Not at all. I have been pretty consistent in my belief that he is overrated.
He reminds me of Yaya Toure. Great attacking force on his day and pulls of great moments and pieces of skill. A complete passanger in midfield though and lacks consistency.
Its not just you. In one month he has gone from being Barca or Madrid bound to United being mugs to buy him. If he's such a mug why did people assume he was destined for one of those sides?
He is nothing like Yaya. His close control and passing are levels above the City man while Yaya was at a higher level in terms of goal scoring and goal threat.
What better players 23 or younger are out there? Who can United get to play his role if not Pogba?
I agree the midfield can pass him by but that is true to a lot of those type of players. Zidane needed Cambiasso and Makelele playing behind him at Madrid and Vieria and Makelele when he played for France.
Yaya himself was very involved in the midfield play when he played at Barca btw.
This is also a sellers market. It's not as if we have the players wishes but need to strike a deal with the club. We have no CL and our main opposition are the reigning CL champions. Add in Juve not wanting to sell and the price gets waaay up there.
We simply have to beat their offer to stand a chance. As an alround package he isn't worth 100m euros but in terms of who we can buy this summer and who can plug a lot of our one paced, pedestrian holes in midfield he is well worth the money.