Manchester United have confirmed that Paul Pogba will undergo a medical at their AON training centre, thus ending the longest transfer saga of the summer.
A press release on the clubs official website confirmed the news earlier today with a simple one-line statement:
Paul Pogba has been granted permission to have a medical in order to finalise his transfer from Juventus to Manchester United.
Pogba is expected to join United in a world-record €110m move that could rise to €120m with add-ons.
More to follow….
We are all criticizing his decision, saying it is bad for his career…….maybe it is us who he is trying to prove wrong.
this move was not clearly for sporting reason. Atleast he should have respected and owed allegri something who has developed him into a more complete midfielder,turned him into a great creative outlet.Allegri needed him the most now.
Maybe he wanted to be a single player to take an average team to glory, that could be his sporting reason. Anyways, he doesn’t need to explain to us any reason for what he does. It’s his career. He’s gone from Juve now, so I couldn’t care less to what happens with him.
Does anybody think The Devils wedge on this deal of what £15+ million was not a huge factor in Pogs being driven down the road to leaving?
Regardless of whether it was Utd or Madrid, he was always going to pressure Pogs to leave and cash in his chips. There can be no footballing / career reasons for an agent to recommend leaving Juventus at this precise moment in time – only financial ones for him and his client.
I said it before, and I’ll say it again now that we have been proved right: This was ALWAYS going to happen with that man as his agent.
He doesn’t even really need a reason to leave. If he wants to go he can go. Why does it matter where? Let him go, forget about him now. The club will always be the biggest thing.
TRUE but juve made a huge blunder selling vidal last year should have hold on him and have sold pogba for 70 mil if vidal would have been ours then it would have not hurt that much
No, I’m sure you know Juve has a policy of only selling their best players WHEN THEY WANT TO LEAVE. Vidal wanted to go, so there is no point keeping him. No use having an unhappy player, and 40m was a good enough offer to let him go. Just like Vidal, Pogba WANTED TO LEAVE, so Juve needs to sell him at an appropriate price, and they did.
no he didn’t wanted to leave.Juve wanted him out desperately after his accident.He explained it to the directors that he will only leave for a top CL team.
Not correct man. His stupid incidents off the field were part of it, but he also wanted to leave when Bayern’s offer came in. This management has repeatedly said they don’t sell their best players unless they make it clear they want to leave, and I trust the management.
management also said we will retain pogba and vidal and we will not activate pjanic and mr.higuain clause.
Fair points. I still think that management knows what it takes to win the CL, and that’s what they are going for, so it makes no sense for them to willingly sell their best players.
We have been pushing players out based on discipline reasons caceres is also one of the examples.
Let’s flip this on it’s head. Did he not have a reason to stay? Yes he did. So he must have a reason to leave. He does, but it’s only money. Let’s not make this easy for him ADP. Do we really want him and his agent to represent the now defacto mentality / stance in a new age of 100% loyalty-free footballers?
We need this to stop. Remember, last year it was Vidal who walked away, this year it’s Pogba. And next year it is who? LaJoya? If it becomes the norm to have no loyalty then we can look forward to this charade being played out over and over in the next year or two for Dybala and any other world class young players we may have.
I’m fed-up with this element of football. Although, to be balanced it must be said that Juve take other clubs players so they probably feel the same way, but at least with us most players are moving up a notch by joining, and the money is secondary. Unlike a move sideways or down like Pogba where it’s purely financially driven.
But it is done. So that is that. We move on.
Your last three sentences is what I’m trying to say.
I agree with what you are saying my friend, completely agree. But very very few players are in fact loyal to their clubs for their entire careers. I don’t think it’s a totally new phenomenon, but yes more players are now leaving for money. The ADPs, Nedveds, Buffons etc. Don’t come around often, that is why they stay legends and we will always speak well of them. The others like Pogba come and go, and we should wish them nothing good OR bad.
What a cunt
You’re wrong there man
taking money to play europa league. Yeah, sorry, he really is a great man
Don’t act like he banged your sister or something man. Don’t call him a cunt for no reason. He was amazing for us for 4 years, at least acknowledge that. He left now, doesn’t matter for whatever reason or where he goes to, he’s gone now and we can forget about him. The club will always be bigger than any player.
We take him when United didn’t want him, he forge him into who he is and now he decides to GO BACK TO THE TEAM THAT PRETTY MUCH TOLD HIM 4 YEARS AGO “FUCK OFF”. Sounds like he is a very ungrateful MF
Ummmmm, are you not realizing the 120m that also comes our way? I’m not saying Pogba is a great person for going to Man U, but he is a great person off the field and has always been. And he did not hurt Juventus at all by leaving, even though I agree who could’ve stopped with the bullshit. Im against other Juventini calling him a “cunt” though. You can say what you want, but at least acknowledge everything he did for us while he was here.
