Mino Raiola talksport interview

[Jaqen H'ghar]

Simple. Pogba was the one who made Sir Alex look silly by leaving and doing well for himself. According to rumours close to the club, Woodward brought him back to use it as a stick to put Sir Alex back in his box whenever the latter complained about how things are not being run well at the club. Of course that irks Sir Alex's fans, most of whom ex players/legends with a huge voice in the media and among fans. These legends have huge influence on fans.

Except now look silly and SAF is vindicated.

He let many players go, many of them legends. Sometimes it was to avoid disruption, sometimes it was to make a point and keep other players on their toes. He let Pogba go for the former reason.

The benifit of letting these players go always outweighed what we lost in talent. Pogba isn't better than Beckham, we'll be just fine without him.

What is important is we make a point that no one is bigger than the club, and that poor attitude will not be tolerated no matter how talented the player.

Pogba was never a runner. That puts him with the likes of Cantona, Carrick and Ibra who are quite loved at the club. The reality is this. It was stupid for Pogba to return after what he did to Sir Alex and the club was stupid to buy him back and use him the way they did.

Again, Pogba is nothing like these players. Every player has limitations, but they are expected to do their best, and you could see they did.

Being a Billy big bollox coupled with a lack of effort is very annoying to watch.

 

[K_Ash]

I have always been on Paul's side...he was getting the same kind of treatment by the big voices in the French Sports Media but then he won the World Cup(they have all gone quiet since).
Though the UK media's agenda against Black Foreigners stars players (like Paul and Martial) has played a role in this situation, Paul has got to take the majority of the blame at this point using his brothers and that Mino as his mouthpiece..disrespecting Man Utd

 

[Green_Red]

Mino Riola is playing a dangerous game. There will be a lot of big clubs that will be looking at this thinking they don't want the hassle. Eventually his clients will find it hard to get moves. The sooner that happens the better.

 

[Rob]

It was either Neville, Keane og Carragher who suggested that clubs should just ban him. As in “Raiola’s your agent? Then we aren’t signing you”. I could get behind that idea as his influence seems to only increase and this latest interview about Pogba is absolutely ridiculous. It’d make him a far worse agent if, say, no PL would deal with him.

 

[SATA]

What has he said on Sky now?

 

[Coops73]

The sooner the pair of them feck off the better, if I never see Pogba in a United shirt again it’ll be too soon. Pogba is as complicit in this bullshit as that fat feck Raiola but I guess this is the reaction and feelings they want from people within the club and supporters of the club, if Ole keeps him away from the dressing room and doesn’t play him again this season I’ll have no problem with that.

 

[cyberman]

Quotes about a new contract makes sense. Nobody else who can afford him seems to want him.
If we get CL then he stays. These interviews leave too many doors open for it to be a ploy to leave.

 

[FrankDrebin]

When's his interview for the BBC,ITV and C4 ?

 

[Djemba-Djemba]

Nice to see the fat cnut having to backtrack on all the shit he's been saying.

Clearly Pogba has been in touch and told him to shut the feck up, he was making things very toxic.

We all know Pogba wants to leave and I'm certain he'll be sold in the summer.

 

[Gasolin]

At the end of the day, he had to say Pogba is committed to United and the Euros. After that, he will talk if the clubs wants to talk. Should we clarify our stance and say Paul is not to go but we will trigger the extra year, then I suppose there is nothing to talk about this summer.

 

[Coops73]

I have always been on Paul's side...he was getting the same kind of treatment by the big voices in the French Sports Media but then he won the World Cup(they have all gone quiet since).
Though the UK media's agenda against Black Foreigners stars players (like Paul and Martial) has played a role in this situation, Paul has got to take the majority of the blame at this point using his brothers and that Mino as his mouthpiece..disrespecting Man Utd

I’m not black so maybe I’m not as sensitive to or aware of such an agenda against foreign black players, whatever agenda the media has about Pogba has clearly been fuelled by himself and his agent and has little to do with the colour of his skin.

 

[Gasolin]

He's back tracking like the SOB he is.
Article on skysports.

What happened? I missed that one.

 

[Gasolin]

Quite a step back in tone that is from his previous jibe.

Does seem like either he's realised he sounds like an idiot or Pogba/Lingard has had a word with him and told him to wind it back a bit.

Pogba does need to be careful as he could end up burning his bridges at both ends.

FINALLY though we've had it in a direct quote that he's happy at the club and they aren't thinking of moving.

What do you mean for the last part? In the interview, he tried to say they will talk with the club but didn't really close it out.

 

[Teja]

I mean, if he wants to leave that much, have Juve make a bid we can't refuse. But all these Italian clubs are cheap AF, so I assume they'll want to pay us less than what we paid them originally.

 

[Gasolin]

He's back tracking like the SOB he is.
Article on skysports.

