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Do you want Pogba for £100 million?


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The timeline of the Marca/AS hatchet/propanga job is so clear, too. They bigged Pogba up when there was a chance at the deal (one paper calling him the most wanted player on the transfer market), then knocked him down when it seemed almost done to us (he's not that good & overpriced), then started suggesting Real were in with a chance as things dragged on (Zidane calling him, Madrid selling players to finance it, medical cancelled etc). Can absolutely guarantee once he signs for us they will start the hatchet portion again.
 
Are those Zidane comments real? if yes, then we should be worried. Pogba must have gave him hope, because he sounded confident.
 


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For everyone who made a fuss about deal not being concluded earlier there was just one option to finish it earlier, pay what Juventus asked. I think Woodward made a good account of himself here with the fee. Juventus wanted 120M+25M at some point he stood his ground, speculated/knew that there is nobody else there to pay those numbers and sited and waited. In the end he will make a world record deal on our terms so he can rub it in Florentino's face. :)
 
Is he back from holidays yet? I can't imagine we'll sign him while he's away. The idea of the worlds most expensive player coming back to a club on the verge of greatness again will media gold and work wonders for Unites marketing team.
 
Even then, we tried our level best to bring us here. Ryan Giggs making phone calls even to his friends which GB is to be believed

Yeah but Madrid probably worked on him for much longer. Plus Sir Alex was retiring. So it wouldn't have been an ideal period to prize him away. Spurs would rather take less money from Madrid then more from us. Another thing is Bale is a glory hunter. So it would make sense for him and he also fancied playing with Ronaldo. There was a lot of reason to move but maybe at some point he'll want to come home.
 
I think if possible we should go for Matuidi. This way we significantly improve our midfield and at the same time corner Juve/Raiola as we won't be seen as having all our eggs in one basket and are not in a desperate situation T o sign him. we would have Matuidi who is a top level midfielder and avoid risking getting no one in the end in such a crucial position for us. This could force their hand.
 
Yeah but Madrid probably worked on him for much longer. Plus Sir Alex was retiring. So it wouldn't have been an ideal period to prize him away. Spurs would rather take less money from Madrid then more from us. Another thing is Bale is a glory hunter. So it would make sense for him and he also fancied playing with Ronaldo. There was a lot of reason to move but maybe at some point he'll want to come home.
Hence your theory of all brits then?
 
If Nerozzi is on the money, I expect the same kind of report by Di Marzio today.

If Nerozzi and Di Marzio both say roughly the same thing, then it's done.
 
Excuse me, started my post with



So if the assumption is correct than yes they are an unethical club, nothing to do with the match fixing (though their history does them no favours)

If the assumption is incorrect then whatever I wrote is invalid so your precious keeps her dignity.

Hope thats clear for you

:)

I think my joke went over your head :D
 
I think if possible we should go for Matuidi. This way we significantly improve our midfield and at the same time corner Juve/Raiola as we won't be seen as having all our eggs in one basket and are not in a desperate situation T o sign him. we would have Matuidi who is a top level midfielder and avoid risking getting no one in the end in such a crucial position for us. This could force their hand.

Raiola is Matuidi's agent..
 
I think if possible we should go for Matuidi. This way we significantly improve our midfield and at the same time corner Juve/Raiola as we won't be seen as having all our eggs in one basket and are not in a desperate situation T o sign him. we would have Matuidi who is a top level midfielder and avoid risking getting no one in the end in such a crucial position for us. This could force their hand.

No. Matuidi doesn't improve our midfield 'significantly'.
 

You can't even answer the bloody question though. What did Bale achieve before his move to Real Madrid? He earned that move on the back of one great season, 2012/13. Pogba has achieved more with Juventus and has earned this transfer fee.
 
I think if possible we should go for Matuidi. This way we significantly improve our midfield and at the same time corner Juve/Raiola as we won't be seen as having all our eggs in one basket and are not in a desperate situation T o sign him. we would have Matuidi who is a top level midfielder and avoid risking getting no one in the end in such a crucial position for us. This could force their hand.
based on reports it literally sounds like he's waiting in the wings as backup / secondary. Seems like good old woody has got the deal done now though
 


Manchester United talked to Juventus in a video conference as speculation over Paul Pogba's future rages on.

Only one day after the Bianconeri established a record for the most expensive transfer between two Italian clubs, signing Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain for €90m, they are being touted to recoup the entirety of the money and more.

La Gazzetta dello Sport and Il Corriere dello Sport both claim in today's headlines that the Frenchman's departure to the Red Devils is a matter of hours, and their report is bouncing within English media.

However, Gianluca Di Marzio reported yesterday that a deal had yet to be found, and La Gazzetta's own account of the meeting between Juve's director general Beppe Marotta and the player's agent Mino Raiola is not as conclusive as their headline.


Marotta and Raiola were allegedly joined in a video conference by Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward as they discussed the possibility of a move.


It's unknown how far they went towards reaching an agreement, though most media outlets believe there are still some details to be ironed out.


These are all economic in nature, as United reportedly offered €110m, which comes short of the request for €120m.
 
Yeah but Madrid probably worked on him for much longer. Plus Sir Alex was retiring. So it wouldn't have been an ideal period to prize him away. Spurs would rather take less money from Madrid then more from us. Another thing is Bale is a glory hunter. So it would make sense for him and he also fancied playing with Ronaldo. There was a lot of reason to move but maybe at some point he'll want to come home.
I think Bale was a RM fan as a boy or at least when he signed there was a picture of him as a boy in a RM shirt. Having said that it is RM and they probably photoshopped it from a red shirt.
 
I think if possible we should go for Matuidi. This way we significantly improve our midfield and at the same time corner Juve/Raiola as we won't be seen as having all our eggs in one basket and are not in a desperate situation T o sign him. we would have Matuidi who is a top level midfielder and avoid risking getting no one in the end in such a crucial position for us. This could force their hand.

How about we just stick with plan A.
 
I don't think there's any coincidence that Matuidi was the one we were being linked to a couple of weeks back. It was just United and Raiola putting pressure on Juventus with a backup option.
 
Wow I must have missed something I was way back in the middle of 600 pages.

Just turned my phone on since I was badly sick last night and was trying to catch up this morning.
it would have been in the Matuidi thread. Just seemed that he was always back up and basically ready to sign at moments notice