Originally Posted by
Nineteenx
Pogba HAS to stay, he's such a brilliant disruptive influence
Nobody will be able to afford what the Mancs will likely ask for him in January.
At least none of the clubs he'll likely want to go to (Juventus, PSG, Real Madrid).
And of those clubs, Real and Juve will likely be prioritizing getting Mbappe if they do have a few bob hidden somewhere under the sofa, while PSG will be making a play for Messi to try and re-unite him with Neymar in case Mbappe leaves.
Barca are in no (financial) shape to be buying big, and he wouldn't fit the system there anyway.
Besides which, the Mancs don't even have to sell him if they don't want to, and while they may not want to lose him for nothing, having him tied down to a contract expiring in 2022, means that they can sit on their thumbs and do nothing come January and then see what the market looks like in the summer.
And then they still have one more January window after that to try to flog him off (although I don't know how that window will work with the World Cup in the winter then - which is usually the best venue to put disgruntled players in the shop window).
In the meantime, the rest of us get to burst open a bag of popcorn, kick back and enjoy the show.
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