I think that type of setup could work but I fear Matic' legs are not going to hold out hence the need for someone to cover. Not sure if Longstaff would be up to that role should we happen to sign him as I've not seen him play. But time will tell. Hoping we get Bruno in soon. Think that team could get us a lot goals.
Pogba Future
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
Was just asking a genuine question, interested to hear how Utd fans are feeling about it. For the record I think Pogba has been a liability for you guys and will be better off rid.
Well I didn't say that based on 1 post. Yeah, player who scores, assists so many goals and create chances is a clear liability.
Tbh I could live with an off season as long as it represented progress. Even if we just about scraped 4th but play some cohesive football and start to look like an actual team, I'll be happy.
Ideally our players will gel well and we can just add some top quality players next summer.
Yeah Pogba leaving next season is a banker. Hopefully he gives us a proper season that puts us in a decent position to kick on
Even with those sales can they really afford him? They've already spent over €300 million.
Yeah I do agree with you though. He definitely needs to sign a new contract. I feel that we may have promised him that he can leave next summer, a la Ronaldo, so he shouldn't be too unhappy if that's the case
In parts:
1. Yes, I'm saying Sigurdsson is a midfielder. Are you saying he's not?
2. It doesn't matter if Pogba has the most goals and assists on the team. It only proves that he's better than Jesse Lingard
. It's still underwhelming. And if he wasn't on pens (he got 8 goals from that alone) his stats would be even worse.3. Laugh at the notion that his transfer fee is not an issue. Any employer will demand results according to how costly the employee is. Pogba was not hired to be our best player. He was hired to be world class, and that he has been not.
PS. I dismiss your sarcasm as referring to me as a fan between quotes. If anything, I am the one defending the club over a player who has leeched us, delivered way less than he could and now wants to leave when we are down to add insult to injury.
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name the world class players you know that aren't surrounded by quality team-mates
Absolutely. Let's see how great we are when the toxic Pogba leaves. People enjoy the midfield of Scott, Matic and Fred. We lost 2 midfielders already and losing Pogs too? Are we going to sign 3 others.....no chance. Some on here need a reality check as this might be the worse team since SAF. Pogs or Rom might be not fans favourite but who's going to score the 25+ goals walking out the door.....?
I wouldn't want him in my team.
Might as well let him go now than keep him for one more season. Will he.give 100%.???
Not many.
Gareth Bale.
I think this season we should't expect to much just hope we do well. It will be interesting to see who else we sign. I definitely agree with the part in bold, I just want to see us progress and see what Ole's style of play is like after a full preseason.
I agree on Pogba also, if he stays he plays consistently to the best of his ability and doesn't jog about and moan. As Ole says it is a building process which is going to take some time, so I am willing to be patient as long as the signs are there that we progressing. I think if we get the right players in and they gel well top 4 is in reach this year. Providing we do that we should be a more appealing proposition to quality players next summer then keep on building from there hopefully mate.
One positive is when Ole said "I want a Man Utd team to be one of the hardest working, fittest teams and that will bring results" I hope this happens and the results improve accordingly.
I naively used the Ballon D'or ranking and I would say that Pogba and Hazard are the only ones.
Is that a joke? Bale isn't even the best player in his club.
Will he give 100%.
Will he cause more unrest with the other players. I would rather he be sold and rebuild Now.
Eh?????
If we give that contract nobody will be able to afford his wages and he is staying. For very long.
It's true. You don't see him playing with Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods
I'm not convinced he will give 100% should he stay and he may cause unrest which is the last thing we need right now in the middle of a rebuild.
We need hungry, focused players who are willing to use up every bit of energy and willing to give their last drop of sweat for the cause, which I don't think he will do and for these reasons, I am of the same opinion that I rather we sell him and rebuild now like you said mate.
what unrest has Pogba caused with the other players?
Sure, his club were on track to lose the CL final to a team with Karius in goal until the Welsh maestro emerged from the bench to score a spectacular brace and break the Kloppites hearts. Of course because the Spanish media are racist as feck he got no credit and instead they gave all the credit to Ramos for being a dirty cnut and fecking up Salah.
I'm really hoping that we don't give him that contract mate. That is the figure I've read we are supposedly offering him and I hope it's not true as I agree nobody else is going to be able to give him those wages which are astronomical by any standard and something which I definitely think he doesn't deserve.
You don't think that there is a small hint here? And you are talking about the team with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Yet is was Gareth who scored the goals to win the trophy and not for the first time in his stay at Real. With CR7 gone to Juventus he was the only class player left in that squad as evidenced by the fact that they bombed last year and Zidane only came back after getting assurances he could buy half a new first team in his first window.
Yep, the only unrest is from Martial saying why did Pogs think he could escape this shit team yet leave me behind after just signing this contract. Pogs for me is like that good player on your school team who's off sick, the unrest is you know the teams shite without him.....
So you are going to genuinely argue that Gareth Bale at Real Madrid didn't had quality teammates? I'm lost of words.
Well I might be biased as a result of being Welsh but he was honestly the most gifted player in that team last year.
Totally agree pal, nice to see some optimism on here for once haha
It doesn't matter if I agree but it's not the question that you were asked. The question was which world class player doesn't have quality teammates. It would have been daft to mention a Real Madrid player this season and it's even worse when you are referring to Real Madrid with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Imo he will sign another contract, stay another year and the move to Madrid.
If he signs a new contract, Pogba will be worth £200 million next summer.
The unrest he has caused are concerning his bonuses which are supposedly £50,000 per goal scored and £20,000 per goal created, which the rest of the team don't get get which has supposedly caused some animosity.
When did that happen?
He most likely won't sign a new contract without a release clause, he wants out that's pretty clear.
I did say last year, Ronaldo played for Juve last year and poor Gareth was stuck with donkeys like Isco and Benzema.
We don't do release clauses and if I'm not mistaken, they are prohibited by law in the PL.
Alderweireld has one, doesn't he?
Don't know how that works, it might be that I've seen some wrong information.
Either way, United don't ever include release clauses. Supposedly one of the main reasons we backed off from the De Ligt deal is Raiola's insistence on having one. Maybe it's true.
Not sure exactly when it is supposed to have happened. The article I read is from two months ago and not sure how much substance there is to it. That is why I said supposedly, which allegedly came from a United source and there is also supposedly a similar situation regarding Sanchez' bonus.