He did a good job, but never finished the job. Juve gave him number 10. He was supposed to be Del Piero’s heir. He was so disrespectful towards Juventus. I dont know about you but I was hoping he would lead the team towards a Champions Trophy, but no, he rather take the money and throw away his number 10 shirt.
Oh come on man, you’re being too harsh. He did a lot of stupid shit in the last month, but whatever, there were 4 great years before that where he helped make the club what it is today. I agree, he still had unfinished business here, but its his career and his decisions. I’m disappointed about the shirt too, he doesn’t understand what it means to us, but we can’t expect every player to be a Marchisio/Del Piero/Bonucci…
Then why would he even take the number?? I mean he took it just to get more attention, he cares so little about the team. You have to understand going to Juve was just a game for him, he doesnt care and never did care about the team or number 10 or anything, all he wants is fame and money. At least that what it looks like right now. Sure, he gave us 4 great years, but a player people love so much and respect enough to let him have number 10 cant just leave like that. Its a respect thing
He could’ve left before this season if he only cared about money. A lot of what you are saying is true, and I agree the way he left is very disappointing, but it’s not in our style to talk shit about players once they leave. I’m not saying we should wish him luck, I don’t wish him anything, I just think we need to stop the hate. But I understand your points now, and anyways….FORZA JUVE
The majority of us will put this to bed once the season starts or heck even right now; it’s Juve’s mentality about no player being bigger than the club. The way he left, granted overblown by the media, is what leaves me with a sour taste. Definitely turned fans against him with this unnecessary saga, but all the best to him in his new endeavors. I still love the guy and will follow his career from time to time. Hopefully, the next time around Juventus can keep Dybala for a longer period.
That friendly though, I’m ecstatic for the season to start!
So the worst kept secret that everybody who can pickup signals and understands modern football’s greed knew would happen happens. Thank god this is over. Good luck in the EPL Pogs, and enjoy the money and europa league.
Remember, in Cheshire the thieves target the mansions of footballers when they are playing the matches. Rooney will tell you more about that…. bye bye.
This picture is the best way to describe it. Pogba is going to play in the Europa League. Runner up at the euro and now in the EL.
So if he fails the medical he will turn up to training on Monday like nothing never happened?
I was thinking the same too. It would be quite hilarious if he actually failed, but I would enjoy the reaction to it.
I would love it if he passed the medical, and refused to sign and said something like “I just wanted to visit my friends in Manchester during the summer.”
Loooooooooool.
we got 100 mil for pogba burnt it all on higuain shit business if you ask me and what a money merchant pogba is. I hope he fails massively money worshipper.
WORST NO 10 IN JUVE HISTORY WORST DISGRAZIA
What?
https://twitter.com/paulpogba/status/762296067912306688?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet What is wrong with this wanker, you aint Will Smiths son just fucking say stuff, stop with the mysterious shit
theres nothing hard to understand: You prefer money and europa league. Its pretty clear youre and asshole
A mere camouflage for his embarrassment / shame at leaving to go back to Utd for the cash. Doubtless there will be some deep meaning or reason for his return given out to all those gullible enough to believe it, but the truth is simply ££££££££££££££££.
I want hit him in the head after seeing this. Douchebag. Hes doing all the talking.
Higuain really needs to hit the gym
I feel Juve will forever be remembered as the team that screwed up REAL BAD by buying Higuain for 90 million euros
marcotti rightly slammed it
hope he prove you wrong
I hope so too
Why would you say that? Higuain hasnt even played a single minute yet.. A friendly in pre season does not count.
At least give him the chance to prove his value
Its just a feeling. I really hope he proves me wrong.
I hope so too. Lets give him our support and the same for our management – they are doing whatever they can to make us true CL contenders and we have to support them there.
The price was high for Higuain, but we finally have a true goalgetter in the ranks.
Forza Juve
He was just as fat in pre-season last year for Napoli, and I’m sure you remember what he did after that…
Imagine what he ll do when fit
fuck off pogba!!!
I’ll just leave this here…
thats so fucking true.
Called it a year ago… nobody listened
I would have! If I was here then…
How to put into words, when the thing you’re feeling is untranslatable ?
You see, i remember a man playing at full-back for 12 years and never complaining when he was asked to do anything.
I remember a man who bled for a noble cause
I remember a captain holding his comrades by the arms and leading them into hell and back……returning to paradise with a smile etched across his features.
I remember a foreign man from a foreign land having his name chanted, even after he finished his time on the pitch….and he still fought every victory from the stands, as though nothing had changed.
I remember a real life superhero defying the odds, year in, year out, for more time than i can remember. A man who bleeds black and white.
I see a young man whose hearts beats ‘ju-ven-tus’ every time he steps foot onto holy ground.
