Manchester United do not want to lose Paul Pogba again on a free transfer. The midfielder has rejected an initial offer to extend his expiring contract and is in the interest of Paris Saint-Germain, making a summer departure seem imminent. The Athletic Monday morning describes Manchester United’s options in the ‘Pogba case’ and all options have drawbacks, the sports website analyzes.
In 2012, Pogba already left Manchester on a free transfer, then to Juventus, and four years later he returned for €105 million. “Once Pogba goes out for free, you can see it as bad luck; if it happens twice, it just looks reckless,” he wrote. the Athletic. Manchester United hope it doesn’t come to that. Alternative options are to sell Pogba for significantly less than the transfer fee he came to Manchester United for in 2016, or to meet the demands of agent Mino Raiola in contract negotiations, which would require Pogba’s salary of €328,000 a week to be further increased. to become.
The Frenchman, who became the most expensive player ever in 2016 after returning to Manchester United, has in recent years, according to the Athletic not proven to be worth his salary. An increase is therefore not an attractive option for Manchester United. The article makes a comparison with David de Gea’s contract extension in 2019. With a salary of 412,000 euros per week, he is the highest paid player in the Premier League since his contract extension. “Some in the club’s hierarchy have since regretted the deal. Not only because De Gea gradually lost his good form, but also because pay inequality in the dressing room increased.”
“They got it wrong with De Gea, just like when Wayne Rooney and his agent Paul Stretford put the club’s back against the wall in 2010 and 2014. But it’s not always wrong to pull the wallet,” it sounds. For example, the good performances of Roy Keane and Rio Ferdinand are mentioned, after they won a substantial contract in 1999 and 2005 respectively. “Raiola benefits from letting Pogba’s contract enter its final months, to force a free departure or to pressure Manchester United to come up with such a dazzling contract as the one they handed to David.” the Gea.”
“It seems a win-win situation for Pogba and Raiola, but a lose-lose for Manchester United,” said the Athletic. It has been pointed out that a move to a cub like PSG, Real Madrid or Juventus this summer may be the ‘least unappealing’ option for Manchester United. In the English media there is speculation about a transfer fee of 40 million pounds, converted just under 47 million euros. “That may seem little for a player with Pogba’s talent, but it is a remarkably high amount for a player who would otherwise be available for free next year.”