyJ1985 said:
Dithering? We're about to sign a player for over £100m with over 5 weeks of the transfer window remaining. That's not dithering. That's impressive.
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It's just frustrating how long these things take, but you're right- if he pulls this off, credit to the guy
 
Sparky Rhiwabon said:
The longer Woody dithers over this, the more time Madrid have to scrape together the funds they need to get Pogba his preferred move.
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I really fail to grasp this train of thought some people convince themselves with whereby one of the most financially important figures in the game is supposedly sat at negotiations with a sweaty forehead counting his coins inside his purse and somehow is dithering over how much to pay.

Know this:
1. Bid has been made and reportedly been accepted.
2. Players' contract is set and reportedly accepted.
3. It takes financial planning and structuring over some time to get over the hurdles that are 1 and 2.
4. At this point the deal is either in its final hours or waiting for external pieces to fall in place so the deal can be finalised. Whichever it is, it is not on us anymore.
5. Bonus point because I am sure some folks believe in fax machines being part of transfer dealings. Hint: they are not and have not been for some time.
 
Skywarden said:
I really fail to grasp this train of thought some people convince themselves with whereby one of the most financially important figures in the game is supposedly sat at negotiations with a sweaty forehead counting his coins inside his purse and somehow is dithering over how much to pay.

Know this:
1. Bid has been made and reportedly been accepted.
2. Players' contract is set and reportedly accepted.
3. It takes financial planning and structuring over some time to get over the hurdles that are 1 and 2.
4. At this point the deal is either in its final hours or waiting for external pieces to fall in place so the deal can be finalised. Whichever it is, it is not on us anymore.
5. Bonus point because I am sure some folks believe in fax machines being part of transfer dealings. Hint: they are not and have not been for some time.
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This :lol:
 
This thread is more repetitive than the great 'LVG out' thread. Feels like it's been going as long too.
 
You get the feeling some people think transfers are like they are on Football Manager. Offer some money, get a response, sign the player. All done in a matter of 3 or 4 days.
A £100m transfer wouldn't be done in 4 days, yes clubs can appear to swoop in at the last moment and steal a player, but who knows whats been going on behind the scenes and for how long. Most clubs do their transfer business in private, with journos getting bits of info here and there. Real are a different bunch of pricks tho, they're arrogant little arseholes and have no problem with using Marca to help them along
 
Strange that a lot of the English press are still just classing Pogba as a "target" for United

So it's taken United a month before deciding he is worthy of being a target? Imo his future is either already decided and it's just dotting the i's time, or there's been a hitch/problem somewhere. But just a "target" at this stage?!
 
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