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By Deepungsu Pandit

Modified Jul 09, 2019 05:23 GMT

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#1 United urged to take a strong stance in the Pogba saga

Manchester United have been urged to take a strong stance in the Pogba saga

Manchester United has been urged to take a strong stance in the Paul Pogba saga by former West Ham Goalkeeper and ESPN FC Pundit Shaka Hislop. He believes that surrendering to the demands of the player and his agent would send out the wrong message about the club. Hislop said:

If I’m Manchester United I put my foot down - ‘you’re not going anywhere’

Both Raiola and Paul Pogba have been clever in the way they’ve stated things and you can read it both ways.

But if I’m sitting in that Manchester United boardroom, I am only seeing this one way. Paul Pogba wants to go and they’re putting things in places to leave.

Manchester United, as a tough a time that they have had over the last couple of years, as much as they are shadows of their former selves, you want to establish some kind of authority in the market with players who have a contract, with agents that maybe think that they’re bigger than you are.

You just say ‘listen, nobody’s going anywhere. We can afford to keep you and pay you and not play you’.

Just for the long term benefit for United as a club, that’s the stance I take.

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