Oh my God that would be beautiful, Jem, it really would be. Imagine how amazing that moment would be? And you know what his response would be?
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Yeah getting a top CM is what i am talking about and don't tell me Matuidi is one because very far from that.
We knew we are selling Pogba for a long time by how thing folded, so we could've moved quickly to get a top MF to replace him.
Our aim is the CL, and it's clear by our acquisitions and to achieve that you don't go and weaken what made a great team the last years.
I am ok with selling Pogba if it meant the overall quality of the team is raised, which maybe we did. But we are one injury away for Pjanic/Dybala and we are done.
We knew we are selling Pogba for a long time by how thing folded, so we could've moved quickly to get a top MF to replace him.
Our aim is the CL, and it's clear by our acquisitions and to achieve that you don't go and weaken what made a great team the last years.
I am ok with selling Pogba if it meant the overall quality of the team is raised, which maybe we did. But we are one injury away for Pjanic/Dybala and we are done.
Can people just stop spreading bs that we paid Raiola's fee? I know that the club announced we made like a ~75mln profit out of the deal but if we did pay Raiola's fee than what happened to Pogba's wages we've been paying to him for four years? We easily spent around 15 mln for his salary during his time here. Where are those monies?
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... and replace them with lgor Tudor from tuz
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Remains to be seen how this group will perform, Scudetto is no worry, we are definetely winning that.
The aim is to go far in the CL, and the team that made the final, strongest point was the MF, now we moved away from that, we are very thin at the MF. One injury to Pjanic and we have no Creativity in the MF.
My only concern is that its clear we knew Pogba was leaving, why didn't we move quicky to get quality players to replace him and have an insurrance when the inevitable will happen and Khedira will go down and Marchisio will never be the same player.
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30 + mil for 29 years old Matuidi is absurd. Let alone the wages he'll command to come here knowing he's on huge wages right now.
Pjanic doesn't replace Pogba?
Signing Higuain, Pjanic, Dani Alves, Benatia, Matuidi
xfinger and Cuadrado xfinger and selling Pogba and Morata and the team is only maybe stronger. Come on...
Signing Higuain, Pjanic, Dani Alves, Benatia, Matuidi
xfinger and Cuadrado xfinger and selling Pogba and Morata and the team is only maybe stronger. Come on...
The aim is to go far in the CL, and the team that made the final, strongest point was the MF, now we moved away from that, we are very thin at the MF. One injury to Pjanic and we have no Creativity in the MF.
My only concern is that its clear we knew Pogba was leaving, why didn't we move quicky to get quality players to replace him and have an insurrance when the inevitable will happen and Khedira will go down and Marchisio will never be the same player.
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30 + mil for 29 years old Matuidi is absurd. Let alone the wages he'll command to come here knowing he's on huge wages right now.
I understand your concerns @Cheesio , I really do, but I think your stance on these issues lack a bit of nuance. For instance, an injury to Pjanic won't mean that we will have "no" creativity in midfield, because against Fiorentina we created plenty. That Pjanic is our most creative midfielder, though, I will not dispute. He certainly is. Same with your stance on Matuidi. According to you he "can't pass", "can't shoot" etc. I'm not saying Matuidi is at Pogba's level or anything, because clearly he is not. But it's just way too harsh, mane. I'm not Matuidi's biggest fan either, objectively speaking, and I believe I have uttered earlier in the summer that I hope we get someone else. At this point, though, I'm more positive about it, as I now see him as the best we can bring in compared to other options.
The fact that our net spend this summer (aquisitions & sales) are around the zero mark, I don't have much qualms about the transfer fee either. We're getting a very experienced midfielder, who had plenty of good matches for PSG and France. It could be worse.
The fact that our net spend this summer (aquisitions & sales) are around the zero mark, I don't have much qualms about the transfer fee either. We're getting a very experienced midfielder, who had plenty of good matches for PSG and France. It could be worse.
The whole point of this mercato is to make the team so much stronger in almost every position, it's obvious. We've only signed quality players including starters. So as you say if we receive an injury to someone important like Pjanic/Dybala, it shouldn't affect us too much because the overall quality of the team is very high. They have seen that already in 14-15 with Tevez carrying the whole team to the final.
We signed Pjanic before the transfer window opened, how is that not replacing him quickly since they knew he was leaving??? Matuidi is exactly the insurance, a high level reliable player that will help us to challenge for the CL for a few years. He's expensive but there weren't many good options the whole window, we were linked with Mascherano but he decided to stay. 30m for a high level midfielder from a reluctant PSG is not absurd. Expensive maybe but not absurd.
We signed Pjanic before the transfer window opened, how is that not replacing him quickly since they knew he was leaving??? Matuidi is exactly the insurance, a high level reliable player that will help us to challenge for the CL for a few years. He's expensive but there weren't many good options the whole window, we were linked with Mascherano but he decided to stay. 30m for a high level midfielder from a reluctant PSG is not absurd. Expensive maybe but not absurd.
Pretty much this. I talked about robbery, but was just ranting a bit. As I said before, this comission thing is just a cover for a third part owning player's rights.
And imo it's likely Pogba got a big chunk of that, so he could be also interested on a milliionaire move - he was going to make astronomical wages anyway.
And imo it's likely Pogba got a big chunk of that, so he could be also interested on a milliionaire move - he was going to make astronomical wages anyway.
2015: sell 28yr old Arturo Vidal, the best box-to-box CM in the world, for 37+3.
2016: buys 29 yr old Blaise Matuidi for 30+4.
The player doesn't impress me, I have the feeling he cant really pass well.
He is old, too expensive, clearly overpriced, brings stuff we already have.
The "old" factor is because as posted - we are becoming dangerously too old now. We just fucked up the balance we had before the offseason. In 2 or 3 years we will be royally fucked to offload these huge salaries and not much of transfer fees coming in.
I trust Marotta and bla bla, but this doesnt look like a good decision at all, and it can have important repercussions.
2016: buys 29 yr old Blaise Matuidi for 30+4.
The player doesn't impress me, I have the feeling he cant really pass well.
He is old, too expensive, clearly overpriced, brings stuff we already have.
The "old" factor is because as posted - we are becoming dangerously too old now. We just fucked up the balance we had before the offseason. In 2 or 3 years we will be royally fucked to offload these huge salaries and not much of transfer fees coming in.
I trust Marotta and bla bla, but this doesnt look like a good decision at all, and it can have important repercussions.
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