They didn’t. Pogba was £89m plus more than €22m in agent fees (more than double what they would usually be expected) - all 10 years. In real terms, the Pogba deal was far in excess of any recent deal. All of this was in Football Leaks which some fans rightly consider based on real documents hacked from clubs and other entities
Every single word of this from @Tim_Vickery is spot on. You literally couldn’t say it better.
England had Argentina exactly where we wanted them and gave them the game.
Net spend since Manchester City won the Treble in summer 2023:
Man City: -£494.03m
Man United: -£436.59m
In this time City have won the Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and have been in the Champions League every season. United have won one FA Cup and are going to play in the Champions League for the first time since the 2023/24 season 😂
Where do United get all this money? 🤔
The clearest red card you’re ever going to see which resulted in a World Cup final loss and yet it never gets talked about? It’s probably because it doesn’t fit the narrative of every trophy being rigged for him and FIFA and Infantino being on his payroll.
Absolutely disgusted by the lack of customer service from @TravelodgeUK.
I have been on the phone three times today, the staff have been completely rude and blunt. Showed no willing to help with my booking at all.
Customer services live chat feature has been unavailable all day
@TravelodgeUK Hi Lynette @TravelodgeUK as I’ve just explained there have been no advisers available to talk to for over 24 hours. This conversation sums up my experience so far. Absolutely abysmal. How are we going to proceed now.
@TravelodgeUK still no contact from customer services. I’ve had a family bereavement, funeral moved forward unexpectedly. I need to amend my booking to reflect this but no support at all.
2010. South Africa. They said theft will be at an all-time high. Unsafe for world cup. Didn't happen.
2014. Brazil. Complained about some of the remote places the venues were. Unsafe for players. Didn't happen.
2018. Russia. "It's not a democracy". There would be marginalization. People would not even be free or allowed entry. Didn't happen.
2022. Qatar. " Slave built stadiums ". A morally bankrupt nation. " It cannot be fun". The tournament is horrible. No alcohols. Religious intolerance. Didn't happen.
2026. US. All the above happening.
We see.
News outlets in the West are a joke.
Football pundits are a disgrace.
All that energy for Qatar, Russia, and even South Africa.
But silence for the USA.
Despite blatant discrimination against people representing their nation in a sport where there's "no room for politics"