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Has he signed yet, then?
Has he signed yet, then?
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It's too late now but in May-early June, I would have gone for Kovacic and Krychowiak or Pjanic and Krychowiak.
Bayern turned down a "world record" bid for Müller, so I guess they would knock back 120 for Kroos too.
Good jaysus.
Don't need Damien for that. You can find it under thread tools above to the right of the first post on the page.
I'd take Pogba over Kroos.
He isn't playing for Bayern.
And the top 5 in midfield that's attainable with 120m still consists pogba.
Stop complaining, it's pogba instead of kroos. It's not like it's allen instead of kroos.
Be positive for a change
I'm not complaining. I'm just offering an alternative view.
Kovacic kruchoowoworjr or pjanic aren't as good as pogba. They're not ready yet. What's wrong with buying a better player, a more proven player?
Seriously. We're buying a world's best midfielder (top 5 at least), why cant you be happy for a change?
You're one of those who complains that we're replacing ronaldo with valencia aren't you?
Same. Having watched Kroos regularly for Real Madrid, I can say he's been very inconsistent. Some games he looks the world class player he's supposed to be but other games he can barely get anything right.
Well the deal is on a very late stage it's too late for alternatives selection.
Just be a muppet for a change, it's fun and it's only football.
Imagine how i felt when we have moyes after saf... Urfh now that's a downer. It's pogba! Paul fecking pogba!
He isn't playing for Bayern.
feck my buttered ass
Well, it's not like Real is skint either.
Imagine how fecking amazing our attack would look right now with Di Maria on the right, Martial on the left and our 3-4 summer signings playing as well.
Bloody Van Gaal!!
Pogba is so much better than Kroos and that's without even thinking about the fact that pogba is much more of a midfielder that we need compared to Kroos.
I can't help thinking that people who constantly say they want Kroos have not seen him play to much ... He is really overrated and would do very little to improve our midfield .
Schweinstiger in his prime is at least ten times better than Kroos will ever be.. Yes he can do the simple stuff and given time and space pick the odd through ball ala Carrick but a game changer he is not
Schweinstiger in his prime is at least ten times better than Kroos will ever be.. Yes he can do the simple stuff and given time and space pick the odd through ball ala Carrick but a game changer he is not
Three years younger too.
For £120m I could see them accepting and signing Pogba who is 3 years younger, just as good (or very close) and have money left over. What awful business that would be
I must have missed something, they were banging on about £120M on Talkshite earlier too.
When did the fee go up from £93M (€110M) to £120M?
No. Kroos and Verratti are in a league of their own as far as young midfielders are concerned. I am looking forward to seeing what Pogba can do but let's not inflate his achievements.
Wow, that makes for depressing reading. Sad thing is they probably feel they've achieved something!
Don't need Damien for that. You can find it under thread tools above to the right of the first post on the page.
Wonder how many of those posts repeat the same thing over and over? Thankfully the end is in sight.
You round up to £100m then convert it to €120m and convert back to £120m
It's a nice saga this one, for me, because he's not someone I'm personally that desperate for us to sign, but he is clearly a stunningly good player who it would be great to watch in a United shirt. So if we get him, great, I'll be chuffed. If we don't, we'll just have saved £100m+. And Herrera will get more game time (fanboi4eva etc).
Most probably. Madrid already have their knickers in a twist, no chance they'd sell him to us.
Not to mention you're assuming he'd want to come.
That's Brexit for you! Lol
Thought so
Kroos is 26. Not sure he's in the "young midfielder" bracket anymore.
Ha, fair enough. I always think of him as a young midfielder, but you're right.
This. In a nutshell.
Of course he is, he's younger than that kid Lallana.
You see that's the problem that I have with you, you can't understand that debatting doesn't mean that I'm unhappy, I like Pogba and I'm glad that we are after him but it doesn't mean that I can't look at other options and wonder if the team can be improved with a different transfer window.
Personally I think that Krychowiak is the midfielder that we lack, someone that brings a lot of physicality in midfield and can switch the play with long passes, someone who is defensively sound and gives a lot of freedom to his teammates, Pjanic would have been our creative hub.
Now, if you don't rate them and think that these two players will provide less than Pogba, fair enough.
Kroos will be 27 next season. Hardly young.
Verratti has been nothing but potential for a while now. He's suffered from PSG underachieving in Europe and not stamping his authority on the national side. I don't think favourably comparing Pogba's achievements to Verratti's is anything close to inflation.
Also this forum has a terrible habit of lumping all midfielders into one category as if they're one in the same.
Herrera getting more game time as an alternative to Pogba playing for us is rather grim.
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Herrera is crap. People need to realise.
Never.
That's the figure I keep hearing and reading. Who knows at this point?
Seems we have signed Pogba, all is agreed with player and club. Seems the delay is in satisfying the agent. WTF has become of football?
Yeah that's right. Muppets are very sensitive from June to end of August.
Kroos over Pogba? Kroos is an attacking midfielder whether Pogba is a box to box player. Pogba is younger, much more marketable, much more suitable for our needs and has more potential then Kroos. Can anyone see Kroos being a future Baloon Do'r winner? No. Can't say that about Pogba who hasn't even peaked yet.
Plus Pogba is physically much more suited to succeed in the PL.
Plus Pogba is physically much more suited to succeed in the PL.