Ignore the blah, blah, blah - the Paul Pogba thread

Maybe what he wants us for us to stop playing shit football and engage teams higher up the pitch?

 

quite frankly, this is disappointing right after the captain's arm band.

 

I think what he is saying is backing to his managers. Maybe he is disappointed as well by the board for not signing players. I am fine with it.

 

I honestly think he's annoyed by all the things said or written to him in the media. We're automatically going towards negative thoughts, precisely because that's what the ABU media are trying to feed us.
Him not being happy at United, completely flies in contradiction with his comments right before those came out.
So, I think his anger and frustration are directed at the (ABU) media, not at the club.

 

www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/11470668/paul-pogba-opens-up-on-his-mental-state-at-manchester-united

I think this article highlights the point in the previous post. As much as Pogs enjoys being inthe limelight, he (rightfully so, I might add) get testy about the falsehoods and some of the stories peddled by the media about him.
And the British media can be the worse in that aspect as well. Just as he was frustrated prior to the WC, I imagine the same is happening here.
And maybe that can be a good thing for us inthe end. A Pogs with something to prove can be lethal as we've just witnessed in Russia...

 

And no one here read these quotes as an indictment of the manager? He keeps implying how he will never stop fighting for his team mates and the fans. He says nothing of the manager and management. He also says he loves the club.

 

It's clear he's talking about Jose. They've fallen out. It's going to be a long year.

 

Pogba flexing his muscles and showing Mourinho the power he has at the moment?

www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/11470783/paul-pogba-demonstrating-power-to-jose-mourinho-at-manchester-united-says-sam-wallace

Thankfully though, I think it can be safely said now that we are a point, if it's really Pogba v Mourinho, there will be only one winner and it won't be the manager. The club will do whatever it takes to appease Pogs. Way too important to us...
Still believe there is a lot of ABU media spin in those stories coming out as they are in direct contradiction with the most latest comments from both sides. And after all, this is exactly what some portion of the press does in England. This is nothing new, especially when it comes to United.

 

Of course.

 

Paul Pogba: 'if you're not happy, you cannot give your best'

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...aptain?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

 

but why? he named him captain, designated pk taker, and said he had a monster performance.

my belief is that is that a narrative is being constructed to put pressure on united to sell next year. they know he's got a long term contract and united has the financial power to turn down even a 200 mil offer. the only play is to make the situation untenable. mino is behind this.

 

So one comment by Jose (a clear attempt to get him onside) means everything is good between them?

 

julien laurens debunked any rift between jose and pogba, and he's one of the most connected journalists to the french nt. people are quick quick to forget that mourinho defended pogba even against scholes last year. if it was only a mourinho thing, pogba could get him fired like, say, cristiano got benitez fired. he's got that kind of juice right now.

this is bigger than mourinho. i truly believe pogba wants to to go, i saw that as a reaction to not getting a move to barca.you guys actually believe that mino has been shopping pogba around to city, juve, real and barça without his consent?

now, its not because he wants to go that he'll get his wish. neymar and hazard want to go to real, after all.

 

It is very clearly an issue with Jose and Pogba. Jose is trying to make up for it now because it's getting pretty clear the club is going to back Pogba over Jose. His comments are clear without being specific.

 

He's clearly not the designated PK taker. He had to convince Alexis to let him take that PK.

He's also not the first captain. Valencia is the first captain and Smalling is the 2nd. Jose said so during preseason. On top of that Jose already reduced the value of the captains arm and when he said:

“But I never care much about the captaincy, I care more about the life in the dressing room and the leaders. The armband means what it means.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...sfer-club-america-jose-mourinho-a8456081.html

Your theory is possible, or maybe he is just not happy with Jose and his tactics and his mouth.

 

Pogba right now is at £300k/wk (and that's before what he earns from endorsements). It's not like he's massively underpaid, considering how he's performed with the club so far (solid but not consistently great).
If he performs consistently at the level we've seen from him at the WC with France (or just in the game vs Leicester), Pogs will get what's coming to him.
Now, he may have some kind of beef seeing Sanchez getting 500k/wk, but he's repeatedly said he's not asked for more money. Bottom line, the club will surely be glad to give him more: he needs to earn it.

 

You have a link for this debunking of the rift between Jose and Pogba?

Theres plenty evidence to see why Pogba would be upset with Jose. There's not much to suggest he's happy.

 

thats actually what inmeant, that mino is building a narrative through the media.

 

espnfc, videos section.

 

jose could always be lying but he he said that pogba was first choice for pk after the game.

 

Then just look it up. Pogs was the club's highest earner prior to Sanchez's arrival,closing in on £300k/wk, ahead of Lukaku who is at 200-250, depending on the source.
Ozil, who just got bumped in February is at 350/wk. I have no issues with saying that Pogba ought to be on the same level (or should be getting what's coming to him) but if he wants to be paid on a level close to the top earners in the game, he needs to show he deserves to do so.
If he was a lock as one of the top players in the league, then by all means, give him as much as he wants. But he's not there yet. Hopefully, this year changes that and I will be all for him getting a massive raise, as he will have deserved it.
But right now, he's not underpaid at 300k/wk.