Great player agent, his job is it to protect the interests of the player. He got Haaland a club where he can score and develop further. Got him a buyout clause to sign later for an even bigger club and get a big signing bonus, cause the new club saves a lot of money on the transfer fee.
He may be a great agent but he's a terrible human being. I just hope clubs take note and stop dealing with him.
Yeah, I don't think that's any golden correlation you've identified. You could just as well argue that a club can dish out more on wages and agent fees if they don't have to break the bank to pay the player's current club for his services.
Either the first one or he expected us to lose and it backfired. If we lost, no doubt he'd either stick the knife in, or just sit back and let the press do the talking and bask in our misery. Hopefully he lost a good chunk of money betting on the chavs.
I hope so, but I doubt it. Lingard is probably injured or we finally think Lingard should be shipped out and that's about it.
Any club that would have an interest in signing Pogba next summer can't be impressed with the circus.
Simon Jordan didn’t win that argument. Raiola controlled that conversation and you could see why he’s so powerful. Jordan was just going round in circles.
Yeah anyone who thinks talkSPORT did a good job there is deluded. Raiola won easily.
Going round in circles? Yeah, he hit him with a few nice choices. Raiola tried to labour the point about owning a human being - trying to frame the debate into something nonsensical and kept harping on about Pogba being committed to United...until the Euros. He came off as someone who isn't used to being challenged. Thought Simon did a great job and as a United supporter I am thankful. This is not to say that of course Raiola is acting on Pogba's behalf. That much is obvious.
How did he "win"?
Jordan just came across aggressive and a bully. The only reason why you liked it was because you don’t like Raiola. They were suppose to be having a conversation about Pogba then Jordan seemed to want to talk about his old Club owner grips to which Raiola invited him to his office to discuss. Where exactly did Jordan win the debate?
Sure, Simon Jordan was aggressive and impolite, in fact, direct to the point of anger, frustration at least. Raiola kept his calm. But what was said didn't reflect well on Raiola. Jordan aired quite a lot of criticism and Raiola came across as a politician being hounded by the public. You could say that's winning, but for me it isn't. Just because there's emotion doesn't mean there isn't logic. And you think Raiola came there to deescalate the situation? Sure, hit the nuke button one day, deescalate the next, rinse repeat. He's there to keep the story about Pogba in the press. What happened was the negative opinion of him (and quite possibly Pogba) was verbalised publicly. It wasn't a contest, but the rat got called a rat. For that I'm grateful.
I loved how they kept cutting Mino off, calling him absurd and full of nonsense.
I agree. He makes his client look like a completely unprofessional footballer.
Yeah, I actually agree with this view. It definitely sounds like he's backtracking and keeping his options open for his client to still stay at United. Maybe wistful thinking on my part, but it does sound like that.
More chance of Pogba signing a new deal than Raiola admit he’s exploiting the game or individuals or him being wrong with anything.
Raiola lied in that interview. He said he has never disrespected United whereas only a matter of weeks ago said the club would ruin pele, maradona and maldini, and would recommend players not go there. Guy talks so much shite he can't keep up with himself, doesn't come across well in the slightest
He wasn’t disrespectful. He was talking the truth. Disrespectful is calling someone ugly when they are not. We happen to be ugly and he told us. I’m sure him and Woodward are fine. I’m also sure the club are aware of the issues.
That's an awful analogy, if you call someone ugly and they're actually ugly you're still very much disrespectful. And an asshole.
Depends on your relationship with that person.
No he didn't. Letting such huge talent walk on free was a mistake especially when you consider that our CM was screaming for talent. If Conte and Allegri could work with Pogba then so should Sir Alex. Sure Pogba was never going to retire with United. However we could have built him up and then we could have sold him off just as Juve did.
That's an insult to Paul Heyman.
Yeah I like listening to him too.
No, Pogba's limitations are that he no longer has Pirlo, Marchisio and Vidal to hide behind. Now that he is expected to actually do something in midfield he is no longer effective.
You do notice that Pogba did well even when Vidal and Pirlo left don't you? Sure he does better when he's got better players around him. However the same can be said about the likes of Scholes and Keane.
I don't think SAF letting Pogba go was a mistake, never did. He didn't fit in with the culture of the club then. I admit I was optimistic when he returned, but what we have seen since shows exactly why letting him go was a good decision. He is talented, but inconsistent. He wants a team built around him, but he's not ready to lead. He is more likely to butt heads with his manager than accept a bollocking and understand that he needs to improve. He's also popular with the players, which makes the above a recipe for dressing room division.
I am sure he probably tried everything he could behind the scene to help his client leave MU. It didn't work so he needs to try something else.
I think the situation is different. Juventus was always open to let him go. United need Pogba as a player and as a branding asset. We are built around that so we are not letting him go, even Sancho wouldn't have that star aura. Rashford has a bit of it + he's even more Mancunian so there's that. In short, we will need a new superstar.
