New Real Madrid Coach Zinedine Zidane is determined to challenge Barcelona for Juventus’ Paul Pogba, say Spanish reports.
Former Juve player Zidane took over from Rafa Benitez at the Santiago Bernabeu this month and is believed to want Pogba to follow in his footsteps by moving to Spain.
Spanish outlet AS writes today that Zidane wants his compatriot to be his first ‘Galactico’ signing, despite Barcelona’s long-time interest in the midfielder.
New Real Madrid Coach Zinedine Zidane is determined to challenge Barcelona for Juventus’ Paul Pogba, say Spanish reports.
Former Juve player Zidane took over from Rafa Benitez at the Santiago Bernabeu this month and is believed to want Pogba to follow in his footsteps by moving to Spain.
Spanish outlet AS writes today that Zidane wants his compatriot to be his first ‘Galactico’ signing, despite Barcelona’s long-time interest in the midfielder.
Pogba is valued at around €100m and the report says that this would be more of an issue for Barca than it would be for Real, who spent a similar figure on Gareth Bale in 2013.
However, the newspaper points to Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola as a possible stumbling block for the Merengues.
They believe that Raiola was offended when Carlo Ancelotti discarded the possibility of signing Pogba while Madrid coach, responding by saying: “We don’t want him to sign with a team like Real Madrid. They treat players as if they were towels; they use them and then throw them away.”
Pogba’s contract at Juve runs until 2019 and the Bianconeri will not let him go easily, but he appears set to be at the centre of a bidding war between the two La Liga giants.