I see 3 men, unbreakable in their resolve – even when they are beset by sirens who promise treasures beyond their wildest dreams.
I hear the call of the curva – i listen to the anthem played.
I feel the nerves in my stomach.
I try and remember a time when this club wasn’t etched into the fabric of my being……and i smile, because it has always been present.
I hear a name…..it’s a good name. It’s name we chant for a while. And then it fades. It becomes a name on a list. Nothing more
The club…..the memories……the battles….the agony and the ecstasy…..its all that matters.
The Pogba’s of this word…..they come and go…..they live their lives…..they move from place to place….transients….nothing more.
But the lifeblood of the club…..the beating heart…..the memories….the love…..the passion……it is something precious…..some sacred.
We choose who we remember. And we are grateful. For the Birndelli’s. The Montero’s. The Buffon’s. The Del Piero’s. The Marchisio’s…….they are all that we remember.
Good luck Paul.
The tragedy is, your life is already written for you. We all know it. As do you.
Beautiful. Made this day a little bit easier for me. Thank you not just for this, but everything you do and will continue to do.
Ungrateful, with his whole saga on insta etc. Juve should’ve never given him the number 10. He only cares about money. Thank God there are still players left like buffon, bonucci, marchisio… Those are the true champions !
Ive been saying so many bad stuff about Pogba but the reality is I don’t think we will miss him too much, it obviously hurts though. Knowing he is leaving and seeing the options that might come as replacements (matic, witsel, sissoko) just makes it worse. I dont think any of those are really good enough for Juve, I feel Marotta is being kinda cheap. Above all this, seeing Higuain play kinda bad and a bit overweight really just has made my day terrible….
I agree bro, but which CM can we get who is adequate quality? I think Verratti is off the market, otherwise he would be ideal. I think Matuidi is the best possible option in the current market. I like Ramsey a lot too but, just as with all the other top midfielders, they will be impossible to get.
And on Higuain. Give him some time. He eats a lot during the summer I guess lol. He was just like this for Napoli last pre-season, and we all know what happened after that.
I know theres not many options in the market right now, which just makes it worse that we have sold Pogba. Idk, Isco can play CM and he is being sold apparently. Rakitic would have been a good option, Pastore? Thats pretty much it. Veratti would have been the best option. Im just saying, if we are selling Pogba, might as well have a very good, almost ready buy to compensate.Right know nothing is a sure thing, which makes me a bit scared. Sissoko, Witsel and Luiz Gustavo as options makes me cringe…
Juve have already got his pogba replacement miralem pjanic.Just need to get matic and a young mid which can be worldclass in 2 years dahoud tielsman etc…..
Its gonna be Diawara apparently
brilliant prospect but we need 2 mids pereyra sturaro hernanes asamoah all mediocre
mandragora?
I am surprised Juventus are not asking him to trim down.
Jesus Christ man…
That’s an unflattering picture, but I have little doubt he will lose the extra weight quickly. Even with that weight, we looked very quick against West Ham.
Yupp. He needs to join Biggest LOSER Italy ASAP and while he is there give him a haircut as well.
Oh, and seeing Pogba still follow Juve in twitter just makes it worse. Just leave and never comoe back dammit! 🙁 I had so much love for him, I always saw him becoming a legend with us…. It really leaves me heartbroken. Im mad at him, but most of all im so sad…
So he’s gone. Part of me feels like it sucks, part of me really doesn’t care about this. Bye Paul, good luck with the rest of your carreer. How sweet would it be if we raise the CL trophy the year he left us.
How crazy would it be if he decided he doesn’t want to sign for United :D. No? Too hopeful? Ok…
He’s taking his medical, i don’t want him to come back now. Even if he decides not to do it, he can go play for Pescara for all i care. And yes, too hopeful :p
Hey so have you guys heard Pogba’s new favorite song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMuYfScGpbE
Let’s talk about the positives guys. Great deal of business by Marotta. Got pogba for free and will sell him for 120mil or so. Coman for free and will sell for +- 30 mil. We will get a New midfielder, someone who really wants to play in this team. Too bad that marchisio is still out, we will basically have a new midfield except for khedira untill october/november.
I’m just wondering who the ideal replacement would be for pogba? Matuidi? Witsel?
Ideal would be Veratti. Reality? Probably damn Witsel…
Imho, seeing that none of the guys that we are linked looks to promising, I would return to Kovacic from RM. We were linked with him at the beginning of the summer, and he really is a promising player .
good idea
Part of me not caring too much about Pogba moving away is the 120 million we got. We all know what Marotta can do with this. He can make us better than ever, i believe in that.
Football has become a strange sport. Not that im complaining because we made the biggest profit in footballing history.
