Jose Mourinho has warned Juventus that Manchester United will look at other options if they continue to drag their heels over the Paul Pogba deal.
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Juventus have rejected Manchester United’s first offer for Paul Pogba worth a total of £100m with £13m of that in performance-related add-ons.
However, Mourinho has no interest in shedding light on the situation, and the club’s supporters will have to wait a bit longer to discover whether the transfer has been sealed. Although the Manchester United manager did not directly name the Juventus midfielder, he was clear that Ed Woodward, the executive vice-chairman, has been told of a trio of players for the position.
Mourinho said: “My board did a fantastic work to do 75 percent of the job I asked”.
“We are in great condition to have what I consider a good market”.
“We are calm, we know the profile of player we want. I am really confident that Mr Woodward and the owners will bring me that profile of player”. We know what the balance is and, I repeat, we are not going to be only focusing on one player.
French newspaper L’Equipe says some details of Pogba’s deal, the most-expensive signing in history, ahead of Gareth Bale’s 100 million euros ($NZ 158 million), are still to be defined.
The 23-year-old is now on holiday in Miami, having helped France to second-place in the Euro 2016, and will not return till August 6.
“I do the same for the players”.
But the details of the move are yet to be completed with Raiola tweeting on Thursday:”There is no deal done regarding Paul Pogba, lots of bla bla bla”. “I try to give him different options so he’s not feeling the pressure of ‘I need to get this player” because he sees a player the manager wants.
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It’s amusing how every time someone else seems to confirm a signing for Manchester United before they officially do (if it turns out to be that way), Zlatan, Mourinho have all had their moments this season.
