Paul Pogba is all set to be signed by Manchester United for a world record fee.
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According to The Sun, Pogba will be made the main man at United by featuring in the middle of all posters and advertising aimed at generating money for the Red Devils.
Rumors on Thursday placed Pogba in Los Angeles, where he was to undergo a medical before flying to Manchester to complete the £100m deal.
Reports of a medical already having taken place are believed to be wide of the mark as there remains to be a deal in principle agreed between the two clubs.
Furthermore, United and Juventus have also agreed upon a £20m agent fee for Mino Raiola, the Dutch super-agent, with the Italian champions paying for the additional £4m owed. That means that the clubs interested in signing the 23-year-old Frenchman would have to pony up the goods – and that’s even if Juve were in the mood to actually sell him.
While Zidane has sought to distance himself and Madrid from the Pogba business in the past, when reporters caught up with him in the US on Wednesday his attitude was a bit different.
And the fee eclipses the £86m Real paid Spurs for Gareth Bale back in 2013, making Pogba the most expensive player in the history of the game.
Would he suit Real Madrid more?
‘In this moment we are still working [on a move for Pogba], and I can not say anything more. “Until August 31 (when the transfer window closes) anything can happen”, Zidane was reported as saying earlier this summer, as per Caught Offside. He is a great footballer and when you are Madrid you always want the best players.
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“In this moment we are still working and I can not say anything more”, the Real coach said. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly are the other three signings completed by the English giants.
