Real Madrid eye cut-price Paul Pogba deal with Manchester United backed into corner

Paul Pogba

The France international was heavily linked with a switch to the Bernabeu last summer, where Real coach Zinedine Zidane is an outspoken admirer of him.

AS reports that the time is right for Madrid to complete a deal for the 27-year-old this summer, due to his contract situation and a poor relationship with the Old Trafford club.

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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.