Did you really think we could go an entire day without mentioning Paul Pogba on our website? Think again.
Social media users will accuse us of doing it for the clicks (if only they knew the real truth about Manchester United hits), but that’s not it.
No, we do it because we know fans of the Red Devils around the world (all 600 million of them) desperately want to be up to date with the latest news regarding the Frenchman, so we find it, and then give it back to you… the people.
Marca are the kind souls helping everyone out, making it very clear Real Madrid are still interested in the 26-year-old.
Florentino Pérez wants to make every single one of Zinedine Zidane’s dreams come true, and after Luka Jovic, Eden Hazard and Ferland Mendy, it’s now Paul Pogba’s turn.
So far, three of the four parties are doing what they can: the midfielder has expressed his desire to try something new while the Real Madrid president has been in touch with Manchester United to try and kick off negotiations.
However, the Red Devils have dug their heels and refuse to budge, labelling Pogba as ‘untransferable’, meaning ‘no money’ could convince them of changing their mind.
The former Juventus star’s public comments haven’t changed plans within Old Trafford and Carrington, but they did confirm what Mino Raiola had told Manchester United: his client’s desire to leave is ‘serious’.
Marca explain it’s now up to the player himself to ‘reiterate’ to those in charge (Joel Glazer and Ed Woodward) they have ‘no other alternative’ but to negotiate his exit and put a price tag on his back so Real Madrid can put together the required funds.
Pogba, for now, doesn’t want to go to war with the Premier League side, which is why he isn’t thinking about forcing an exit, but he does want the club to understand and accept his stance.
The Spanish outlet state the midfielder would prefer everything to be sorted before he has to return to preseason during the first week of July, but that seems unlikely.
In case Real Madrid cannot get Manchester United to change their mind, Christian Eriksen, Donny Van de Beek and Tanguy Ndombele are all names being considered.
The thing is, they aren’t Pogba, and that’s who Zidane really wants.
