Manchester Metropolis have reportedly sounded out a transfer for Paul Pogba forward of the previous Manchester United and Juventus midfielder’s return subsequent yr.
In accordance with The Unbiased, Metropolis have been eyeing up a possible transfer for the 31-year-old, who’s eligible play once more from March 11 after his four-year ban for elevated ranges of testosterone was not too long ago decreased to 18 months.
Nevertheless, it’s thought Pogba, a World Cup winner with France in 2018, is reluctant to hitch the Premier League champions given his ties to Metropolis’s rivals in pink.
Pogba is presently a free agent following his departure from Juventus in November, with Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola believed to be a long-term admirer of his.
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Given Rodri’s absence by harm, and Metropolis’s poor run of outcomes, it has been steered Pogba may current one potential answer for Guardiola.
Nevertheless, any potential transfer within the New Yr could depend upon the end result of Metropolis’s Premier League listening to, which concluded final week, with the decision anticipated someday in February. Metropolis insist on their innocence.
Stories of Metropolis’s curiosity in Pogba come only a week after his compatriot, Adrien Rabiot, mentioned he would really like Pogba to hitch him at Marseille in Ligue 1.
Rabiot made 27 appearances alongside him for France and Juve between 2016 and 2023, and instructed DAZN (by way of RMC) after Marseille’s 2-0 league win at Saint-Etienne: “After all I want to play with Paul.
“We had the chance to rub shoulders at Juventus, the place we didn’t have the chance to play collectively a lot as a result of he had lots of issues.
“I used to be just a little disenchanted. We drastically invite him to come back and play at Olympique de Marseille. What we’re putting in is admittedly essential.”