Manchester United lay the foundations for a Paul Pogba successor amid calls for him to stay.
Manchester United’s transfer team are a substantial way through a deal for a Paul Pogba successor amid the club’s stars pleading for the midfielder to stay.
Pogba’s future is up in the air with only one year left on his deal at Old Trafford. Nevertheless, he has reportedly dismissed the offer of a new contract and wants a new challenge elsewhere. As such, Paris Saint-Germain has risen as possible transfer suitors, but are only ready to pay around £45million.
Marcus Rashford among other players have been pleading with Pogba to commit his future to the Red Devils.
A source reportedly notified that the group of United players “have been doing everything” to try and talk Pogba round. They feel that they would be losing a “genuine world-class talent” if he moved on.
Meanwhile, Eurosport journalist Dean Jones has revealed on the Football Terrace podcast that United’s transfer team led by football director John Murtough have already taken substantial strides towards signing Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves.
The reporter said amid presumed interest in Atletico Madrid’s Saul Niguez: “I just haven’t heard a lot about Saul Niguez personally.
“So it’s hard for me to assess that one. So I’d say because of the information I’ve had, and it all depends on your sources, I know for a fact that they do like Neves, that they’ve been working on it in the background and it’s reasonably far down the line.
“And if they do want to progress with it they can because the foundations have been laid.”