Segway wrote:
Pogba is a great signing lets not kid ourselves. He can easily become the best in the world. I wish we would show similar ambition.
However, I still think we'll finish above Utd this season.
I don't agree Pogba has anything like the ability to become the best in the world. Not even close. His reputation greatly exceeds his actual level of ability. However, Pogba and Zlatan are two signings that were badly needed, more for their name than their quality.
Let's be realistic though; Ibrahimovic is 35 and no one else wanted him; not City, not Chelsea and certainly not the big three. They've paid a ludicrous sum for Pogba and, again, the two clubs in Spain that go around the world hoovering up any truly exceptional talent that emerges weren't anywhere to be seen. They're probably laughing themselves silly at the amount United have paid, especially given they gave him away for nothing 3 years prior. Hummels left Dortmund and United were nowhere because he's a proper top player that was in-demand - they couldn't compete because they didn't qualify for the Champions League - Hummels said exactly that.
It's a gamble from them to try and restore some of their glamour and appeal, to try and save their brand if you like. It's not particularly well thought through from a team/squad building point of view, stupid from a financial point of view (the amount they're paying Zlatan a week is nearly worse than the fee for Pogba!), but maybe something to applaud in their ambition to try and reverse the decline of the last 5 years.
I'll guess we'll have to see how it all works out, masterminded by the biggest gamble of the lot, that little tosser Mourinho.
