But the Portuguese has again refused to discuss the possibility of the Frenchman joining his side.
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“I think you are getting one of the best midfield players in the world”, Neville told Sky Sports.
“In every club in the world this happens, the manager decides his squad”, he said.
Massimiliano Allegri is unwilling to discuss potential replacements for Paul Pogba, insisting the midfielder remains a Juventus player. It stays like this. The market closes on August 31 but my club are doing everything we can to finalise our business before August 14.
Jose Mourinho said he hoped to have his Manchester United squad “closed” by next week while also appearing to take another swipe at Arsene Wenger for speaking out during the transfer window. We made decisions and chose to bring four players, not 10, that are Manchester United level.
“If you bring one player in for £100m and he gets injured, then it all goes through the chimney. They like to speak about my clubs and my players”.
Whether Pogba’s switch back to England does eventually happen or not, fans around the world will be eager for arguably the biggest transfer saga of 2016 to reach a conclusion with the new season now almost upon us. We try for balance.
And the Portuguese issued another veiled shot at his rival after the Arsenal boss labelled Pogba’s expected £100 million transfer fee “completely insane”, and called other team’s spending “scary”. I am happy with my squad.
Nani’s compatriot Mourinho is preparing for his first season in charge at United and the Valencia winger is intrigued to see how he will fare.
In May, it was reported that former United boss Louis van Gaal had vetoed the club’s efforts to bring in Sanches. “In other countries they don’t want to share the money, the television rights. The others it is their problem”.
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And Mourinho has indicated the 32-year-old has no future at Old Trafford. So I made the decision to play with 23 players, plus three goalkeepers, which I think is still a lot. Normally you are going to play the Premier League on the Sundays.
