Well Raiola isn't using their name. This is an imaginary scenario in all likelihood
Paul Pogba / turned down United offer of 300k as “nothing”
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Well Raiola isn't using their name. This is an imaginary scenario in all likelihood
Why wouldn't Raiola offer Pogba to Liverpool? I would assume that at this point, Pogba has been offered to every large club in Europe. Liverpool, City, Chelsea, PSG, Real, Barca, Bayern, Juve, Inter will probably all have had a phone call from the fat slug.
Basically sums it up really. There's no real options for him. The world and its dog knows it's PSG, or he's staying put, at least for anther year, if not beyond. No one can afford him and/or are that interested. If the Liverpool thing is even true, which I doubt, it's an idiotic link.
In a way, i'd love to see Liverpool suffer with the Pogba show, but it would never happen.
Pogba isn't that stupid and no way Liverpool could afford his wages.
Pogba isn't that stupid and no way Liverpool could afford his wages.
Unfortunately with the majority of footballers it isn't as simple as that. But Pogba does like Manchester United. Not like me or you, but he likes it here for the most part.No he likes the money, thats why hes got the club over a barrel. If he liked the club he would sign a fair new contract.
I would be amazed if this particular story even has anything to do with him. Some idiots just made up a tale that guarantees clicks.
Let’s get this person promoted!Don’t think I’ve ever came across a player at Utd that has split opinion as much as Pogba.
He’s got world class talent and that is undeniable. He can do things that very few players in world football can do. Equally, he can be extremely frustrating because he does switch off mentally in game. It’s the latter that saw him moved out wide and subsequently, he started having a great run. Problem is, this club did not buy Paul Pogba to play on the left wing and every time we play him there, it’s a cost of something else.
Now, I’m all for having different options and he’s certainly a good one to have but we’re 5 years down the line and still debating how to get the best out of him….and he has a year to go on his contract. Add into that he has the single worst agent you would want in this scenario (from a clubs perspective) and it’s a recipe for disaster. Rather than singing his praises or slating him, sometimes the truth is in the middle. It hasn’t worked to the level we wanted it to and we’ve really only seen bursts of what he’s capable of. That’s a shame because of his ability.
However, circumstances dictate what needs to happen - we can’t let the agent distract things next season, which he absolutely will do, and we shouldnt let him walk away for nothing….again. That’s the reality.
He’s got world class talent and that is undeniable. He can do things that very few players in world football can do. Equally, he can be extremely frustrating because he does switch off mentally in game. It’s the latter that saw him moved out wide and subsequently, he started having a great run. Problem is, this club did not buy Paul Pogba to play on the left wing and every time we play him there, it’s a cost of something else.
Now, I’m all for having different options and he’s certainly a good one to have but we’re 5 years down the line and still debating how to get the best out of him….and he has a year to go on his contract. Add into that he has the single worst agent you would want in this scenario (from a clubs perspective) and it’s a recipe for disaster. Rather than singing his praises or slating him, sometimes the truth is in the middle. It hasn’t worked to the level we wanted it to and we’ve really only seen bursts of what he’s capable of. That’s a shame because of his ability.
However, circumstances dictate what needs to happen - we can’t let the agent distract things next season, which he absolutely will do, and we shouldnt let him walk away for nothing….again. That’s the reality.
Good thing I didn’t offer him a prize and simply said he was the most consistent behind Shaw. Which he was.
Would the lads in here who love him be happy if he got a long DDG/Rooney/Sanchez style contract and then started up about Real again next summer? Same kind of performances in the middle, the sublime mixed with the ridiculous, playing left wing the odd time? I’d be much much happier if Ole used him in Bruno’s spot for about 1/3 of the matches and out on the left for the added tactical flexibility but Ole clearly has a sadistic streak streak when it comes to resting certain players…. I wouldn’t mind keeping him if there’s an actual plan. If we are kicking the same can down the road then I think 350 is a very fair offer
Good to see more people copping onto this. It's important for the club that even one more amongst the fanbase understand it.
One of the distinctive traits of people with deeply narcissistic personalities is that they will engage in violence via surrogates while maintaining ‘popularity’.
For example, they’ll ‘neglect’ to defend or condemn something that others perceive as incendiary or offensive or antisocial. Absolute case in point being Trump and his dodging of the issues when asked to condemn racist rhetoric invoking his name.
