Ambitious towards the summer transfer window, Real Madrid intends to return to the charge for Paul Pogba. However, his two previous attempts had failed.
Paul Pogba at Real Madrid, the third will be the right one? Hard to say at the moment. In any case, the daily As is optimistic about the chances of the Madrid club this summer. Our colleagues recall, however, the two previous Merengue failures for the Frenchman, who had taken the first step by posting his wishes for elsewhere last summer. But Manchester United, which wished to keep it, had voluntarily set a deterrent price.
In addition, the Mancunian environment, priority of coach Zinedine Zidane, was not unanimous within the Madrid leadership. Pogba was more popular in the summer of 2016, when Real had previously tried to recruit him to Juventus Turin. But at the time, the player’s salary demands and Mino Raiola’s demands had cooled the people of Madrid. This is why Manchester United had concluded the transaction at € 105 million, plus € 40 million for the agent between its commissions and its negotiated percentage.
Pogba cheaper this summer?
But this time, the international tricolor, under contract until 2021 with an additional year optional, seems more accessible according to the source. Beyond his contractual situation, his value has surely dropped due to his injuries and the health crisis. Without forgetting that the Red Devils, tired of Raiola, have perfectly replaced Pogba by Bruno Fernandes this winter. It remains to be seen whether the Mancunians will not take malicious pleasure in thwarting the agent’s plans …
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