Not sure about those two deals since we would have been out of the race when RM and Bayern signaled their interest. But one we do know is factual is that he nixed Gündogan in favour of Schweinsteiger.
Yes, that's the way stock photo agencies work.
Except we were in for Vidal in '14 and Bayern didn't signal their interest until '15.
Not saying they are, but Getty are a site that provides stock photos for the press and websites to use in articles. Its not uncommon for someone to give them a nudge and say "we might be needed some Pogba/United picks in the coming days" for their media.
No, it was never said he would be in Manchester.
He's on holiday.Various media outlets saying four years since signed for Juve.... is he waiting for some annual bonus payment?
I'm running out of ideas for the delay.....
I completely agree with this.
Not to mention that he might not have progressed so well.
Pretty much this. Let the lad have his well earned holidays yer gready muppets.
A bit late to the party are they not? It's not as if a significant amount of people will sign up especially just to use these images. Those in the industry will already have access to them via previous sign ups and will have anything from a monthly download quota or an unlimited package which I can imagine medium or major news outlets would have. These images are not going to make them a fortune.
They probably had the images and wanted to capitalize on the media frenzy
Conversely our "barren years" may not have been so barren with an ascendent Pogba doing what he did at Juve over the past four years. It was a silly move to allow him to leave and probably underscored the emerging reality that Fergie's old ways were incompatible with the new era of powerful players and agents.
I don't think Pogba would have developed as brilliantly under Moyes and LvG. And I think it would take more than one more potentially WC midfielder to give those two baboons any chance of winning anything of note or taking us forward.
What was he saying about him?
fecking Phil
Pogba was about 16No - he was 16
Is everyone just making stuff up as it goes on this transfer?
Exactly!!!
Generic stuff. £100m. One of the best in the world. But then said he was always bigger and better than everyone on the pitch when he was 13 in the United academy.
Not like he looked any younger than that at the time either!fecking Phil
I mean, Fergie at 70+ can be forgiven for saying that Ronaldo was 17 when he signed for United but Phil saying Pogba was 13 is justNot like he looked any younger than that at the time either!
Pogba signed from Le Havre in 2009, that is 7 years ago, he is 23 today, do the math he was 16 at the time. I don't think we are even allowed to sign up players from other clubs under that age, it is what Barca etc got their transfer ban for.
No surprises there
I dont think he is that smart.
That's brilliant
You can sign players younger than that as long as it's not an international transfer, meaning from outside the UEFA. Or the player moved for other reasons than football.
Indeed he doesn't look like the sharpest tool in the shed, playing football and then talking a bit about how other people should play football is about as much as you can expect out of him.
