Just think the optics for the club of losing him twice on a free, especially after bringing him back for a club record fee, it's just not going to happen.
Sell a player for £50m now, otherwise lose him on a free next season? People act like £50m is nothing. The club didn’t even make profits over £50m before COVID. It’s a lot of money for a player who doesn’t want to be here. Best to sell whilst we can get some money so it can be invested on a player who wants to play for United.
£50m is a different story. Let's see how much PSG are willing to pay but I hope the club set a price, whatever that may be, and stick to it.
What's 600k a week for a year? 31 Million?
Optics is a key word in this disagreement. I think winning more gives the team better optics than avoiding some sort of imagined dishonor from letting him run down his contract like many others have recently.
think we'd be better off refraining from posting baseless incendiary stuff like this to be honest
honest question, what is it people have seen of Pogba in the last 5 years that make them think that keeping him will be such a key factor in winning? I struggle to think of another player where expectations and reality are so far apart. He's never demonstrated that he can consistently be the player for United that people want him so desperately to be. We really wouldn't have this discussion if Pogba was actually as good for United as we all hoped when we signed him in 2016. We've tried to make this work for five years, and it just hasn't worked. It happens.
Nah I'll post what I want and the mods can deal with it if needed. Don't you worry yourself over it
If that £40M or £50M was for sure going to get reinvested immediately in a manner to improve the squad instead of disappearing into the coffers then I’d be on board.
Just because he's not been as good as most of us hoped, it's still difficult to replace someone of his quality. He will no doubt remain an important player for us if he stays for a final year.
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but that's exactly why I want us to sell Pogba. We need to sell in order to sign more players this summer, and selling Pogba (and Lingard etc) will help fund another midfielder. Now maybe that midfielder is not as good individually as Pogba, but might fit us better. We don't play McFred because they are so awesome, but because they are the best options for the double pivot (playing Pogba is simply not working there). So selling Pogba and buying a good DM give us a better balanced squad.
Who knows what’s on Pogba’s mind. Money, Paris, Champions League, Raiola’s pocket? Either way, he clearly rather go to PSG than sign a new contract here.
It's just not the money he thinks he deserves (which he has not shown he deserves or will deserve at United), but the fact it opens up the pathway for others at the club to hold the club hostage and ask for the same amount of money and then not match up to that with performances.
Genuine question, what makes you think Real Madrid wants him? They could have asked for him to allow us to get Varane but they did not. PSG would like to sign him and Juventus would like him for free, that's about it.
He has not performed consistently during the last 5 years he has been at the club, what makes you think he will be important in his final year at the club while trying to remain injury-free to earn his next big-money move. He will also sign a pre-contract in January. Do you really want him playing for the club then without putting any effort in?
This post annoys me. If you're a top player you don't join a club for them to accomodate you. Unless you are Messi, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo or Ronaldo9, you join to make your teammates better. And he sure as hell hasn't done that. Pogba is a good player, but he'll never be mentioned as one of the best ever.
You act like it’s a given he won’t put any effort in…that is simply not the case.
What makes you think he will in his last season before his big salary move where he does not want to get injured, and can sign a pre-contract in January?
Was he referring to who can replace him for United?
I’m just saying it’s not a foregone conclusion that that will happen. If one is a poor character who cannot stand life in Manchester then that is one thing, but to assume he’ll forsake his teammates and mail it in because he’ll soon be moving on to another chapter in his life is a frivolous argument without evidence.
He is not as good as you make him out to be .. What about defensively? Neymar, Mbappe, Pogba do not defend .. if the other team is strong.. like city, Chelsea they don't stand a chance
