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Do you want Pogba for £100 million?


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Rado_N

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Will be rejected pretty soon I think. Then we offer more, which will be accepted. Both clubs probably dont want to seem too eager. United dont want to be seen as spending silly money without negotiating. Juventus dont want to seem like they arent putting up a fight to keep him. I think this all just posturing for the media.
Most certainly.
 

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Will be rejected pretty soon I think. Then we offer more, which will be accepted. Both clubs probably dont want to seem too eager. United dont want to be seen as spending silly money without negotiating. Juventus dont want to seem like they arent putting up a fight to keep him. I think this all just posturing for the media.
Agreed. It's in the bag but everyone needs to keep their muppet calm while the usual farce of bid, reject, re-bid, accept is done in a giant face-saving operation.
 

AndyJ1985

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First offer is to set the base price for negotiations. It will go something like this-
United and raiola : Offer 103 million euros (juve + 20% raiola)
Juve : Ask for 125 so they get 100 million for themselves

Negotiations begin and a price in between is settled. Juve say ok. then we sign pogba.
Hope you're right, and I hope it doesn't take too long. If Juventus want €120m and we're offering just over €100m it shouldn't take long to sort it out, in theory.
 

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Will be rejected pretty soon I think. Then we offer more, which will be accepted. Both clubs probably dont want to seem too eager. United dont want to be seen as spending silly money without negotiating. Juventus dont want to seem like they arent putting up a fight to keep him. I think this all just posturing for the media.
I think there has been plenty of negotiations so far and inquiries from our side before presenting the actual offer.
 

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The only relevant question for us (the fans) is whether or not the player is good enough. It's not our money, why on earth would we care about the fee. It's a complete nonsense.
I will tell you why.
Because as a fan, if we are planning to spend £150M (or whatever the latest cost is), then I'd prefer we spend that money on another player OR 2 other players.
There comes a point where as a fan, I think we could spend that money more wisely, to get better results on the pitch. That's all.

£100M for Pogba would be "okay". But if its any more than this, then I'd seriously suggest we look at other players.
 

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100M Euros is much better.

If Raiola has organised the meeting, ready with our bid in hand, that surely has to mean Pogba is on board and this is full steam ahead!
 

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We will offer 100mil, they will reject it, we will up to 120mil, they will accept it.
Juve come out of this looking like they wanted to keep him but the offer was just too much money to turn down.
Its all panto bullshit for the fans this.
 

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I will tell you why.
Because as a fan, if we are planning to spend £150M (or whatever the latest cost is), then I'd prefer we spend that money on another player OR 2 other players.
There comes a point where as a fan, I think we could spend that money more wisely, to get better results on the pitch. That's all.

£100M for Pogba would be "okay". But if its any more than this, then I'd seriously suggest we look at other players.
How about £84/85M as reported by Di Marzio about 15 mins ago?
 

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LVG guided a very poor Netherlands squad to 3rd at the World cup which included a humiliation for Spain. He has also won many trophies with the clubs he managed before then and also won us the FA Cup. The decision making was understandable on this choice as it was for buying ADM. No one could foresee the formation and philosophy LVG would adapt with the United squad and the terrible decisions regarding players positions.

Moyes was a bad choice but the board listened to Fergie on that point and followed his choice for the job. Poor decision making by the board on this occasion, but understandable considering Fergie didn't get much wrong during his 26 years as manager and trusted his decision.
Bolded is the thing with LVG. Would he have guided Spain to 3rd? He is an amazing coach but not necessarily good with star players. I think he prefers to work with young players. There are lots of players who have fallen out with him. Also he seems to prefer more all-round players which is not that attractive to star players.

I have always wondered who was to blame for United's poor transfers in recent years, either LVG/Moyes or Woodward. If Pogba is coming, and combined with our previous aquirements this summer, it's kind of proven Woodward is not to blame.

I rate him extremely high as a manager though.
 

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Whoever thought towards the back end of last season that we would have zlatan, micky targaryan and now be on the cusp of bringing Paul fecking Pogba back home :'( I'm almost moved to tears. Why did it take so long to get mourinho? I love the man.
 

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The only relevant question for us (the fans) is whether or not the player is good enough. It's not our money, why on earth would we care about the fee. It's a complete nonsense.
I could be wrong but I don't see Pogba as a player that transforms your midfield, he doesn't bump its level. Players like Suarez, Bale or Ronaldo transforms an area of your team, they transform your attack.
 

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If he comes and is a huge success and then goes to Madrid at some point, surely he'll leave at a profit. Let's forget the price and see it as an investment, assuming he is a success. It's a small gamble I feel.
If that happens chances are Real or whoever won't pay the fee.
 

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Some English press saying it's 100 million pounds
English press love inflating fees that we pay. Its euros. The deal will be done in euros and english press will claim it as pounds.
 

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I remember a couple of people on Rawk last week said £200mil and £300mil respectively was his fee lol.
We see it all the time when United is involved, this is the formula:

If United buy a player:

- Casually switch from Euros to Pounds
- Include all bonuses as a one off payment
- Include all wages for the duration of the contract in the transfer fee

If United sell a player:

- Casually switch from Pounds to Euros
- Exclude all bonuses alltogether
 

Maradona10

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Like i said, posturing will be done before final deal. This will make us and pogba look bad to juve fans. Its a Pr exercise now.
 

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So, this meeting could take place today? If the stories of Mino being in Manchester are true, are there any private planes travelling from Manchester to Turin?