GdS, who were the first to claim Juve would go after Higuain and tied it to pogba leaving ( Front page of the paper was HIGUAIN IN POGBA OUT) said yesterday that Juve demanded Kroos in any deal for pogba. They (spanish media) are such jokes i think Perez is just faxing them stories and they print them without fact-checking.
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GdS, who were the first to claim Juve would go after Higuain and tied it to pogba leaving ( Front page of the paper was HIGUAIN IN POGBA OUT) said yesterday that Juve demanded Kroos in any deal for pogba. They (spanish media) are such jokes i think Perez is just faxing them stories and they print them without fact-checking.
I've got a feeling that we hear something big today.
Last tuesday, this weekend, today, tomorrow... just get it done already, it's getting tiresome 
Marca and AS are an embarrassment.
Juventus nets spend in 2013-2014 was a surplus of 11m, in 2014-2015 it was 14m and in 2015-2016 it was 48m. This year they bought Pjanic, Pjaca, Lemina and loaned Benatia + they look set to buy Higuian for 90m and Gabigol.
There's no way that Juventus would buy Higuain without knowing for certain that Pogba is a goner. Napoli are their version of Liverpool, Higuain is their version of Gerrard and the only way Juve have to get the player is to trigger the release clause ie 90m in cash. Juve doesn't have that amount of money and they wouldn't blow 2-3 years worth of transfer money on a 29 year old unless they know that they are recouping the money through Pogba
There's no way that Juventus would buy Higuain without knowing for certain that Pogba is a goner. Napoli are their version of Liverpool, Higuain is their version of Gerrard and the only way Juve have to get the player is to trigger the release clause ie 90m in cash. Juve doesn't have that amount of money and they wouldn't blow 2-3 years worth of transfer money on a 29 year old unless they know that they are recouping the money through Pogba
Am sure people like Pogba, Raiola, Woody, Mourinho etc do not chase transfer tweets or tabloid news like some of us do. They're in the business themselves, the actual key players and decision makers. Whatever's done is done for them, and it does not change unless something really significant happens. There's no hurry for them to announce anything until they're happy and ready to do so.
IMO, Pogba has no special love for Real the way Ronnie did. He just wants a move to a bigger club and a stronger league, and money talks too of course. If we do manage to sign him this summer, and we get into CL and fight for/win the biggest trophies regularly, then we're no different from Real.
The only stumbling block here I foresee is Pogba deciding to stay at Juve for one more season.
IMO, Pogba has no special love for Real the way Ronnie did. He just wants a move to a bigger club and a stronger league, and money talks too of course. If we do manage to sign him this summer, and we get into CL and fight for/win the biggest trophies regularly, then we're no different from Real.
The only stumbling block here I foresee is Pogba deciding to stay at Juve for one more season.
Tuttosport: Witsel looks for Juve, pending the conclusion of the Pogba case
He is not staying at Juve, that much is pretty clear unless they decide to cash in on Bonucci. No way will they spend that much on a striker like Higuain otherwise. It's either us or Real for Pogba next season, most probably us.
http://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercat...0.shtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Gds rehashing eveything AGAIN today. The only small piece of info is that they believe Juve will resume phone conversations with Woodward today and they think this means today could be "huge" for the deal.
Gds rehashing eveything AGAIN today. The only small piece of info is that they believe Juve will resume phone conversations with Woodward today and they think this means today could be "huge" for the deal.
Far as I can figure out.... Headline says: 'Witsel looks for Juve, pending the conclusion of Pogba file'
Article headline further down says: 'Pogba : Today to close with United'
Pretty sure that all this talk of Zidane calling Pogba to profess his love for him is considered as 'tapping up'. If Marca continue with this tripe Madrid could end up getting a transfer ban, oh wait.......
But you are forgetting that Higuain is not actually completed and probably only will be completed if Pogba is sold. If they keep Pogba, they can just shelve the Higuain deal.
Also says Raiola has or will return to Europe today, which could also be decisive.
It's getting close to Pogba day
Please god let this come to an end. I've witnessed too many transfer sagas. My heart cannee take it anymore.
good spot. When I translated it, it said he "left pogba and divided into europe" so i thought that was a joke directed at the swimming photo
Higuain deal is at the point of no return. Higuain is public enemy number 1 in Naples and Juventus will look extremely bad if they pull out of that deal. It will go through, so will the Pogba deal. Just a matter of few more days now.
Trouble is its got that familiar feeling of all going quiet again.
And us having agreed a deal with Pogba before Juve is also tapping up as you ain't supposed to talk to the player before agreeing a fee.
Basically all clubs do it, nothing will ever be done.
Pogba needs to choose either us or Real. If he chooses us, I'm happy with that because he is a quality player.
If he chooses Real, no panic because we can try to sign either Kroos or James Rodriguez because Real will be forced to sell one of their star to cover the money they will spend on Pogba.
