[han2503]

All discussion involving other European leagues here

Just to get things rolling, Pogba will apparently have to sit out Man U's first game due to yellow card accumulation in the Coppa Italia (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[Fishdoll]

Well, Utd still haven't really replaced Cristiano Ronaldo. They'd started selling off the family jewels before that. Sure, they have loads of $$$ hut their management has no long term plans and they've badly overpaid for some guys (Pogba). I haven't seen anything cohesive there from a sporting perspective since Ferguson retired.

Ditto fwiw for Barca since Laporta left. (Plus the Catalonian martyr complex)

[Danny]

Well, Milan still haven't really replaced Ibra/Pirlo/Cafu. They'd started selling off the family jewels before that. Sure, they have loads of $$$ hut their management has no long term plans and they've badly overpaid for some guys (Silva). I haven't seen anything cohesive there from a sporting perspective since Berlusconi shipped the entire team out.

[Jack Sparrow]

Lol. Well yeah, but at least Milan can claim they sold the family jewels coz they had no food to put on the table. What Utd's excuse. And surely Pogba vs Silva is a few magnitudes of difference. Granted I think it was Juve who got the worse end of the stick than Utd in the Pogba deal. That just makes me happy. :-D

[Danny]

Lol. Well yeah, but at least Milan can claim they sold the family jewels coz they had no food to put on the table. What Utd's excuse. And surely Pogba vs Silva is a few magnitudes of difference. Granted I think it was Juve who got the worse end of the stick than Utd in the Pogba deal. That just makes me happy. :-D

They got 90M for an overrated pile of shite! I'd take that!

[Jack Sparrow]

They got 90M for an overrated pile of shite! I'd take that!

No they didn't!! Raiola took a big chunk of it into his own pocket. They didn't really make more than 70 in the end I think. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

[d'Arc.LP]

No they didn't!! Raiola took a big chunk of it into his own pocket. They didn't really make more than 70 in the end I think. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

The transfer was 105m, Raiola took 15-20m , which leaves Juve with 85-90m. Now compare that with 64m we got for Kaka (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[han2503]

The transfer was 105m, Raiola took 15-20m , which leaves Juve with 85-90m. Now compare that with 64m we got for Kaka (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Actually Juve got around 70m as confirmed by Moratta

Juve might have made huge profits on him but they got played by Raiola in the end

As for Ligue 1, Danny, I just noticed your comment about the league not being a feeder league since PSG bought Ibra. 1 club being bought out by Qatari oil money does not change the quality of the league in fact it made is far less competitive.

Fact is, all clubs in the league end up selling their best players, either to PSG or abroad. That's why it's a feeder league and has been for as long as I can remember. Look at Monaco this summer. They had a break out year with all of their young talent showing great potential and they've basically been dismantled in a couple of months. And they supposedly have rich owners as well.

@ Fillipo, I think Neymar should have stayed where he was. Messi is not getting any younger and his time to shine would have come sooner rather than later. EPL would have been a sideways step, but going to a club like United and resurrecting them would have always been a huge opportunity for him to reach Messi/Ronaldo levels in the coming years