That's an interesting point.
It's just I think that if Pogba played for Pep (anywhere, City or otherwise) then Pep would improve him. Whilst I understand the logic, I think it's unfair to Pogba to cast him as this lazy - weak mentality kind of player. That's how fans of other sides used to talk about Sterling.
Now obviously Pep has a bit of a track record with cleaning out prima-donnas. But with the exception of Ibrahimovic, all the aforementioned players that fit that category were players in the team before he became manager. Plus on top of that, City as a club seem to have a process of vetting out 'unfavourable' characters in the scouting process.
Yet for two summers we were heavily linked with him and rumoured to be legitimately pursuing the transfer. In fact I believe the price-tag was the stumbling block for two summers in a row. What that tells me is that people within the club were satisfied with his work ethic and mentality, certainly enough to meet Guardiola's demands. Although Gundogan was signed in the end as a much cheaper alternative.
Weirdly, despite this debate and others, I need to make it clear I don't want Pogba. He's far too tainted for me. But I just don't believe he's anywhere near as bad as anyone likes to say. To the extent that if we did sign him,for some crazy reason, he'd be good.
On a slightly separate note, here's a fan survey from June 2016 where City fans polled seemed to have Pogba as their first choice signing, back from a time when it wasn't clear he'd be a United player one day. Now obviously that doesn't affect whether he's actually good enough or not, but it does lend itself to the theory that playing for United (a Mourinho United no less) has maybe swayed opinion unfairly.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ews/guardiola-man-city-2016-signings-11435227