But if he decides to stay at Juventus, then he won't be able to join Real until 2018 and at the same time we will run out of option for this summer. Although Juventus is trying to win Champion League but their current player is still nowhere near Barcelona, Madrid, and Bayern level. And Allegri isn't a world class manager which can guarantee you a Champion League either. Pogba has won a lot of Serie A and double with Juve so if he wants to be the best he needs to play with world class manager and also tier 1 league like La Liga and EPL.
If he chooses Real, no panic because we can try to sign either Kroos or James Rodriguez because Real will be forced to sell one of their star to cover the money they will spend on Pogba.
But if he decides to stay at Juventus, then he won't be able to join Real until 2018 and at the same time we will run out of option for this summer. Although Juventus is trying to win Champion League but their current player is still nowhere near Barcelona, Madrid, and Bayern level. And Allegri isn't a world class manager which can guarantee you a Champion League either. Pogba has won a lot of Serie A and double with Juve so if he wants to be the best he needs to play with world class manager and also tier 1 league like La Liga and EPL.
Slim chance of getting Kroos. And James doesn't really solve our issue. We will most likely get Matuidi.
Marca STILL claiming James would have to be sold and they say 120m HINDERS any possible arrival
http://www.marca.com/futbol/real-madrid/2016/07/26/5797001cca4741ba558b4652.html
Madrid are so far out on the outskirts of this deal that Jose has begun calling Perez a Voyuer.
http://www.marca.com/futbol/real-madrid/2016/07/26/5797001cca4741ba558b4652.html
Madrid are so far out on the outskirts of this deal that Jose has begun calling Perez a Voyuer.
Marca STILL claiming James would have to be sold and they say 120m HINDERS any possible arrival
http://www.marca.com/futbol/real-madrid/2016/07/26/5797001cca4741ba558b4652.html
Madrid are so far out on the outskirts of this deal that Jose has begun calling Perez a Voyuer.
It also says that his face being left off Juve's twitter banner (which, as has been said, is for a friendly tour that the Euros players aren't there for) may be an important clue
These clowns are worse than the muppets The club have said nothing, have they? The papers are the ones making all the claims.
It wouldn't surprise me if it was fake all along.
How has he not decided? I think this deal has highlighted that MARCA and AS are as bad if not miles worse than the British press.
The selling club can give you permission to speak to the player even if a fee isn't agreed yet. I'm not sure how often this happens, but sometimes it's clear a deal will be reached and it's just the final details that are still being negotiated. In those cases the buying club will probably ask for permission to reach an agreement with the player to speed up the process. I think clubs still need to be careful about blatantly tapping up players.
Yeah we certainly said nothing about it until all the papers knew about it (probably leaked by Juve) and then Mourinho commented on it. It's definitely not fake because Mourinho has mentioned 'he is a Juventus player'.
Like the last time it went quiet a few days ago and...still nothing happened. Nah...this is done.
Dragging on now.. typical saga..
"it will be done after the final"
"it will be done before the tour"
"it will be done for the kit launch"
"it will be done when he returns from holiday"
then it will be..
"will be done before next friendly"
"will be done before season starts"
"will be done on deadline day" etc..
Every season. Clearly, deal is not done.. as I read in every other post..
"it will be done after the final"
"it will be done before the tour"
"it will be done for the kit launch"
"it will be done when he returns from holiday"
then it will be..
"will be done before next friendly"
"will be done before season starts"
"will be done on deadline day" etc..
Every season. Clearly, deal is not done.. as I read in every other post..
On the other hand we had our Berbatovs and Tevez' as well. They took ages but came off
They said it was slim to get Di Maria but we did it. Di Maria was forced out after the arrival of James Rodriguez. So Madrid might be forced to sell Kroos. As for James, he's a no10. We do have an issue for our #10 and #8.
Marca is actually claiming that Real Madrid "fear" a Kross exit in case they sign Pogba. They state Zidane has made clear he wants Pogba but at the same time fears that Pogbas arrival would open the doors for Citeh to lure Kroos away:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...anchester-city-transfers-kroos-jesus-11656333
Very very wague their whole journalism though.
Having followed this thread for weeks without posting, my own view is that however fantastic a player is and however much he'd improve us, we should only pursue him if we're his number 1 choice. If there's any doubt about that, I'd rather the club didn't continue the chase.
Just the thought that we would help them to fund Pogba deal by signing James makes me sick.
It's starting guys. I hate to say it, but I am starting to feel this is going to end in tears.
It was almost inevitable that it would come to this, it's how RM do their business, we all know that.
I just hope, if the worst happens, that we have a contingency that we can swiftly fall back on.
It was almost inevitable that it would come to this, it's how RM do their business, we all know that.
I just hope, if the worst happens, that we have a contingency that we can swiftly fall back on.
The Spanish media are a mess. They are still going with 'we can have him if we want him' approach. And they say things like 'he hasn't decided who he wants to join' and 'he will be a United player soon' in the same articles. It's just bizarre.
Rooney is No 10 right? Jose has made it clear. So no chance we ll buy a high profile player in same position. Unless you believe Jose will start Rooney from bench every match.