Manchester United clinch €75m deal for midfielder as Real Madrid close in on Paul Pogba

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic

La Repubblica reports that the deadlock has been broken in one of transfer sagas of the summer as Real have accelerated their efforts to sign Pogba.

The Spanish giants already have an agreement with the France international and will now negotiate with the Old Trafford club, who have acted swiftly by finding a replacement.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.