For those who wonder:

https://www.skysports.com/football/...le-gunnar-solskjaer-after-paul-pogba-comments

Different vibe again this time indeed. Jesse must have told him that he got frozen out because Ole didn't like him signing with Mino. That would be hilarious hahaha.

 

[Gasolin]

I’m not black so maybe I’m not as sensitive to or aware of such an agenda against foreign black players, whatever agenda the media has about Pogba has clearly been fuelled by himself and his agent and has little to do with the colour of his skin.

I am not Black, but I grew up in Africa for a while, Black Africa. Not that it means anything beyond my life experience.
However, I can see why Pogba gets too much of the blame in relation to what he should get. A little bit of blame for not performing as much as expected? Why not. But it's another level when other players, far less talented players, don't get as much stick for what happens to the team results.

And that's also partly because we are not winning. I think Ole has been thinking long and hard on how to position Pogba to perform better so hopefully, we will see something, this season, or next season. And that should shut the media up.

 

[K_Ash]

I’m not black so maybe I’m not as sensitive to or aware of such an agenda against foreign black players, whatever agenda the media has about Pogba has clearly been fuelled by himself and his agent and has little to do with the colour of his skin.

It took me a couple of years to get to that conclusion: but The hate/Criticism that players like Paul and Martial get versus what the UK players of all colours (behaving the same way)get has led me to that conclusion.
The man gets criticized when he doesnt play (even when Mino is quiet)

 

[BusbyMalone]

I don't think Pogba will play for us again, but it would be interesting to see what type of reception he would get from the crowd if he did. He's been taking the piss out of the club for a while now.

 

[SATA]

Well, he’s signing a new contract then. Probably before the euros to squash all speculation so he can concentrate on France

 

[Judas]

A few months ago a new contract wouldn't have stunned me, but at this point it would, even with these new comments. The relationship seems far too strained and toxic now.

 

[tjb]

I was on Pogba's side too, to be fair but I was open to getting rid of him if it better served the manager's vision. Same with Martial. Ultimately Ed and the club set a dangerous precedent when they picked them over an elite level manager like Jose. Love him or hate him, he's been our most successful coach since Fergie left and we did him dirty here.

TBH that never made sense to me. Mourinho for all his faults was not wrong about any of the players he talked about. Our fans allowed him to take the fall for our players' misgivings. It turns out that the players he was hardest on are the ones who have consistently failed to produce. I wanted Mourinho gone because of his circus against the board, but when it came to player management, considering the past and now the present of those players, he was always right. Pogba was and has proven to be a virus

 

[Teja]

I am not Black, but I grew up in Africa for a while, Black Africa. Not that it means anything beyond my life experience.
However, I can see why Pogba gets too much of the blame in relation to what he should get. A little bit of blame for not performing as much as expected? Why not. But it's another level when other players, far less talented players, don't get as much stick for what happens to the team results.

And that's also partly because we are not winning. I think Ole has been thinking long and hard on how to position Pogba to perform better so hopefully, we will see something, this season, or next season. And that should shut the media up.

In relation to performances on the pitch, he definitely gets more stick than he deserves. Most of this is because he's the star man for Utd. Rooney and Ronaldo went through the same treatment, so I don't think it has much to do with race. It might even be potentially worse if he moves to Madrid for instance. Maybe we're slightly more unfair on Pogba than we have been on Rooney and Ronaldo (e.g., he got a surgery and people were saying he was faking an injury to avoid playing etc.).

His contract situation / Raiola's comments are his own making and he fully deserves the criticism.

 

[tjb]

Quite a step back in tone that is from his previous jibe.

Does seem like either he's realised he sounds like an idiot or Pogba/Lingard has had a word with him and told him to wind it back a bit.

Pogba does need to be careful as he could end up burning his bridges at both ends.

FINALLY though we've had it in a direct quote that he's happy at the club and they aren't thinking of moving.

Pogba has already burnt his bridge here. It's a very dangerous bridge to burn too. Pogba being "spectacular" before he came to United happened mostly because United fans were regretting the fact that we let him go for free. A lot of his branding and reputation comes from his association with United. When he leaves, he will not be given the level of attention he has received since he got here. He came in as the potential saviour for a team with the largest fanbase in the world, he will leave as a person who could not live up to that reputation, the same way Di Maria did.

Remember that Di Maria's reputation skyrocketed with his move here. People were even trying to sell him as a top 5 player in the world for the simple fact that he was a superstar United player. Since he left, despite his consistently excellent performances, his reputation has never recovered. That will be Pogba.

 

[mu4c_20le]

A few months ago a new contract wouldn't have stunned me, but at this point it would, even with these new comments. The relationship seems far too strained and toxic now.

Not really, that's the point of agents, to act as a buffer between player and club. The relationship with Pogba is just fine regardless of what one or two pundits think, and he still has the opportunity to come back and lift us and be a hero.

