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Wow. From today's embargoed press conference.
Pep Guardiola: "Raiola offered me Mkhitaryan and Pogba two months ago.
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Wow. From today's embargoed press conference.
If this is true...then Wow.
Seems like shit is about to hit the fan between Pep and Raiola, if its true about Pogba thats weird, must mean either Pep is full of it, or Pogba is not cool with Jose.
I hate dealing with Raiola. Guy's an utter tosspot.
Raiola was trying to move Pogba to City?!
There is an overabundance of PL managers saying dumb things right now.
I don't follow what this is at all.
Weirdest thing would be the timing would be before Pogba even had any perceived issues with Jose and his form completely dipped.
What's hard to get?
Unless.... this is the reason why?
As if we'd sell him to one of our rivals.Raiola was trying to move Pogba to City?!
Pep's attempt to deflect attention from the shit show his team put up at Anfield.
Duncan Castles was saying that United are not happy with Raiola's actions. Apparently they wanted to upgrade Paul's contract. Guess he was mentioning this.
Also did Raiola really expect us to sell Pogba to City?
I would expect most agents are testing the market for their clients a lot of the time. If they want to negotiate a new deal or indeed move them, they need something to bargain with.
We wouldn't but we've seen how Raiola acts to get his clients out of clubs. Clearly there was willingness on the player's side. If Pogba was actually considering crossing the city then shows how little his time in our academy meant.
Raiola is a cnut so this isn't surprising.
Raiola trying to move his players for the big cash, doesn't mean pogba is 100% up for it.
If this is true, how could Raiola possibly think we'd sell Pogba to City? I mean it, it's one of those transfers that would never be sanctioned regardless of what happened between pogba and jose. We'd tell him to find a different club or stay at home collecting the pay cheque.
Lolzy. You're kidding if you think he acts without the player giving his OK.
I remember last time we met city, Mourinho made som remarks as he usually does. about Pep, to get him to fire back, but pep didnt fire back.
I actually thought that he was the bigger man, but i guess he has his revenge now. Absolutely hilarious imo.
This will hurt Mourinho, and he will surely fire back hard.
I actually thought that he was the bigger man, but i guess he has his revenge now. Absolutely hilarious imo.
This will hurt Mourinho, and he will surely fire back hard.
The timeline matches the period when Pogba was being dropped for McTominay. Raiola does all kind of bullshit to ensure he gets the upperhand, I don't think he genuinely expects us to sell Pogba to City.
Or he's testing the market to bring back something to negotiate a new contract with.
What an absolutely cnutish thing to say by Guardiola. If Mourinho had said that about De Bryune there would be absolutely hell up.
Pep is completely out of order coming out with that though.
Exactly what it is. We know what we're dealing with with Mino, he's an agent and a pain in the ass. His player was out of favour and he was no doubt trying to give Mourinho and United a wake up call.
Pep is completely out of order coming out with that though.
For the same reason Raiola does everything he does - lots and lots of money.
Yup. Castles said that Raiola camp wanted new terms for Pogba's contract.
And there in a few sentences is why Raiola having so much influence at a club is a bad idea.
Since when has he done something without his clients say so?
Nah because in it he offered up Mkhi as well. It pre-dates him being dropped from McTominay and almost surely occurred during the January window before Mkhi moved to Arsenal.
What a leap. 'Kinnel...
If true Pogba needs to sack Raiola.
Renewing Pogba's contract will be a nightmare. Remember Donnarumma.
Thats it, I can't wrap my head around why he'd do it. Pogba whilst not at his best has been good and while Jose wants more from him I'd doubt he wants rid. By the same token I can't see why Pep would say this if not true, last thing he'll want to do is give Jose ammunition for a press room battle (given how the Spanish one went) or give United motivation for the weekend.
Maybe Raiola testing the waters... hard to figure out.
Jeez.. Raiola is a massive cnut, but that was a serious low blow by Pep.. not needed at all. I don't think even Jose would stoop that low to actually disclose such info.
Raiola just insulted Pep a few days ago.
To be fair to Guardiola and I think he's a hypocrite but Raiola called him a dog few days ago, he was replying to it.
Just to pick on what he's saying, two months ago Miki was at Arsenal.
It's the sort of vile stuff he spews - problem of getting involved with Raiola. Playing with fire does get you burned at some point...
I doubt Pogba would go to City. Raiola probably offered him to clubs which can afford his wages. Although this sorta confirms that he wanted out when he was dropped.
He obviously meant during January.
Of course he's going to hit back, its not two days since Raiola called Pep a coward and well heres the quote:
"Pep Guardiola, the coach, is fantastic. As a person he's an absolute zero. He's a coward, a dog. He’s a classic priest. 'Do as I tell you – don't do what I do...' If Manchester City win the Champions League this season it will emphasise what a good coach he is – but I'll hate it."
Raiola has issue with Pep over Zlatan's time at Barca, in fact his comments pretty much mirror those of Zlatan. Pep's response was like if I'm all these things why did he offer me Mkhi and Pogba.
I understand him wanting to respond and doing so.. but he could have said he offered me Mkhi and some other players (and left it open for speculation). It is very rare managers will disclose such info as they know it is very disrespectful to opposition manager and one day they could be on the receiving end. Plus him and Jose have been on decent terms since move to EPL.