His attitude is appalling at times , especially on Saturday.Did anyone watch the Hertha v Dortmund game?
I thought he looked bang average against a dreadful Hertha team. He looked disillusioned
His attitude is appalling at times , especially on Saturday.
Dortmund were terrible but that is no excuse for Haaland's hissy fits and arms on hips looking pissed.
He is already starting to show fake Ronaldo attitude and at his age and this stage of his career , it's not a positive sign.
Then the other German clubs should have some balls and stand up to the Munich's, but they don't.Could it also be that like his teammates he is deeply pissed off by the effrontery with which the Bundesliga is fixed every season so that only one club can win it?
Not dissimilar to PR37 rolling up at the rags to propel them back to where they think they belong.Slightly different with pogba as Madrid are still winning league titles now. Perhaps he fancies not only being the new face of Madrid but the new face of la liga. Where as here he would just be another superstar in a team full of them in the eyes of the media.
You could even argue having a huge role in getting Madrid back to the top of European football is far more appealing than just being another player at city. Taking my blue tinted specs off if I was him I’d certainly choose Madrid
Pogba joined a United battling for top4 in PL. Real Madrid are winning the league in Spain, and are in most peoples eyes one of 4 or 5 teams capable of winning CL, not exactly the same thing. The difference with United is that its clear to everyone City are better, and have been the more successful team, both domestically and in Europe, the last couple of years. In comparison to Real Madrid, its not as clear who is the better team (even if I would like to think its us), and they have been more successful than us the last decade.
Things that speak for us:
Premier League is considered a better league than the Spanish league (but around Europe not by such a great margin people in England seem to assume in general).
We have a spot free for him, Real Madrid have Benzema who is not moving in his position
He have some bounds to our club
We are arguably slightly better than Real Madrid at the moment (but that's debatable)
Things that speak for Real Madrid:
A move to Real Madrid is considered a bigger move than a move to City in most peoples eyes.
His brand would probably be bigger playing for the biggest club in the world
It would be easier for him to win Ballon D'or if we go by what history has shown us
People in general would rather live in Madrid than Manchester
It would probably be easier to score a insane amount of goals in Real Madrid than in the Premier League, putting him in a even better position when the time comes to his next big money move or next contract
I personally think he will join us as long as we pay what he could get elsewhere. But it seems strange to me to say that going to the most successful team in the world shows a lack of ambition. Would you also say that's the case if we weren't interested and he was choosing Real Madrid over Liverpool?
Rags are sniffing. Anything in it?I would. Pogba was in a winning team at Juventus and had offers from other winning teams when he decided to go back to United, who had gone only three years at that time without a Prem title.
He certainly didn't anticipate another five years of nothing coming after it.
My argument with regard Haaland and his ambition is quite simple. He would be joining a vastly superior team in City than Madrid.
He would be joining a vastly superior league.
He would be playing for the best manager in the game.
All those points above could be applied to Liverpool, certainly if you are a Liverpool fan!
I don't think it is a question of what he gets paid that will decide the outcome.
It will come down to what is best for his football right now, his father has said as much.
I just happen to believe if his ambition is about football in the here and now, then City are more attractive than Madrid, without obviously the things Madrid's exposure offers him, coupled with an incredible lifestyle.
No it’s not the same. Same as it isn’t the same as equating that “he will go to Madrid” because of nothing but mysticism and hearing the ACTUAL signs out of Madrid AND SPAIN. This is the “small detail” that people seem (or want) to ignoreSaying "he's 99% off to madrid" is just as silly and based on nothing as people here saying "there's no change he'll move to madrid" and I am not sure why people love to just shout random gibberish
There was a quote from Mino a couple of weeks ago that I should have, but didn’t, gone after in the original language to see if it was a mistake in translation, but he seemed to imply that he wasn’t sure the player himself could make the decision of where to play next? So I think father and agent play a strong role in this. And that’s not a bad thing for us, regardless of what people thinkI would. Pogba was in a winning team at Juventus and had offers from other winning teams when he decided to go back to United, who had gone only three years at that time without a Prem title.
He certainly didn't anticipate another five years of nothing coming after it.
My argument with regard Haaland and his ambition is quite simple. He would be joining a vastly superior team in City than Madrid.
He would be joining a vastly superior league.
He would be playing for the best manager in the game.
All those points above could be applied to Liverpool, certainly if you are a Liverpool fan!
I don't think it is a question of what he gets paid that will decide the outcome.
It will come down to what is best for his football right now, his father has said as much.
I just happen to believe if his ambition is about football in the here and now, then City are more attractive than Madrid, without obviously the things Madrid's exposure offers him, coupled with an incredible lifestyle.
Lmao this is hilarious. Raiola is the only **** agent around. The rest are okay. Jorge Mendes is a saint.Can we sign him on a condition that he ditches his agent.
thinking that you're not indulging in pure speculation and copium because you think you read the tea leaves better is narcissisticNo it’s not the same. Same as it isn’t the same as equating that “he will go to Madrid” because of nothing but mysticism and hearing the ACTUAL signs out of Madrid AND SPAIN. This is the “small detail” that people seem (or want) to ignore
No I don’t think I read the tea leaves better, I just don’t ignore them. Notice I haven’t ruled out the option. I am just not choosing to enhance it based on mysticism rather than rooted evidence. But go ahead and make it about personality. Very maturethinking that you're not indulging in pure speculation and copium because you think you read the tea leaves better is narcissistic
I agree with a lot you say but one major point is Pep, will be still be here in 18 months time?I would. Pogba was in a winning team at Juventus and had offers from other winning teams when he decided to go back to United, who had gone only three years at that time without a Prem title.
He certainly didn't anticipate another five years of nothing coming after it.
My argument with regard Haaland and his ambition is quite simple. He would be joining a vastly superior team in City than Madrid.
He would be joining a vastly superior league.
He would be playing for the best manager in the game.
All those points above could be applied to Liverpool, certainly if you are a Liverpool fan!
I don't think it is a question of what he gets paid that will decide the outcome.
It will come down to what is best for his football right now, his father has said as much.
I just happen to believe if his ambition is about football in the here and now, then City are more attractive than Madrid, without obviously the things Madrid's exposure offers him, coupled with an incredible lifestyle.
He certainly would need to be involvedI agree with a lot you say but one major point is Pep, will be still be here in 18 months time.
If Pep does leave at the end of his contract, Little Alf will only have his incredible coaching for 1 season and who knows what will happen post Pep.
It's a big problem for any club with a manager going into the last 18 months of a contract, even more so with the best manager in the world.He certainly would need to be involved
I agree with a lot you say but one major point is Pep, will be still be here in 18 months time?
If Pep does leave at the end of his contract, Little Alf will only have his incredible coaching for 1 season and who knows what will happen post Pep.
Madrid are a huge draw, a magnificent new stadium, stunning location and instant fame and unless Barca perform the second coming, Real will be dominating for the foreseeable future.
No I don’t think I read the tea leaves better, I just don’t ignore them. Notice I haven’t ruled out the option. I am just not choosing to enhance it based on mysticism rather than rooted evidence. But go ahead and make it about personality. Very mature
I can to, but I would think that a player of the level of Haaland would want assurances that Pep is staying and Khaldoon would for that matter.Maybe I'm a dreamer but I really can see Pep extending for another 3 seasons on top of his current contract. That would take him to the 10 years point that seems to be the 'statue' level. He just seems to be very happy here. The idea that he'd do 7 seasons was unfathomable when he joined and yet here we are. The only thing that threatens if is if he wins the CL, I think he'll consider it job done then.