29 Jun 2016 23:17:43
The reliable Macca of the Liverpool page has just said we will sign Pogba. Wow. Proxy Trolling?
{Ed091's Note - its very left field, but macca is certainly not a troll.
29 Jun 2016 23:41:21
Tongue and cheek, Ed. I'm just a bit flabbergasted. Trying my best here not to lose it. I give more credence to what he says than a breaking Sly, yellow banner.
29 Jun 2016 23:56:19
Maccas been very reliable for years.
30 Jun 2016 05:56:47
Liverpool fan here:
Not sure why Utd are so desperate to sign Pogba. Granted he is one of the best in his position, but he wants to play for Real and that itself should be enough to switch a club like Utd's attention elsewhere. A transfer fee of around 100 million and another 250k a week salary is just ridiculous.
There are plenty of other quality mids around that would love to play for Jose.
30 Jun 2016 06:59:38
Indian buzzer
I would also be worried if we signed a player whos main ambition was to play europa league which is the level we are at right now. We have to accept that we will not always be a players first choice.
30 Jun 2016 07:26:29
DSG, my backside has more ambition than football players.
Pogba's a mercenary who wants money, fame and anything he can get his hands on. Joining Real will give him that, take his stature to a new level and make him a marketing machine. Not only that, Madrid's a much better place to live than Manchester. If u think winning trophies is why Pogba wants Real, your mistaken.
Playing UCL football is just a poor pathetic excuse for footballers to keep fans off their backs. If Pogba is so ambitious, why not stay where he is and win Serie A every year and challenge for UCL? Or is it because Juve cannot afford his ridiculous wage demands and his agent sees Man Utd or Real as a way out to make even more money?
If UCL is so precious to footballers, then why are world class players not queuing up and begging Spurs or Leicester to sign them? I will tell u why: both clubs have a wage structure they do not want to break and will not pay over the odds for big egos. that's why.
30 Jun 2016 07:42:58
Indian, u say that about Leicester and spurs but at the same time there not queuing up to join Liverpool who don't have as strict a wage budget.
We will struggle to get anywhere near the money back? So he comes in, does well and we sell at a loss? Odd.
30 Jun 2016 07:44:22
Same goes for Mkhitaryan and Mane. Why does Micky want to leave a Champions League club for one in Europa? Why was he not interested in a move to Arsenal who are also in UCL next season? Its because of the money, nothing to do with ambition. Man Utd are paying him and his agent more than Arsenal or Dortmund could afford.
Same goes for Mane, moving from a club in Europa to one without any European football.
30 Jun 2016 08:55:17
Of course it's about the money every thing is about money I don't see why players get slated for this they have the talent unfortunately it's only for a relatively short period that this talent can be utilized players being the human beings that they are will take advantage and earn as much as possible when they still can I would challenge anybody who would do differently to speak up. It's their job am sure all who read this are constantly looking for a better deal in whatever they do day in day out its the world we live in accept it move on. Let's not forget before he left he really did want to play for us it's not his fault that he didn't.
30 Jun 2016 09:31:53
Obviously money has something to do with it but there are still players out there that want to play for Manchester United, we still have that pull as much as other clubs fans would love to think we don't anymore. I have a Liverpool mate who keeps saying 'why would so and so want to come to you, you aren't a big club anymore'. He said it about Mourinho, and has said it about a few of our signings, yet for some reason they keep wanting to come to this 'small club'.
Being able to offer great wages has also come from the success we have had in building the club up to be so big, so no point in complaining about the kind of player that brings.
30 Jun 2016 10:37:43
The culture in football for hating on players for going after money is crazy.