Pogba Future

Would you accept Dybala and Sandro for Pogba?


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el3mel

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I'm optimistic of building a proper working unit of a midfield once he leaves. All honestly I'll prefer this than building your midfield on an inconsistent top class midfielder with defensive deficiencies and needs too much of a setup to work.

If we manage this deal right, replace him with working midfielders and build a proper team I can see us emerging of this deal as winners.

Liveprool won CL with a workaholic midfield. We can build a proper one too, without all this drama and shite.
 

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I for one have no issues with the comments I’ve read he’s made.

The agenda against this young man & the undertones of narratives taken on & often led by our own ‘fans’ means I wish him well when he leaves.

We’re heading into a season where Matic & Fred will get significant game time in our midfield yet Pogba’s attitude is the issue. Forget that his performances/statistical output speak to the contrary, he must be disinterested cause he doesn’t fit a stereotype.

We’re about to sell our best player & are begging the likes of Mata to stay but he posts cliches on his blog so he must be bothered.

Absolute joke of a club - at a time where we should have rallied alongside one of our own we have people trying to justify selling our best talent whilst being so deficient aside his presence.
Pogba >United for you it seems. One of our own? He was never one of our own.
 

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This video has settled it for me. How anyone can want a player to stay because 'hes our best midfielder' whilst also so openly flirting with the idea of leaving is beyond me. Hes treated so well at the club and is paid handsomely and has benefited so much commercial value due to the clubs exposure.

I know getting worked up about grown men getting paid millions to kick a ball around is ridiculous but respect to the ordinary fans wouldn't go amiss.
 

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Honestly if we invest the money wisely we'll be better off.
Problem is that we should have solve this behind close doors, get replacements and then sell him. If we sell him and then go buying everyone will charge 50% up on already United premium prices when we want to buy.
 

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Anyone with talent and ambition would want to leave this club. We are going nowhere fast.

Sucks but its true.
 

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If he joins Madrid then no shit. He's at a club with much better players right now and he'll have less pressure on his shoulders.

Say what you want about Pogba, but he and DDG are the only world class players we have at the club. Losing him, this summer will be a massive, massive blow.
I meant more in the vein of his personal exhuberance on the pitch. His work rate and effort will definitely increase and he'll be b-D'Or contender.
 

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If the quotes are true, then I'm glad that all this nonsense has come out and we can move on. As much as I don't want to see Pogba leave United, I see this as a similar situation to when Coutinho left Liverpool, albeit him leaving in January.

Klopp used to play Coutinho either as a left winger or left sided centre midfielder/10, and as good as he was, since he's left Liverpool, it's safe to say they haven't really missed him.

Not only that, but they play in a different way. Klopp replaced Coutinho with Mane an put a hard working midfielder in such as Fabinho, Kieta. Yes, it means they sometimes struggle for creativity, especially if their front three aren't firing, but they just seem to have a better balance.

Now, I don't know if it's going to be the same situation with Pogba, but with the money we could potentially get for him, plus the money we already have to spend, we could get some quality players in.

Ole has to take his time and find players that fit his system (i'm expecting it to be a 4213). Not only that, but hard working players who are hungry to play for Man United.
 

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Of Fred, Matic & Pogba who is the best midfielder? I’d safely say Pogba.

Yet with this we’re still not good enough or near good enough.

So we sell Pogba [comfortably the best of the 3] & replace him with another player who is better than Matic-Fred & we’re in a similar position as this season.

I’ll actually somewhat take the point on Fred, though his gifting of possession to the opposition doesn’t leave me hopeful his ceiling will ever really be that high so let’s say Fred improves; i doubt it’ll be to Pogba’s 10+ goals & assists level.

No issue debating but read what’s written & discuss or don’t reply.

You don’t keep buying a new TV every other season & plug it into a VHS & out dated sound system. You buy a new TV, you upgrade to a HD service & you get surround sound.

If you think we’re selling Pogba & will fund a new midfield then I disagree but next time you call me on bullshit come with more than Fred not being given a sniff & he might be better. Pogba is comfortably better, we’re about to sell him & replace him with a likewise better than the aforementioned midfielders, you don’t win things that way.
My point wasn’t to do with pogba. It was to do with you saying selling pogba means we’re going to play matic and Fred instead - which I do think is bullshit.

Pogba is by far our best midfielder, but I think we can make a better team by replacing him with multiple players. You don’t also win anything by keeping a player who doesn’t want to be here. You just have to move on.
 

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Thats just bullshit really. Fred never got a sniff even against the fodder and by a lot of reports were looking for midfielders anyway, so those two will not be our midfield stalwarts next season.
Okay. Mctominay then. Either way our midfield is crap except Pogba.
 

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Do you really want him around another season telling everyone that he's off to Madrid, bouncing round like the cock of the walk?
Yes. It's not ideal, but it's better than trying to replace him at this stage of the season. Plus he still has to play well enough to earn his move.

I'm not a big fan of Pogba. I don't like his attitude, and I don't think his style of play is best suited here. I just think it's a problem worth delaying given our priorities elsewhere this summer.

Keep him another season? Why on Earth would we keep a player who thinks he's "the man" but gets totally out played by Mark fecking Noble? I'm tired of players like Pogba who are only concerned about themself. The sooner he's gone the better...
I can understand not wanting to keep him because of his perceived attitude. But even if it does affect his form, I think he would still be better than whomever we can bring in this summer. Not because there aren't good replacements out there, but because I have no faith that the club can pull it off in time.

