That's surely is more than a coincidence
Was gonna say exactly the same but you beat me to it.. doh!! ya see what I did there.hmmm... Don't believe in coincidences Sean!
Please let this be a sign that a deal is imminent. I want Pogba as much as anyone but if we can get De Bruyne in I really won't be too.bothered if we miss out on Pog.
I agree BluePhil8....if we can get De Bruyne done, it will take a bit of the pressure off...both are important to our long term plans but I see a team with De Bruyne, Sterling and Delph in the starting line-up, a big improvement and more than capable of getting the prem back this season...this week should be interesting!;)
Well, if anything it's at least more creative than catching a cold.
Pogba would elevate the club to the next level, but brings some serious selection dilemmas as well, and balancing that squad will be difficult.
That'd be my only concern if we get Pogba aswell. It would seem like Pogba and Yaya would be fighting for a place alongside Fernandinho or Delph who would be doing the same. Putting the two in alongside one another would be tactical suicide.
Don't get me wrong there will be a hell of a lot of games to be played so they'd inevitably get more than enough minutes but who's no.1 in the biggest matches? Would we spend £70m on a lad and then have him as Yaya's backup, or do it the other way around, buy lots of cake and hope for the best?
The thing is, £7m/£70m, at their best Yaya is a better player still so it kind of nullifies the price tag.That'd be my only concern if we get Pogba aswell. It would seem like Pogba and Yaya would be fighting for a place alongside Fernandinho or Delph who would be doing the same. Putting the two in alongside one another would be tactical suicide.
Don't get me wrong there will be a hell of a lot of games to be played so they'd inevitably get more than enough minutes but who's no.1 in the biggest matches? Would we spend £70m on a lad and then have him as Yaya's backup, or do it the other way around, buy lots of cake and hope for the best?
That's what I worry about as well. You definitely can't play Pogba-Yaya as a midfield 2 in any semi-serious game, Fernandinho or Delph needs to be there to give it some semblance of defensive stability. So either you bench the £70m+ signing (not going to happen) or you bench Yaya - likely to make him unsettled and also insane given his wages etc.
The other option would be to go 4-3-3 and that means dropping Merlin (not going to happen) or a £50m signing in either De Bruyne or Sterling.
It's going to be a managerial nightmare unless Yaya knows he's likely to be on the bench a lot, and knew that when he decided to stay (I seem to remember he was 90% likely to leave at one point according to his agent).