On Wednesday, Sky Sports cameras caught Jose Mourinho clash with Paul Pogba at the start of a training session at Manchester United’s Carrington base.
Barcelona were rumoured to be interested in signing the midfielder in the summer, but the World Cup winner’s wish to leave Old Trafford was turned down by the club.
It’s no surprise the Catalan media has a report on the 25-year-old and today’s edition of Mundo Deportivo looks at the Blaugrana’s chances of acquiring his services.
Mundo explains why it will be ‘almost impossible’ for the Camp Nou outfit to compete with other clubs in signing the Frenchman.
The Spanish champions will have ‘two drawbacks’ which are his representative, Mino Raiola, and the high agent fee, plus the player’s salary demands of €12m-a-year. That will almost certainly be an after tax figure.
Even Real Madrid could also join the race for the Premier League midfielder’s signature, but any approach from potential suitors in signing the Red Devils star will see them spend above €100m.
Pogba is one of the three main objectives for Barcelona side and the other two targets are PSG’s Adrien Rabiot and Frenkie de Jong of Ajax.
The Ligue 1 player’s contract at Parc des Princes runs down in 2019, while the Dutch international is also on the radar of several other clubs.