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Post by Dave on Aug 7, 2016 14:04:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 14:16:53 GMT
Wa to the hoo.
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Post by Dave on Aug 7, 2016 14:28:57 GMT
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Post by Jie on Aug 7, 2016 19:12:01 GMT
I'm still waiting for the official announcement, but hell yeah!
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Post by Dave on Aug 7, 2016 19:44:07 GMT
Manchester United 'perfect' for Paul Pogba, says Jose Mourinho www.skysports.com/football/n...ted-perfect-for-paul-pogba-says-jose-mourinho"United is the perfect club to bring him to the level he wants to be," Mourinho said after his side beat Leicester 2-1 at Wembley to win the Community Shield. "The Premier League is the perfect habitat if you want to be the best player in the world. If you go to Barca or Madrid you are in trouble, because I don't think the other two big guys will let you develop to that level. "Here he has the conditions to develop in the biggest worldwide championship, with a team that wants to bring Manchester United to the top again. We have everything to give him. Money he will get in any big club. He comes because he knows the club, the city, many of the players and to be part of the Man United project. "If it goes well in the medical, which I think he will - I see on Instagram he does kung-fu, karate, running, basketball, football - everything, so he must be fit - on Tuesday I will be there waiting for him, if that is the situation for us. "This has been a good window for us; [Eric] Bailly, Pogba, [Zlatan] Ibrahimobvic, [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan. One defender, one midfielder, one striker, one creative. The squad is good. "But we need to work a lot. We need more weeks of work. I am happy that for three weeks we have just a match for the weekend."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 21:24:54 GMT
I'm reading £89mil. If true I'm more than happy with that price. Don't really give a shit though, he's exactly the sort of midfielder we need and in my mind takes us from having a decent looking side to having a formidable side.
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Post by Dave on Aug 8, 2016 11:11:29 GMT
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Post by Dave on Aug 8, 2016 18:30:56 GMT
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Post by Jie on Aug 9, 2016 0:07:30 GMT
Official now! Manchester United is delighted to announce that Paul Pogba has completed his transfer from Italian club Juventus. Paul joins on a five-year contract, with the option to extend for a further year. Paul Pogba said: “I am delighted to rejoin United. It has always been a club with a special place in my heart and I am really looking forward to working with José Mourinho. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Juventus and have some fantastic memories of a great club with players that I count as friends. But I feel the time is right to go back to Old Trafford. I always enjoyed playing in front of the fans and can’t wait to make my contribution to the team. This is the right club for me to achieve everything I hope to in the game.” José Mourinho said: “Paul is one of the best players in the world and will be a key part of the United team I want to build here for the future. He is quick, strong, scores goals and reads the game better than many players much older than he is. At 23, he has the chance to make that position his own here over many years. He is young and will continue to improve; he has the chance to be at the heart of this club for the next decade and beyond.” [ManUtd] ESPN reported fee of £89m/$116 Good job Woody
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 6:26:00 GMT
I am so fucking ecstatic. The haters will hate but this kid always looked like he'd be something special and at Juve he's come on leaps and bounds. Yes it's a lot of money considering he left for next to nothing but who gives a shit? It's not my money! He's exactly what we're missing in that midfield area for me. I can't fucking wait to see him back on the pitch for us!
Welcome home Paul!
Also, just a side note. It says a huge amount about the stature of this club that despite recent tough times and no champions league football we've managed to land Pogba, Zlatan and Micky in one transfer window. I think we're one of only 3/4 clubs in the world who could've achieved this. People like to think we're a sinking ship but this proves our pull is as big as it's ever been.
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Post by Mani Khatra on Aug 9, 2016 6:33:35 GMT
What great news to wake up to. Also we are not paying any of the agent fees.
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Post by Jie on Aug 9, 2016 7:13:25 GMT
I've been jumping every time I get the ESPN notification for the past month but when I got one last night at 2:45 I knew it could only be Pogba. Woooohooooo! Still can't get over the excitement and I can't wait to see him on the pitch. I really hope he starts against Bournemouth.
Let me just put this here:
Paul, welcome back to Manchester United. How do you sum up your emotions right now?
There’s no words, to be honest, there’s no words. I just came back to Carrington. It was like I’d just come back home. I just went for a holiday, looks like I went for a holiday. I’ve come back home, I’m happy and I see everyone, the same persons. It’s just a great feeling, to be honest.
I suppose it’s a funny question after what you’ve just said but why are you back here at United? What made you come back?
I think it’s destiny, I would say it’s destiny. First my mum told me I would come back here and I told her, ‘You never know, you’ll see.’ For myself as well it’s a big challenge too, just to come back to where I came from, where I grew up, where I started. I didn’t finish what I started here so I think I came here to finish it.
And of course, you have to listen to your mum…
My mum, she says ‘Your mum’s always right.’ So she was right this time, so it’s good.
And how does it feel to be the world’s most expensive footballer? That’s quite an achievement with all that you’ve already achieved on the pitch…
The thing with me is I only think about the pitch. I want to do great, I want to be one of the best, I want to win titles, I want to achieve things and that’s all; that’s why I came here, just to do this, to become one of the best and to win titles because I know this club has to win titles. This club is created to win titles, to win things, to win big things. I just focus on this and that’s it. I’m just ready to go and work on that and just kill it. (smiles)
Has it been a mad summer for you, playing in the Euros at home for France and then being linked with different clubs? Yeah. Was there a bit of sadness?
Of course, because we lost the final at home. But I will say I’m happy. It was a bad thing for a good thing so I’m happy now. I’m back home and it’s something crazy, it’s really crazy, I cannot explain. I’m very, very happy, the feeling I have in my body. I can’t wait to start.
What’s it like being Paul Pogba now, compared to when you were here at 18 or 19, in this indoor arena at the Academy?
Well, I was younger. Now I’m taller and bigger (laughs). It’s just like… as I told you… it looks like I went for a holiday and I came back home. I was meant to come back here. I feel this. I always had this United thing in my heart and that’s why I came back. I’m happy, just happy.
How have you changed as a player since you were here at United the first time around? What have you learned about your game, about yourself? How are you different?
I’m more experienced, I’ve won titles at Juventus. I’ve been playing with big players like when I started at Man United, of course. I came back. I’ve not come back from the Academy now; I went to play somewhere else and I came back, I would say, as a person, as an adult. I would say with experience, with more games, so I think that’s the difference.
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Post by Jie on Aug 9, 2016 7:15:49 GMT
Oh and Mourinho said he could be here for the next decade, so fingers crossed. (Please don't be another Di Maria, please don't be another Di Maria, please don't be another Di Maria)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 7:20:57 GMT
I don't think there's any chance of him being another Di Maria. He's made for this league, he's one of the most athletic footballers around, quick and strong as an ox. I think he's going to be even better than people think, especially rival fans.
This signing makes us favourites for the title in my mind.
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Post by Jie on Aug 9, 2016 7:28:41 GMT
You said that last season
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