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Both are fantastic young talents but Kovacic is almost perfectly designed for our LM position. Pogba would throw a large curveball into the position.

Pogba imposes himself directly by dribbling into players or holding onto the ball and attracting players onto him. He uses his strength to fight them off and break away. Kovacic is strong too and has decent height as well, 5'11 or so but he is SO MUCH more mobile than Pogba like Bojan said...

27 year old who has lousy decision making and can't defend. Sounds like a great option.

Yea I can't believe it or shut up about it. 100mil is so absurd for a MIDFIELDER. Not even an AM/winger, a CM....sigh I'd be irritated even paying 70-80mil....100mil will send me into complete mania.

If Braida somehow manages to convince our board to buy Kovacic over Pogba he should become our new sporting director. It's not that I don't like Pogba, but 100mil with 12mil salary gtfo. I see Pogba more as a gamble, could be a wonderful one..but even despite price, Kovacic is my first choice.

Where will Cuadrado play, as our RB? Haha, no thanks. No way I want a player to be one of my team's defenders when Mourinho, king of parking the bus even when 1 goal up and 1 man up, doesn't rate him. In all seriousness, the player was never rated as a defender. He is absolutely not what we...

you don't buy a 22 year old for 100 million, then buy a 21 year old for the same position.

How much money are we getting from the deal? Perhaps 2-3 million?

He's scored some beautiful goals, lots of runs through the back line too. Tap ins are expected for all strikers, however Ronaldo scores an abnormally high number of them. Not to mention 1/4 of his goals are always penaldos....2/4 of the others being tap ins doesn't leave much room for anything else.

The salary is what is killing me too. Gtfo with that shit. 12mil is a joke. Take 8 mil, which is already a lot higher than what you are getting now and shut your mouth. If you want 12mil a year and to be paid second highest on the team you got to EARN IT. Show me your worth after a season or two...

I unfortunately agree with you. If it was up to me our transfer window would consist of keeping Alves and buying Kovacic and a new RB. The only other player I'd truely want at all costs as well is Verratti, but he's not available. I like Pogba but I prefer Kovacic as LM; his price and...

Yea I don't know what some footballers are thinking. Madrid is the fakest organization I've ever seen, worse than the Yankees. I'm not sure why any player other than the egotistical Ronaldo type would want to play there. I mean they bring in a coach and he wins them the CL then they want to...

If you read my post carefully I said as far as young talent goes- the post has nothing to do with Messi. You can compare Lacazette to Neymar...and then say Moura is crap compared to Lacazette...the common denominator is neither of them are on Neymar's level. He's young, scoring a ton of goals...

Yea...win the CL then make major unnecessary changes to a lineup that works... Extend Alves, buy replacement and sell Montoya or Douglas. Buy one midfielder....dont need to spend 100mil to do it either.

People are too funny. Neymar has like 38 goals this season, is playing in one of the best, if not THE best league in the world and he has scored in numerous big games for us, including multiple CL knockout games. Neymar is in a league of his own as far as young talent goes. Comparing Lucas Moura...

I pray our board doesn't go full retard on this transfer. 60-70mil euros and 8mil salary is the absolute most I'd consider dishing out. Any more than that both Pogba and Raiola can gtfo. No idea how they can supposedly make those kind of demands and believe they actually deserve it. Real Madrid...

Xavi played in 2 Copa games. Iniesta started in 13 more games than Xavi and played 600 more minutes...he also only played 150 minutes of his 2800+ as a sub. I think a youth product can handle 500 sub minutes and 1500 minutes vs weaker teams/Copa. Rafinha still has a lot of potential...if given...

1/4 of Xavi's 2000 minutes have been as a sub. He only started 21 games, was a sub for 21 games as well. Bringing him on as a sub when the game is already put away or starting Copa matches (or against weak Liga sides) isn't going to keep Gundogan happy...he is like 24 years old and a starter for...

They won't overpay for players this summer? I'll take his word with a grain of salt considering they've overpaid for almost every player they've bought since he took over. 55mil for David Luiz lawlasaurusrex

Nah. If we buy a name like Gundogan now, whether or not our youth is promising, he is going to play when January comes along. What is the point...at that point.