Pogba wanting to play with Wayne Rooney over Gonzalo Higuain
At United he will earn 13m after tax plus make more money through keeping his image rights. At Juve he currently earns 4,5m after tax. Raiola would make about 20m in this deal.
The whole deal is all about money. United couldn't convince Pogba with sporting prospects, so they did with money.
I still think we need to keep him and show some strength. We are in control and just should tell Raiola that Pogba will stay no matter what, regardless of the offer, regardless on whether he wants to leave or not. Bayern (even before the Bundesliga improved) or PSG for example wouldn't sell him under any circumstance, including the circumstance that Pogba may want to leave, despite not being part of La Liga or the EPL.
I really despise our whole "we are not a selling club, but if a player ask's to leave we immediately roll over and accept his request" mentality, that would be once and for all confirmed if Pogba gets sold. It would verify that Juve indeed is a selling club and would lead to many open questions. If someone in the EPL next year offers a crazy salary to Dybala and he wants to leave as a result of it, do we just let him? Or is Pogba just an exception? And if Pogba is just an exception and we are ready to keep players against their will, why not do it in the case of Pogba - this summer - to have at least for one season possibly one of the best teams Juve ever had?
Despite all the hype the reality is that without Pogba our midfield isn't world class and the team not nearly as good as hyped up as a result of it. Yes we made fantastic signings, but - and that seems to be forgotten - we also would have lost 3 important player with Pogba, Cuadrado and Morata, so Alves, Pjanic and Higuain are just replacements of important players.