Transfer balls: Paul Pogba Manchester’s United clues
Paul Pogba was terrific in the World Cup final post-match celebrations. He danced, sang and hugged with abandon. But when he stopped being loud he became “cryptic”, speaking through his shirts. “Could France midfielder be sending cryptic hint to manager Jose Mourinho during summer transfer window?” posed the Sun. The paper continued: “Maverick Paul Pogba continues to enjoy his post World Cup-winning downtime – by bizarrely posing in an Argentina shirt.”
Have you made the link yet? Too cryptic for you? The Sun then analyses the shirt and provides some clues to what it could mean:
Pogba starred for Les Bleus in Russia as they lifted the famous trophy but he sported different colours on holiday in LA this week, wearing Paulo Dybala’s No21 shirt. The two midfielders became good pals when they played together at Juventus before Pogba left to rejoin Manchester United in 2016.
Are you, like Jose Mourinho, still scratching your head?
They experienced vastly different World Cups with Dybala making just one appearance as Argentina were dumped out in the round of 16 by eventual champions France. Dybala didn’t even make it off the bench in that game with Pogba, who scored in the final against Croatia, perhaps wanting to help raise his friend’s profile a bit by pulling on a replica shirt.
And that’s it.
And so to today’s Paul Pogba no-news. The BBC says:
Manchester United and France midfielder Paul Pogba’s agent is expected to tell the Red Devils he can broker a £100m move for the 25-year-old World Cup winner to Barcelona.
Who expects him to do that? The source for the BBC’s story is the Daily Star (owner: Reach media). The paper tells of Barcelona “rumours”.
What Barcelona rumours? The ones the agent is “expected” to discuss?
Over in the Express (owner: Reach media), we learn of the “REAL” reason Pogba “wants Barcelona switch”. It’s because he… thinks Barcelona a good team. And how do we know Pogba wants to play for Barcelona. Get this:
According to the Sunday Star, Raiola is hoping to broker a £100m deal with the Catalan club to rescue his client’s career.
It’s a human catepillar of utter balls.
Posted: 5th, August 2018 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