This past week i re watched some serie a matches and im still at awe at how a team could be so stupid to pay 100 mill for pogba. Hes raw and is not the holding midfielder i assume they think he is. I guess we ll just have to wait and see what kind of player mou sees him as.
Thanks for everything Pogba, you gave of us some enternaing goals and moments.
Whoever else comes, i hope can be able to click with our already strong midfield.
What i feel we ve been missing in our midfield is a player who is able to carry the ball around forward throigh dribbling and or intricate passing. I honestly think mkhtiryan would have been ideal, but thats not happening. Verratti would be the dream, but again, not happening. I trust the management in all they are doing. They clearly have the best project at works by margins far and at such a incredible pace. No other would be able to do what Agnelli and co our doing, so they have definitely have my unconditional support.
In my view, Pjanic is, if I need to compare him, somewhere along the Kaká lines of player. Dont hold me too much on that, its the first name I could think of. A CAM, not so much a regista, but clearly Allegri sees that different.
Pjanic is quite technical and an extremely good passer. Good vision, good dribbles, excellent free kicks as well. Pretty sure he will be taking those in the coming season.
He just isnt very physical and not really the guy that tackles or fights for a ball. The muscle in midfield needs to be provided from elsewhere. His aerial presence is also rather weak.
Fun note: last season he was the only midfielder who reached double figures in both goals and assists in Serie A football.
Hope this helps out a bit xp
I know that based on the company line, we only sell our best players if they want to leave. What if this was the exception. €120 million exception. Maybe Marotta and the gang thought he was truly worth €60 million and couldn’t pass up this opportunity. Those are big numbers. How many of you think he’s truly worth €120 million? And I know there are marketing elements to it too, but with money like that, we are certain to elevate to the top echelon and replace Pogba with Higuain and Dybala and whomever else joins us now from a marketing standpoint.
Economically speaking, selling Pogba for 120 million euros was a strike of genius. He isnt worth that much, but him leaving does weaken the team on a sportive level. The hunt for a new midfielder is on again.
I still think if he wanted to stay we would have kept him.
With or without Pogba, we are a stronger team than last season. There is still time left to tune the black and white machine to perfection. And we will do so with players who want to be here.
Pogba is worth something like 60mill and we got double of that. Fine business. Pogba is not irreplaceable.
We have Pjanic to provide better creativity already. Now we need to add the muscle.
Forward again, my fellow Juventini. Nobody is bigger than the club!
Time will heal the sadness and the new signings will bring us a lot of joy soon…
We have Pjanic. We have Alves. We have Higuain. We have Pjaca. We have Benatia. We have another star coming in.
And our Juve core is just as legendary. Buffon. Bonucci. Marchisio. Sandro. Dybala. Mandzukic.
THIS IS JUVE! THESE ARE CHAMPIONS!! Soon enough we will say Pogba who? That guy United shat money over? Fuck that! WE ARE JUVE
FOOORZAA JUVEEEEEE
Pogba who? The guy playing in Europa League! Oh right 😀
ACM was sold to chinese investor and they want to bring in isco and more star players, the chinese group should reinvest around 300m over next 3 yrs, so maybe next year they can fight for scudetto with us. lets see
They have to pay like 300 million to the club, 700 million to Berlusconi and 200 million for the debt Milan had if i understood correct.
didnt hear bout the debt ,correct otherwise
Players leaving doesn’t hurt that much anymore. Pirlo had been my favorite player for almost 10 years, in spite of having worn our colors for only 4 of those years when he left, and I survived. I also survived our eternal captain’s departure….. and seeing him with a new jersey, which stung a bit, but I still moved on.
He’s a great kid and I wish him well. All I wanna know is why… what motivated Pogba to make that move? I hope he can be honest and tell us. He said he’ll talk “very soon” so we’ll see. I just hope I don’t get any more bullshit, which he’s been feeding us for the past few weeks, and just get the truth. Even if that truth is “I felt I deserved more money than I was getting/could ever get at Juve”. It’s fine. Just, please, the truth.
Good luck, Polpo! But always FORZA JUVE.
The only thing i don’t understand is why he lied to the fans in New York. The other stuff doesn’t really bother me, but don’t lie to our fans in their faces.
Well, that one in particular was a hard situation to be in… he knew he was being filmed, he couldn’t say anything on the record.. I don’t blame him for those, he probably didn’t know what to say.
…. his social media, on the other hand…….
”Maybe” would have been a better answer.
christian eriksen from spurs? we could play 4132 with khedira or claudio on dm and from left pjaca eriksen pjanic behind higa&dyba
Speaking of Marchisio, any info on when he’ll be back? I havent really been following it.
Allegri said mid-October….
I see.. That sucks 🙁
Better than the “after January” that the media has been throwing around…
at the end of october he should be ready to play