Since joining Juventus, Pogba has gone on to win the Scudetto in each of his four seasons in Serie A, and has accumulated a total of 178 appearances.
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Sportsmail understands the central midfielder has agreed terms on a prospective five-year contract worth £220,000 a week after tax.
Sky Italia and The Guardian claim United’s opening offer of £85million was rejected by the Italian champions while reports elsewhere indicate Pogba wants to make the return move to Manchester.
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho wants to sign Monaco right-back Fabinho in a £22m transfer deal this summer, according to reports in the British media.
Juventus’ reported asking price for French midfielder Paul Pogba.
While the £84 million transfer fee is not as high as Juventus’ £105 million demand, Pogba is still set to pocket a massive £16.8 million, if Juventus were to accept this offer by Manchester United.
Undeterred, United will go back in again with a steely determination to capture Pogba, who is now away on holiday in Miami alongside another of Raiola’s clients, Romelu Lukaku.
On the left side of the picture, a tactics board clearly showed a number of players’ surnames such as Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Rojo, Martial, Depay and Fellaini.
Since then, Pogba has become one of the top midfielders in Europe.
The executive vice-chairman did not travel to China for United’s week-long pre-season tour as work continues to add to the summer arrivals of Eric Bailly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
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As we revealed two weeks ago, the deal is set to shatter the world record £85million fee set by Gareth Bale’s move from Tottenham to Real Madrid in 2013.
