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Mourinho still keen on signing Pogba


Manchester United new manager Jose Mourinho is keen to make Paul Pogba £85.3m-rated his fourth signing at Old Trafford ahead of the 2016/17 season.
The Portuguese made Borussia Dortmund’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan his third signing after securing theservices of Ivorian defender Eric Bailly and Sweden football legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
According to reports, the France international is in advanced talks with United and could finalise a deal after Euro 2016.Real Madrid are also interested in the 23-year-old but Pogba is keen to work with Jose Mourinho and return to Old Trafford.
And according to Italian outlet Gazetta dello Sport, United are readying an £85.3m (€100m) bid for the Serie A star.
They claim that’s the Red Devils’ budget to sign Pogba, which would be a British record fee.It would only be behind Gareth Bale’s move from Tottenham to Madrid in which the Spanish giants paid £86m to sign the Welsh international.
Pogba is currently with the France national team at the ongoing Euro 2016 and will be in action on Thursday when the Les Bleus tackle World Champions Germany in the semifinals.

This post was last modified on November 30, 2018 1:45 pm

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