City’s Pogba hopes fade

Manchester City face a desperate battle to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus, but hope to take a step closer to landing Kevin De Bruyne.

Manchester City face a desperate battle to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus, but hope to take a step closer to landing Kevin De Bruyne.

Published Jul 2, 2015

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Manchester City face a desperate battle to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus, but hope to take a step closer to landing Kevin De Bruyne when his agent meets with Wolfsburg next week. City’s fears that Pogba could end up at Barcelona next year were confirmed yesterday when two senior representatives of the Spanish club, Ariedo Braida and Albert Soler, met Juve’s managing director Giuseppe Marotta and sporting director Fabio Paratici at a Milan restaurant. Marotta later confirmed that a bid of £56.7million had been received for Pogba, but insisted the 22-year-old France midfielder would not be sold. It is understood Barca want to put a deal in place for Pogba to move to the Nou Camp in a year.

City’s hopes of signing De Bruyne have been lifted by indications that the 24-year-old Belgium forward will ask Wolfsburg to listen to offers for him. – Daily Mail

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