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

Agreed. It was a much better move for him than here or PSG. But from everything I’ve seen he’s struggled so far.

 

He just turned 20 in August and had been with Ajax since he was 9. New country, new language, new league, it’s going to take sometime for him to get used too. I don’t doubt that we’ll see a return to form next year.

 

Can't say I've seen much of him since he left Ajax but he's barely 20 and transitioning to life in a new country and new style of play. Gotta work through some of these inconsistencies and he'll be back to his best.

 

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Easy to forget that it's almost been 4yrs since he's been at the club. And he doesn't have much to show for it, be it in trophies (just 3, including the CS all dating back to his 1st season). Or even just be part of a team in a position to compete for that matter. Don't think it's farfetched to say that he'd consider this as 4 lost yrs in terms of his club career.
And at 27 by the time summer rolls around and eventhough he's just entering his prime, it can be argued that his years at the top of his game could be limited. Very easy under these circumstances to understand why he'd want to move on. It's a pity, especially since it never had to be this way...​

 

It's a pity, especially since it never had to be this way. Fyp

 

What a waste.

 

It's pretty much accepted at this point that Pogba will leave this summer. The club forced him to stay this term, when he had implicitly stated he wanted to leave and it hasn't worked out for anyone concerned.
Woodward and the board would be extremely foolish to repeat that same mistake. We still can get close to max value for him also (120-130mil at minimum). The surprise would be Pogs extending his contract.

 

He needs to go this summer. At this point it’s best for all parties involved. We can’t rebuild our midfield without the money from his sale and remove him as the face of the club and he can’t reach his potential with us.

 

Agreed. We should let him go because he's too good for us. At best we can aim to replace him with someone with a slightly lower ceiling but who is 5 years away from hitting it, or we can buy a finished article who isn't nearly as good but at least fits the team more directly and then hope to get an academy player who is nearly as good as Pogba. But Pogba's the best outfield player we'll see at the club for a long time, and it's so depressing that we've squandered him in near totality.

 

United are torn over what to do with Pogba.

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...paul-pogba-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-a4356971.html

Might be only a 20-30mil difference but I simply don't see anyone being able to pony up 150mil for Pogba unfortunately. And I shudder at the thought of what will happen if United plant their feet again and force him to stay.
Take 120-130mil for him, run and go all out after Sancho (and add more on top to secure Soumare). Best outcome for everyone concerned at this stage.Would provide a strong foundation going forward, in conjunction with what we already have, to build for future.

 

Wonder if they’d swap him for Rakitic

 

The rackitic from a few years ago I would have taken in a heartbeat. not so sure if he is a player we should be looking at right now

 

Don't feed the cvnt troll.

 

Bummer! My bad

 

Pogba for Rakitic? GTFO.

Rakitic was good like 3 years ago and Barca have been trying to get him to ******** off ever since. And by all accounts hes a bit of a twat as well.

Sell Pogba to Madrid, PSG, or Juve for 120 mil or so. Go big on Sancho (if he even gives us the time of day), and focus everything else on the midfield. Something like Partey and Grealish would actually be decent and relatively inexpensive. Although I dont know if a midfield 3 of Bruno, Grealish, and Partey would work.

Before anyone mentions it, I know I shit on Grealish in the past and that we should aim higher. But hes a solid midfield option if we are focusing our money elsewhere. If we cant get Sancho, get a more modestly priced RW and spend big on Saul (again, he probably wants nothing to do with us).

 

You think Partey wants something to do with us?

 

I’m not sure Grealish wants anything to do with us.

 

Our situation is only going to get worse as players cross paths and discuss how shit we are from top to bottom. It pings my heart to think of Lukaku texting Pogba after this summer and saying, "glad you made it out, mate."

 

If we were a top 10 destination he would

 

Thats many hopes and desires...

 

Who gives a shit about Lukaku. All I took away from his time here is confirmation of what I already thought about him...big fish, small pond player. He'll be good at smaller clubs and whenever he makes the jump to a bigger one he'll crumble.

 

He’s keep to be fair ( that’s being generous)