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France insisted on working play down the left through Matuidi and Evra(which failed time and time again). Pogba was playing deeper and on the right. Not his fault. You all need to lay off a bit.

Juve do need to sell. They're in for several different attacking players like Iturbe and Sanchez. Combine that with the fact that they aren't one of the most economically stable clubs and we could see one of Vidal or Pogba leaving this summer for big money. I think we all need to wait until the World Cup ends. My bet is we see some serious rumors heating up involving these guys towards the end of July.

Good piece for those thinking he isn't worth big money. http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jul/03/france-paul-pogba-brazil-world-cup-germany?CMP=twt_gu

Everyone on this board is an idiot.

This dude is an absolute clown.

I like this move if true. Right price, right age, and a much different type of striker than Costa. Would strike a good balance up top.

I know, Pogba is better.

You do realize that Pogba has all the same qualities that Ramires has...and more? If we bring in a guy like Pogba, Ramires is either sold or used for rotation.

Oscar plays on the right for Brazil and does quite well there. But yes, he can absolutely rotate with Pogba and Cesc as well.

This would be the best team. That midfield is best in the world. For variations you can rotate Oscar into Fabregas' role and plug in Schurrle and Willian into the RW position. Can't see how someone would be against this lineup. A 4-3-3 with a true box to box midfielder like Pogba makes the Fabregas purchase actually make sense.

Not really. The general consensus on here is that we'd be foolish to spend big money for him.

Most people on this forum don't rate him highly enough for our squad though.

I'm hoping that he's still not at 100% right now. If he is I might be looking at Balotelli.

I'll be sad if we don't go in for this guy and buy Luis instead. Already very very good and he's only 21.

It's one thing if we're signing him to play as an attacking mid, but I'm having a real hard time swallowing him playing consistently in the pivot next to Matic.

I didn't say necessarily buying Pogba, just another marquee midfielder. Chelsea are more inclined to buying talent right now. How can I be the only one who sees this? I feel like I'm on crazy pills.

Sports are a business, hate to break it to you. And he scored the goal that put them ahead, aka the winning goal.

Once again, fine point. But what do you honestly expect Chelsea to do here? Play these youths or go buy someone expensive? Be honest.

How much money do you think was returned on their investment when Bale scored the Champions League game winning goal? Doesn't matter that he didn't win some award in England.

This is an absolutely fair point, and I'd love to see these guys grow with the team. I also feel as though Pogba has performed extremely well playing at a much higher level than any of those individuals. Van Ginkel is still a question mark after the injury and the others have never played in the Premier League. I think they need more serious loans before you can bank on them as key pieces.

Why on earth would Traore or Baker get minutes when someone like Lukaku who has performed damned well for multiple Premier League sides can't? Please help me understand!

Do you honestly think Traore will play a single minute for us next season? I am honestly curious to see what you think.

I know I sound cynical, but Traore will probably never start a game for us, and if he ever does feature it would be in 3 to 4 years time minimum. Not to mention, he's a winger.

Jaded in the sense that you're so upset by these transfers that you can't help but acknowledge they're the way of the future. And I hate to break it to you, but our beloved Chelsea were one of the clubs to start all of this nonsense with a certain 50 million pound player. As much as you'd like prices to go down, I guarantee that they won't.

No, you're right. We'll start Traore at cm next to Matic next year. Glad we got that sorted! Shut down the thread!