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Hopefully either one way or another we will find out soon, even if it all falls through we can move on
The record Vidal transfer thread is going to be shattered, we haven't even had an announcement yet and the celebration/meltdown that will follow. It's going to be biblical!
I don't know, these threads are pretty quick to get locked nowadays as soon as they become an official player. We need to blow a load now I think if we want to shatter records.
But it isnt a bidding war, thats the point.
If Real really are financially unable to match us (which still seems slightly too big an assumption for me, lack of visable funds has never stopped Real finding Galactico grabbing cash from somewhere) then they dont want to go in early, because all Edd does is make one phone call and say " we'll go higher, dont sell before speaking to us" and then Real are screwed.
Far more sensible, pretend there's no genuine interest, make out like United are the only feasible buyer and let United find Juve's lowest selling price. Once they agree a fee with United, Raiola can make sure Juve stick to that price, Real match it and Pogba decides his destination.
Real just have to hope Raiola is a good enough agent and Juve arent scummy enough to go back on a fee and try to start up a bidding war, which by August (5 days away now), and with Higuain/witsel deals on stand-by, nobody wants to start pissing about with.
And then it seems Juve are on the brink of finalising the Higuain deal today. Pogba's coming home lads.
+++ #Juventus today will be deposited into the Football League contract by Gonzalo #Higuain- @tvdellosport
+++ #Juventus today will be deposited into the Football League contract by Gonzalo #Higuain- @tvdellosport
How can you be sure it's not Lingard wearing a mask. Stay woke lads.
A boy is Pogba of Manchester United and he is coming home..
Oh great!In the absence of any updates yesterday, in the Independent they published an article that was about the articles that journalists had written about this story
What an utter waste of time - for me. I was trying to do the same thing, going through all the pages in this thread! I got to page 136.
My goal was to create a timeline, just to show how futile it is to trust journalists.
Here's how far I got. Thank you Independent for doing the work and rendering my project as pointless as the articles I list:
19 May – Duncan Castles – Utd make firm offer for Pogba
30 May – Jack de Menezes – Pogba put up for sale
2 June – The Sun – Utd offer £60mil for Pogba
4 June – James Robson – City drop out of race
7 June – Ken Browne – Madrid wants Pogba
8 June – Mark Ogden – City drops interest. Utd in pole position
8 June – Daniel Taylor – City drops interest
8 June – Sky Sports – City drops interest
9 June – Danny Penza – Moratta: Pogba not leaving this summer
9 June – La Gazetta dello Sport – Madrid will offer €120mil
9 June – Pete Jensen – Madrid will offer Isco plus cash
9 June – ESPN FC – Utd makes contact
10 June – Di Marzio – Madrid make Raiola an offer
10 June – Di Marzio – Utd take “small step” towards signing Pogba
10 June – AS – Utd offer €100mil, Juve wants €120mil
10 June – Marca – Madrid readies €120mil offer
20 June – ESPN FC – Madrid opens talks with Pogba
20 June – Marca – Juventus set price of €160mil
25 June – Balague – Madrid don’t want to pay €25mil to Raiola
25 June – The Sun – Utd meets “huge” asking price
25 June – James Ducker – Mourinho in talks to sign Pogba
26 June – Di Marzio – Utd meet with Pogba with big offer
27 June – Di Marzio – Juventus don’t want to sell
27 June – ESPN FC – Utd keen on £100mil Pogba
29 June – Samuel Luckhurst – Pogba prefers Madrid
29 June – L’ Equipe – Utd to make Pogba offer next week
30 June – Sport Witness – Utd make substantial offer
30 June – Nerozzi – Utd approach Juve
30 June – L’Equipe – Utd open discussion with Juve
30 June – Utdreport – Pogba to cost Utd £65mil
30 June – Mark Ogden – Utd step up pursuit
30 June – Telegraph – Pogba could join Mourinho
