Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - See Mod Warning in OP, 09/11

MagicIRL wrote: »

...It's not Christmas yet. What are ya at opening gifts early. Feck sake.

Me and the brother have always swapped gifts on Xmas Eve, to differentiate from "Santa". Have kept going all these years later

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I think the prices paid / quoted for him are hilarious, but he'd be a massive upgrade on the wide players at the club.

I think people are getting hung up on "prices" too much nowadays. Not just United fans but everyone.

Prices of players have double in recent times compared to what they used to be. With increased TV revenue, increased competition prizes and the influx of oil-rich owners, prices have inflated to a state which may have been crazy a few years back but will quickly become the norm.

Pogba is quoted as 70m and people guffaw. But compare it to 20m for Welbeck, 20m for Rojo, 35m for Lukaku (by a upper-mid table team too), 25m for Lovern, 31m for Lallana, 36m for Herrera, 76m for DiMaria, 95m for Suarez.....70m for someone Pogba's age, profile and potential seems pretty much at the right level.

(Figures are €).

Sure, there'll be the odd bargain here or there, players who want away or whatever. But transfer figures have doubled in the last few years. That's where it is now. And trying to cling to the "no value in the market" while other teams bid big and quick and finish business while we're counting pennies is what caused us problems last season. Who cares if the figures are growing. If they improve us in the right manner, that's what matters.