 

[wolvored]

When's his interview for the BBC,ITV and C4 ?

After Ch 5

 

[WR10]

For once the media is taking Uniteds site at drilling Mino. Glad to see him being held accountable publicly for the bullshit he is spewing. He’s the equivalence of a sleazy car salesman in the agents world. SAF said it best - a shitbag.

This will hopefully be the nail in the coffin for his ‘agent’ career. No club with any shred of respect will continue to deal with him.

 

[Shane88]

Football's Paul Heyman.

Big mouthy obese prick who is an advocate for a guy who doesn't give a feck and only puts in a good performance every 3 or 4 months.

 

[FrankDrebin]

The funny thing is no one should be surprised by any of this. We've seen what Mino did previously with Pogba,with Miki at BVB and recently shopping De Ligt around in the summer.
And,with criticism or not, he loves the attention.

 

[tjb]

I have always been on Paul's side...he was getting the same kind of treatment by the big voices in the French Sports Media but then he won the World Cup(they have all gone quiet since).
Though the UK media's agenda against Black Foreigners stars players (like Paul and Martial) has played a role in this situation, Paul has got to take the majority of the blame at this point using his brothers and that Mino as his mouthpiece..disrespecting Man Utd

The truth that both sides of the media saw but found it difficult to understand was that Pogba as a player simply isn't as influential as his individual skills would have you believe. He has technical and physical skills which are easy to see, but his mental game in terms of his positioning, anticipation, work rate, teamwork etc are lacking. You can get away with this as an attacker, but in a premier league midfield where space and time are limited, he has constantly struggled.

Mourinho bought him with the clear idea that he could turn him into an all action midfielder. The truth is, it was a bad purchase as Pogba was never an all action midfielder in Italy and he never had the will to become this.

 

[wolvored]

Why did Pogbas brother say that he wants to leave if he doesnt? Its obvious the backlash against him and Raiola have them backtracking. Its in a load of papers. We shouldnt offer a new contract, we should sell him.
Look here

 

[tjb]

I mean, if he wants to leave that much, have Juve make a bid we can't refuse. But all these Italian clubs are cheap AF, so I assume they'll want to pay us less than what we paid them originally.

That has been the problem this entire time. Noone is willing to meet our valuation of Pogba. Instead of realizing how low his stock has fallen and work to build it up again, Pogba has chosen to us Raiola and his brother to force his way out. He's really not worth the stress and regardless of the Euros, I would sell him as soon as possible.

 

[Mainoldo]

When he accused Jordan of slavery was funny.

 

[Mailo]

I think it's at the stage now where the club need to tell him to stop talking or there will be no future with us.

If he's already decided he wants out then lets just cut it now.

You really think he cares?

 

[Cutch]

It seems that Simon Jordans grilling softened him up for that sky interview. Jordan is great when he's on your side

 

[mu4c_20le]

The funny thing is no one should be surprised by any of this. We've seen what Mino did previously with Pogba,with Miki at BVB and recently shopping De Ligt around in the summer.
And,with criticism or not, he loves the attention.

The only thing surprising is the way he used instagram for his rant, and just hours before arguably our most important game of the season. This is probably why the media are siding with us. And personally I didn't think Ole said anything wrong, he said Pogba was our player, not just ours. The normal response from Mino would be to say, he is both our player, instead he goes berserk about how nobody owns him, prisoner, etc.

 

[elmo]

He won't care about what we get, just as long as he and Paul get a nice fat chunk of it.

How's he going to get a fat chunk of feck all if he doesn't do his job?

 

[elmo]

He did struggle with the pace and the more physical nature of the Premier League. I do think he had the ability to find a way to adapt his game to better suit the league, but I'm not sure he was ever of a mind to do so.

I used the past tense there as I believe it's nigh on a certainty that Pogba will leave if we get any kind of half decent offer for him (probably closer to £75 million than £150 million).

He assumed he'll be off the Madrid by now after impressing with France.

 

[RedRJ]

Mino Riola is playing a dangerous game. There will be a lot of big clubs that will be looking at this thinking they don't want the hassle. Eventually his clients will find it hard to get moves. The sooner that happens the better.

I suspect that this is behind Raiola’s backpedalling - there are very few clubs that could realistically buy Pogba and several of those would appear to not be desperate to deal with Raiola. Furthermore, these clubs may also be wondering whether Pogba (and Raiola) is worth the hassle. Raiola climbing off of his high horse may be about trying to show potential buyers that he is not a complete lunatic.

 

[TheReligion]

From listening to the interview with Raiola it sounds very much like Pogba is staying. He was also apologetic and said he didn't mean to disrespect the club or Ole. Interesting.

 

[DoomSlayer]

Football's Paul Heyman.

Big mouthy obese prick who is an advocate for a guy who doesn't give a feck and only puts in a good performance every 3 or 4 months.

They even look similar, both are fat bastards.