1 July – Telegraph – Utd have offered £80mil
1 July – Sky Italia – Pogba’s dad says son prefers Madrid
2 July - Duncan Castles – Pogba is Mourinho’s priority
2 July – The Sun – Pogba would rather join Madrid, Barca or City
2 July – Daily Mail – Pogba to become world’s first £100mil player
3 July – AS – Utd offer €119mil
3 July – Sport Bible – Pogba unfollows Juventus on Twitter
3 July – Richard Keys – Utd got Pogba, despite him wanting Barca
4 July – Daily Mail – Pogba close to joining UTd for more than £80mil
4 July – John Richardson – Pogba moving to Utd for £80mil
5 July – Marca – Madrid prefers Gomes over Pogba
5 July – Sky Sports – Utd interested in signing Pogba
5 July – United Report – Pogba follows Depay, Lingard and Januzaj on Instagram
5 July – Juve FC – Juventus tells Raiola they won’t sell
6 July - Samuel Luckhurst – Utd confident of getting Pogba
6 July – The Sun – Utd ready to re-sign Pogba for £100mil
6 July – The Mirror – Utd to bid £100mil
6 July – Daily Mail – Utd ready to offer £100mil
7 July – Di Marzio – Agreement reached with Pogba
7 July – Tancredi Palmeri – Utd reach agreement with Pogba and will bid €120mil
30 May – Jack de Menezes – Pogba put up for sale
2 June – The Sun – Utd offer £60mil for Pogba
4 June – James Robson – City drop out of race
7 June – Ken Browne – Madrid wants Pogba
8 June – Mark Ogden – City drops interest. Utd in pole position
8 June – Daniel Taylor – City drops interest
8 June – Sky Sports – City drops interest
9 June – Danny Penza – Moratta: Pogba not leaving this summer
9 June – La Gazetta dello Sport – Madrid will offer €120mil
9 June – Pete Jensen – Madrid will offer Isco plus cash
9 June – ESPN FC – Utd makes contact
10 June – Di Marzio – Madrid make Raiola an offer
10 June – Di Marzio – Utd take “small step” towards signing Pogba
10 June – AS – Utd offer €100mil, Juve wants €120mil
10 June – Marca – Madrid readies €120mil offer
20 June – ESPN FC – Madrid opens talks with Pogba
20 June – Marca – Juventus set price of €160mil
25 June – Balague – Madrid don’t want to pay €25mil to Raiola
25 June – The Sun – Utd meets “huge” asking price
25 June – James Ducker – Mourinho in talks to sign Pogba
26 June – Di Marzio – Utd meet with Pogba with big offer
27 June – Di Marzio – Juventus don’t want to sell
27 June – ESPN FC – Utd keen on £100mil Pogba
29 June – Samuel Luckhurst – Pogba prefers Madrid
29 June – L’ Equipe – Utd to make Pogba offer next week
30 June – Sport Witness – Utd make substantial offer
30 June – Nerozzi – Utd approach Juve
30 June – L’Equipe – Utd open discussion with Juve
30 June – Utdreport – Pogba to cost Utd £65mil
30 June – Mark Ogden – Utd step up pursuit
30 June – Telegraph – Pogba could join Mourinho
1 July – Telegraph – Utd have offered £80mil
1 July – Sky Italia – Pogba’s dad says son prefers Madrid
2 July - Duncan Castles – Pogba is Mourinho’s priority
2 July – The Sun – Pogba would rather join Madrid, Barca or City
2 July – Daily Mail – Pogba to become world’s first £100mil player
3 July – AS – Utd offer €119mil
3 July – Sport Bible – Pogba unfollows Juventus on Twitter
3 July – Richard Keys – Utd got Pogba, despite him wanting Barca
4 July – Daily Mail – Pogba close to joining UTd for more than £80mil
4 July – John Richardson – Pogba moving to Utd for £80mil
5 July – Marca – Madrid prefers Gomes over Pogba
5 July – Sky Sports – Utd interested in signing Pogba
5 July – United Report – Pogba follows Depay, Lingard and Januzaj on Instagram
5 July – Juve FC – Juventus tells Raiola they won’t sell
6 July - Samuel Luckhurst – Utd confident of getting Pogba
6 July – The Sun – Utd ready to re-sign Pogba for £100mil
6 July – The Mirror – Utd to bid £100mil
6 July – Daily Mail – Utd ready to offer £100mil
7 July – Di Marzio – Agreement reached with Pogba
7 July – Tancredi Palmeri – Utd reach agreement with Pogba and will bid €120mil
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Will be interesting to see if we get another Di marzio update when this becomes public.
