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United to offload eight players to bid for Pogba
LONDON: Manchester United’s new chief coach Jose Mourinho will reportedly axe eight footballers as he tries to land Juventus’ French midfield sensation Paul Pogba,
LONDON: Manchester United’s new chief coach Jose Mourinho will reportedly axe eight footballers as he tries to land Juventus’ French midfield sensation Paul Pogba, who has a nearly $130 million buy-out clause.
The Manchester United boss wants to work with 22 core men and the squad will also be trimmed with loans and sales.
The Sun quoted a source as saying: “Jose has made it clear he wants to work with 22 key players. It means up to eight players heading out.”
Argentine defender Marcos Rojo, French midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin and German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger are most at risk after poor seasons. Adnan Januzaj was loaned last season and there are doubts over Memphis Depay, Daley Blind and Juan Mata’s futures.
Mourinho will go head-to-head with former club, Champions League holders Real Madrid to try to sign Pogba.
He left United for free in 2012 to join Juventus, where he has blossomed into a star. Bringing him back to England would be an expensive exercise for United.
United have already done business with Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola this summer for Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
GRIEZMANN AS GOOD AS ZIDANE, PLATINI: HENRY
PARIS: France football’s new poster boy Antoine Griezmann deserves to be compared to legendary compatriot Zinedine Zidane and Michel Platini, according to Thierry Henry.
“He deserves it, at the moment. How far he’s going to take it, that’s up to him. Hopefully he’s going to take it as far as Sunday. We have a guy that can make us win again, why not?” Henry was quoted as saying by BBC on Saturday. “If we win, you’re going to be almost sure that it’s because Antoine Griezmann scored.”
