Paul Pogba has reportedly agreed a huge £10.3million-a-year deal to swap Manchester United for Real Madrid this summer.Pogba is already believed to have asked United to sell him come the end of the season after growing tired of life in England – despite Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s claims to the contrary.
A report in AS claims that the 26-year-old is desperate to link up with fellow countryman Zinedine Zidane at the Bernabeu and has informed United’s hierarchy that they need to broker a deal.However, the report goes on to state that United are expected to play hardball over any potential transfer and that they will demand at least £130million for the former Juventus star, who has also been strongly linked with a return to Turin.
Real are also ready to use Gareth Bale as a bargaining tool in any move for Pogba, offering the Welsh wizard in a part-exchange deal.AS states that the Spanish giants have reached an economic agreement with the player that will see a sizeable increase in his salary based, as Real begin a major revamp of their squad after a disastrous season domestically and in Europe.Meanwhile, Athletic Bilbao have reportedly bettered PSG’s offer to sign another United midfielder this summer.
Athletic Bilbao have reportedly bettered Paris Saint-Germain’s offer to sign Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera as an exit for the Spaniard looms closer.The Spaniard – whose contract runs out at the end of the season – is on a list of names linked with a move away from Old Trafford as Red Devils boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer plans a squad rebuild.
French champions PSG were said to have already lured Herrera to the Parc des Princes with an offer of £170,000 a week on a three-year contract.According to Spanish publication Mundo Deportivo, however, Herrera’s former club Bilbao have entered the frame by tabling the same monetary guarantees but on a four-year-deal.
The source adds that while Herrera is yet to decide on his future, he has been forced to rethink his plans after his former club swooped in with a lucrative offer.The 29-year-old joined Bilbao from Real Zaragoza in 2011 and spent three years with the club, scoring 11 goals and assisting 19 others in 128 appearances before moving to United for £32m in 2014.