Wait, you went through 136 pages of this thread?!
Wait, you went through 136 pages of this thread?!
Respect!
YES!Wait, you went through 136 pages of this thread?!
Very little journos know anything about this saga because the people involved have been very tight lipped. So some like this guy have been creating speculation just to try and stay ahead of the pack. Personally I think he is only good for the BOOOMMs
As funny as I find this thread, and I will keep returning to it, I have never once believed anything I hear about Manchester United until the club confirm it. Once I read on our Twitter feed that he's signed I'll believe it, until then everything is conjecture. How else can you treat it when the story changes every day depending on who you read/ listen to?!
Is it just me or does Di Marzio just repeat the same thing over and over in a slightly different way?
Seems every update is no real update. Just saying it's close but leaves himself a gap in case it goes balls up
Seems every update is no real update. Just saying it's close but leaves himself a gap in case it goes balls up
I'm not sure that's the right word...
Amazing
Sky say that we and Juventus are not willing to pay Raiola which is why negotiations have stalled.
If someone with no life, quite possibly me, put enough time aside then the person can list all the reports. Certain patterns such as the one you mentioned will become clearer. I'm convinced that the standing of some journos are inflated.
We read a hundred reports and forget about them soon after. Information overload and selective memory plays a massive role in our perceptions.
Get him and we are a World power again!!! Fail and we become a laughing stock , so you can see why we are anxious
Accoring to Sky Italia
If true, i imagine thats what the meetings will be about today
I was just about to say the same , £25m is a massive agents fee.
Sky being dramatic with "stalled", i'd imagine today's discussions are trying to solve this now if true.
And then it seems Juve are on the brink of finalising the Higuain deal today. Pogba's coming home lads.
+++ #Juventus today will be deposited into the Football League contract by Gonzalo #Higuain- @tvdellosport
Everyone saying the Higuain deal isn't connected to Pogba joining us.
I have a feeling that Juve might want to keep Pog AND spunk loads of cash on new players to really go for the CL.
We definitely won't be a laughing stock for not paying 25m to an agent.Get him and we are a World power again!!! Fail and we become a laughing stock , so you can see why we are anxious
Neither of your outcomes are true.Get him and we are a World power again!!! Fail and we become a laughing stock , so you can see why we are anxious
*not dependent. They don't need pogba cash to actually do the deal, but as GdS reported probably close to a week ago now, both are connected.
Excellent work muppet!
yes sorry Euros, still a massive fee.
"in other words we aren't really sure either, but here's our best guess!"
What's the difference though? Basically Juve CAN keep Pogba AND buy Higuain if they wanted to, no?
I wonder what the rules are regarding agent fees. It's clear from what you've said that Juve and United have agreed terms, and Pogba's personal terms have been agreed... so if all that's in the bag can't we just tell Raiola to piss off? Or will he need paying (ludicrously) for the work he's done in negotiating?
I bloody hate agents.
Bluemoon quoted this satirical post over there about Ehsanul and took it as Pogba not coming
Yeah pretty much this. I'd love to see Pogba strut his stuff for us this coming season but I also wouldn't blame Woodward whatsoever if he told Juventus to stuff it at this point either. I've no issue at all with Raiola wanting his pound of flesh, he's earnt it as far as I'm concerned in getting Juventus a fecking bargain in the first place. Juve bumping up the price so that we effectively end up paying Raiola's fee for taking him away from us would just be ridiculous.
Allegri grilled on Pogba price. Laughs. 'That’s what it is, I don’t assign prices to players. Each player has a value some low, some high.'
HE Speaks!
or more like he has seen euros before his eyes and sees a huge payday.
Celebration is going to be in the different thread if it'll happen.The record Vidal transfer thread is going to be shattered, we haven't even had an announcement yet and the celebration/meltdown that will follow. It's going to be biblical!