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| French & Juventus Midfielder - Paul Pogba |
The hope of Jose Mourinho to bring midfielder Paul Pogba to the theatre of dreams may have been dashed as the Old Lady of Turin have offered the French midfielder a new 5-years deal.
The France international’s former club, Manchester United have been linked with a world-record transfer bid worth around £100 million, which includes a salary worth in the region of £16m per year.
But Juventus are set to meet with the 23-year-old’s agent, Mino Raiola, in the coming days in the hope of extending Pogba's stay in Turin until 2021, rather than watching him head back to the club he left in 2012.
The new deal is believed to worth between €6m and €7m per year, which marks a significant rise on his current €4.5m-a-year contract which currently expires in 2019.
The Serie A giants are hopeful, despite their own offer falling well short of the money on offer at Old Trafford, that the good relationship with Pogba will act in their favour.
However, the new offer to Pogba by Juventus will have no bearing effect on the in Gonzalo Higuain, with Juve prepared to meet the €94m (£79m) buyout clause in the Napoli striker's contract.
“Juve won't accept anything less than €100m for his sale and I agree with that, though he is more than happy to remain with the Bianconeri. We are even ready to sign a new contract.” a statement from the club.
Real Madrid were also keen on Pogba earlier in the summer but are understood to have pulled out based on Juventus's valuation of the player, leaving United as the sole interested party.
Recall that Pogba unceremoniously left United during the era of Sir Alex Ferguson after his previous three-year spell.
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