12 Dec 2018 08:05:55
Hi all,
Thanks to the Eds as always.
Quick one for the Eds, was Pogba a Jose signing or a 'club' signing? Papers reporting today that he wasn't a Jose signing - this sort of opinion just confuses me so any clarity would be appreciated.
Hope everyone is well in the build up to the best time of year.

{Ed001's Note - the club do not make signings without the approval of the manager. This reminds me of the final days of Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool, when his friends in the media kept making up bull about the transfer committee calling the shots. Just like then, they conveniently ignore the fact that he has final say on incomings. If there is a disagreement, you end up in the situation you were in during last summer, when no consensus could be reached no signing arrives for the centre back position.}


1.) 12 Dec 2018
12 Dec 2018 09:06:57
Didn’t Jose try to bring Pogba to Chelsea prior to this? Jose has spent his entire career trying to protect his own reputation by throwing people under the bus that he parked.


2.) 12 Dec 2018
12 Dec 2018 15:33:46
I assume the deal was in the pipelines before jose mourinho came into the position but as ed001 said the move would have required mourinhos approval for it to go ahead.

Especiallly considering he had just got into the job, his authority was probanly at its highest when he first came in, everyone was optmistic that we had the right manager in.

Also when you come in and the midfield options are an ageing carrick, fellaini, herrera and an ageing wayne rooney, mourinho was never going to say no to paul pogba.


3.) 12 Dec 2018
12 Dec 2018 16:45:22
Why then were chelsea also targetting Pogba when Jose seemed to be there DSG. He wanted Pogba at chelsea then at Utd, just because he did not know what to do with pogba doesn't mean he never wanted him.