Or worse yet, because Real Madrid cannot afford him outright this summer, we end up doing a swap deal for another unsuitable player.

As for the Mark Noble comment, I cannot defend Pogba's inconsistency. It comes down to whether you agree he's our best creative player over the course of a season, and whether you are prepared to lose such a player without adequate replacement.
 

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Hazard - July 2018: "It might be time to discover something different."

Pogba - June 2019: "I think for me it could be a good time to have a new challenge somewhere else."


Unless we've been working on replacing him for several months already, he's not going anywhere this summer.
 

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Hazard - July 2018: "It might be time to discover something different."

Pogba - June 2019: "I think for me it could be a good time to have a new challenge somewhere else."


Unless we've been working on replacing him for several months already, he's not going anywhere this summer.
He's under contract, we're not under pressure to sell and if we do we should ask for 150 minimum.
Saying that I hope we'll sell him fast to avoid a saga.
 

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Not at all.
Just postulating on the probable conversation with the agent of both players, while we were in for De Ligt.

Do you think Mino would have kept it secret from De Ligt?
So you think that conversation what you thought up is probable?
 

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Hazard - July 2018: "It might be time to discover something different."

Pogba - June 2019: "I think for me it could be a good time to have a new challenge somewhere else."


Unless we've been working on replacing him for several months already, he's not going anywhere this summer.
What's the relation exactly ? So since Hazard said that Pogba will be the same ? Beside, they have different agents, and Raiola isn't going to keep his client at a club he's unhappy at, especially with us playing in EL next season.
 

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No more deserving fans than Utd Fans. Just look at the pathetic abuse the only decent player in this team gets from "fans". Have to be one of the few/only club in the world that actually lambast the only World Class player they have, so much so that he ends up wanting to leave. All of the people on here spewing utter tripe should have a good hard look at yourselves because this is exactly what you wanted. Let Rashford, Lingard, Martial, Mctominay, Young, Jones, Smalling etc off the hook and blame Pogba for their failings. Don't give me any of the standard retorts "We didn't blame him for everything", We've heard it all.

If I was a World Cup winner, world class player who's top scored for my team and with the most assists from midfield. On top of that I'm expected to defend like Kante and anything less is not good enough. Then I look around me and complete and utter dross like Matic, Mctominay, Rashford and Lingard + the entire defence gets feck all abuse compared to me even though I've done most of the work. I'd be off in an instant. I can earn just as much elsewhere at a club that has a chance of winning things + have fans that can atleast appreciate it.

Don't give me that "he is paid 250k a week, he should be able to handle it". feck off with that shit. A human who earns 250k a week and a human that earns 250 pounds a week still have mental issues and go through the same doubts no matter what the pay packet is. The guy clearly has had enough of being blamed for a incompetent team run by an incompetent ceo which is looking fairly certain as an incompetent club.

On one hand there goes any chance of being any decent of a team for another 2-3 years. If you really believe Woodward will actually fulfil his job you're kidding yourself. Will be amusing to see who these posters blame next year when they don't have Pogba to blame. My guess is they will go quiet because that will be easier than swallowing their pride.
 

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Okay. Mctominay then. Either way our midfield is crap except Pogba.
I am agreeing with that part, if we do sell him though, you can bet we will invest heavily in the midfield. What I can’t say with certainty is if they will go for profiles or just commercial names. It’s extremely hard to determine who’s calling the big transfer shots.
 

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I for one have no issues with the comments I’ve read he’s made.

The agenda against this young man & the undertones of narratives taken on & often led by our own ‘fans’ means I wish him well when he leaves.

We’re heading into a season where Matic & Fred will get significant game time in our midfield yet Pogba’s attitude is the issue. Forget that his performances/statistical output speak to the contrary, he must be disinterested cause he doesn’t fit a stereotype.

We’re about to sell our best player & are begging the likes of Mata to stay but he posts cliches on his blog so he must be bothered.

Absolute joke of a club - at a time where we should have rallied alongside one of our own we have people trying to justify selling our best talent whilst being so deficient aside his presence.
Stockholm Syndrome
 

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What's the relation exactly ? So since Hazard said that Pogba will be the same ? Beside, they have different agents, and Raiola isn't going to keep his client at a club he's unhappy at, especially with us playing in EL next season.
The club still holds the card, not Raiola.
 

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It's alright. Madrid needs to pay what we want within our time frame, or he stays. Done.

Anyone can say what they want, but if we don't get the money we want, then tough for them.
 

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The club still holds the card, not Raiola.
Can't see us keeping a player who wants to leave especially if he asked the club for it. Of course we can milk as much as we can from the deal money wise, but keeping him unhappy won't help anyone, not even the club. He will sulk hard next season for not getting what he wanted and his value may drop next season and can end up selling him for less than what we would have sold him this summer. If he asks to leave, the wise solution will be to sell him for something like 140m, or player swapping.
 

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So you agree it's ridiculous he's making a deal our of 1 fan giving him abuse? Good luck to him in Madrid where the whole stadium will do it.
I'm saying he'd just need to look in this forum alone and we all know the stupid abuse he's got.
 

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I'm curious to know which clubs could actually afford to spaff £150m+ on Pogba - I can't see any of the Spanish teams having that much money to work with given other dealings and the Italian teams are notoriously cheap (Ronaldo aside). PSG maybe? I don't see why he would go there though.

This screams of one of those shitty sagas where he wants to leave but none of the teams he wants to go to have either the money or the squad to accomodate him.