In a bid to secure his future, Manchester United want to make Paul Pogba the highest-paid player in the Premier League. United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has earmarked the midfielder’s importance to his team
The midfielder supposedly wants to wait until after Euro 2020 to sit down with his employers. But with only a year left on his contract, the time has come to make a decision. However, reports earlier this month claim that Pogba is delaying talks in a bid to attract transfer interest from European giants. Soon after that claim came out, though, United grew eager and began talks with the midfielder’s representatives.
Now, The Sun has revealed details of those discussions, revealing that the Red Devils want to pay Pogba £400,000 per week. Over a five-year deal, that would equate to the 28-year-old earning £104million in total. His prospective new deal would top the £375,000 per week which goalkeeper David de Gea earns.
Pogba played arguably his best season in a Red Devils shirt since his return from Juventus in 2016. The newspaper adds that United feel ‘desperate’ to sort the midfielder’s future out after his strong campaign.
He showed more consistency with his performances and chipped in with vital goals to boot; his goals against Fulham and Burnley won United six Premier League points that eventually helped them finish second.
On the European stage, meanwhile, Pogba sent his club through to the last eight of the Europa League with the winner against AC Milan.