Paul Pogba

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As a free transfer and a reasonable salary and not close to what he earned at United, plus if Gundogan leaves I think it's a no brainer. He did not realize a tenth of his potential. Pogba is a good player, he is tall and physical what we lack in our midfield, I usually do not believe people can change, certainly not at the age of 29, but I have a feeling that if he chooses to come to us to work with Pep and win trophies rather than to choose the big money and convenience of Paris , we should give him a chance.
 
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This has got to be for Pogba's peace of mind as much as anything else. His experience of having his house burgled, being booed and shouted at for not being able to elevate the dross he's surrounded by, and slaughtered by media and his supports alike for getting a fucking haircut must make him and his family cautious about whether he'll be given a fair shake at City.

Given that this thread is full of shouty, bad takes that could have been lifted straight from the back page of the Daily Mail or Sun and you can see why.
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This ^^^^
 
He speaks Spanish and his wife is Bolivian so Spain makes sense.

If the kids were school age I could see why he might want to stay put but they're still very little.

I still like the idea but can't see it happening.
 
ADegenerate said:
His names in the mud. He’d have to take a pay cut to join us. He’s mint for France and he’d be obligated to be his best for us or he won’t play. He’s either top class or he’s not and hell’ll have to prove that here. It’s an ambitious move on his part.
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Does he look like he gives a shit,as for being mint against France, how many good teams do they even face. He's not top class, never has been and wouldn't get anywhere near this first team
 
inatbothends said:
I can’t believe public opinion would be a factor. If you wanted to recruit someone because you were convinced they could improve your team, anyone else’s opinion would be irrelevant
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Agree totally. If pep wants him and the club want to back pep then I really can’t imagine them reading bluemoon and backing out of a deal because of posters on here not wanting the player! Lol Maybe it’s because it’s free and it allows us to go for Frenkie De Jong as well?
 
plebhead8 said:
The idea of this is definitely growing on me, but does this mean Pep would plan to play Pogba or Gundo as the #6 cover seeing as Dinho is gone
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I would assume Pogba if he came. Gundog has never shown the physicality or tenacity needed to be a consistent top level #6 in the PL & I'm pretty sure he's stated he prefers playing further forward where he's most effective anyway.

I think he's also entering into his final 12 months of his contract & stated his current lack of game time as an issue. It could be that his time with us is drawing to a close, but he's been a fantastic addition to our squad.
 
A personal number plate adds nothing to function, purely a vanity, "hey look what i can afford", pogba once had that appeal to some.
Not now. Having a useful passing range can never make up for his deficiencies in everything else.
 
Couple of observations, regardless of whether we get him:

The idea of "working hard" and "pressing" have become a bit conflated in the English football world. Pressing high up the pitch only works when the whole team does it and does it well. Fans might like it when a player runs around and chases dead ball, I certainly do, but it's not really anything to do with a good, well drilled press. You rarely see Rodri or Gundogan do that, positional play is just important. To put it lightly, none of United's managers have been coaching this. Any player who has played for us will have to be positionally disciplined, but I don't doubt he'd be able to do it.
 
Champions again in 2012 said:
I thought Pep dealt with this a few ago by saying he had been offered to us but we weren’t interested. I don’t think we will sign him out of sympathy because his agent has passed away, at least I hope not. He's one lazy fucker in my view.
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He said at the time that we couldn't afford him but he's a great talent I think.
 
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