It’s the exact same core psychological mechanism at work here, just manifested differently. Remember, the narcissist’s core drive is the need for popularity.
For anyone wondering how stupid people have to be that Trump could have so much support, Pogba is actually a closer-to-home example of just how. It’s not rocket science; if you have a base degree of popularity, and just say the ‘right things’ at certain times, huge swaths of people will be inclined to support you and say you’re misunderstood and that the opposition is being insensitive or not seeing the whole picture etc.
The key element there is ‘base degree of popularity’; without that you can’t get away with any of the above.
The Liverpool link is obviously garbage, but man, that would be some heel turn.
IF he wants to commit, keep him. If he's on his way out, sell him, reinvest the funds into improving our midfield.
If Pogba wonders why he is so polarizing.......look at your representation and how they treat clubs/fans.
Oh please, my sides
Very tiresome now. We are on an upward trajectory with the signings we've made but this stain and his agent are trying turn us into a circus. SAF didn't get much wrong in his career and letting this guy go for free proves he wasn't wrong.
Since he's been back, how many games can you say "Jesus Pogba wow" 5 maybe 6. His agent is a kant and we should get rid of both.
Since he's been back, how many games can you say "Jesus Pogba wow" 5 maybe 6. His agent is a kant and we should get rid of both.
Any reason why the other French players have returned to training and he hasn't?
Brilliant news for the upcoming season wether he signs a contract or not.
Here is a better title for the thread instead of a report by a nobody.
He's doing a photo tour with Utd legends of the past. He'll be in Brazil with Anderson next. We'll know he's close to home when he's taking photos with David May.
Your club decide when you return.
Lindelof isn't back for us yet for example.
They are due back Monday.
I dont quite understand this update - he is under contract so why wouldnt we be confident he’ll stay?
I don’t know if the Liverpool rumour is true - probably not but it’s not beyond Raiola to do something like that. He has no regard for the sentiments of the fans of the club which employ his player (s). I recall Guardiola said in a pre-match interview that Pogba was offered to City. I don’t think he would have lied so blatantly before a game. If he can offer Pogba to City, he can offer him to Liverpool.
I must confess that I don’t see this as good news. Good news would be that Man Utd are confident of selling him this summer or Man Utd are confident of extending his contract this summer with a small inrement.
If you look at next year in a vacuum we have a better team with him than without him so in that way it's good news.
If you care about getting an already too low transfer for him maybe it's not but I'd rather have him next year in the best team we have had since Fergie than not have him at all.
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Shhh.. Please don't try to include logic in journalists posting their daily quota of tweets on a news that generates lot of clicks.
Not if we keep his wage reasonable and we loan him out to somewhere like West Ham again if it's not working out. Next time we just add an obligation to buy. Lingard isn't an injury prone Jones or Bailly, he's easily sellable
The liverpool tweet suggests that fat greasy pizza stuffing scumbag bastard is starting to sweat that no one (us included) is offering the obscene contract for pogba and mind blowing grease for him that he thought they would.
He's a great player but if he doesn't want to sign another contract with us then get rid of him and get another player instead.
Besides he seems to be a bad influence on our youngsters.
Besides he seems to be a bad influence on our youngsters.
Prove it.
What a load of shite that is.
You prove it otherwise.
This shite smells nice compared to other previous shite.
Raiola negotiating in public as usual. Desperate times when you’re trying to drag in the scousers in to pressure United to pay up. The club should hold firm, Pogba’s options are limited.
That… that isn’t how the burden of proof works.
That… that isn’t how the burden of proof works.
Then why was Pogba a square peg in a round hole in the Bruno position as well? What the heck is the point of him if he can’t play consistently well in any position?
Wonder how the match going fans would react to him openly seeing out his contract, similar to what Ramsay did at Arsenal a few years back if i'm not mistaken. If he plays well there'll be no problem but if things don't turn out well and his form disappears then I wonder if there'd be any hostility from sections of the crowd.
That's not how it works when you're the one making the original claim unfounded
Literally all his current and former teammates have said the opposite but I'm sure fans have a better pulse on the dressing room dynamics than them...
The fact that the club's social media is still producing so much Pogba related advertisement says they're not expecting him to be going anywhere anytime soon