The Frenchman joined Juventus on a free transfer (although the Bianconeri were made to pay a compensation fee in the region of £800,000) and immediately became a key player for the Old Lady.
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AS also claim that Juve will not part with Pogba for anything less than £100m.
Speaking to Spanish publication Sport, Espanyol Sporting Director Angel Gomez has categorically stated that his side will not be pursuing the services of Manchester United star Juan Mata.
Juve have now accepted that Paul Pogba desires to leave and will not stand in his way should an appropriate offer arrive.
Mino Raiola has not set Manchester United a deadline to sign Paul Pogba, according to reports today in the Manchester Evening News.
This is supported by news from China that United executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodard has chosen not to travel with the Reds on their pre-season tour to open negotiations.
On Wednesday night he broke that silence, speaking on ESPN at the ESPYs awards in Los Angeles.
“My response would be ‘I don’t know.’ I don’t know when”.
“Well, I’ve only had one day before we come out”, he said with a smile. “We’ll see, we’ll see”.
It is believed that both the clubs will agree on the transfer and Juventus will receive $110.6 million on the deal as 20% of the amount will go to Pogba and his agent.
Raiola also played a key role in United signing two of his other key clients Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan over the summer transfer window.
It was taken in good humour, though, as was a question about how the captain was finding it working under former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter Milan boss Mourinho.
In his maiden press conference at Old Trafford he had mentioned that he would make four signings this summer to strengthen his squad.
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“We have a large squad and all the players will be important”.
