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Hello and welcome to the Premier League transfer news and rumours of the day! Here are the top stories of the day surrounding the Premiership!
Neville thinks Pogba doesn’t want United stay
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has claimed that Paul Pogba doesn’t want to stay at the Old Trafford. The Frenchman is going through a difficult patch of form and even though the former Red Devils star thinks he is world-class, his agent’s influence may have turned his head around.
“I think he is world class,” former Red Devils defender Neville was quoted as saying.
“I don’t think he wants to be here, that’s his problem. I think his agent’s into him.
He then brought back the time when Pogba was playing well but he had predicted that the Frenchman’s problems would arise again. And it has come true now as Neville believes that his agent Mino Raiola has a lot of influence on the Frenchman.
He also added the fact that the interest from other clubs has also turned his head around and thinks that the former Juventus star no longer wants to stay at the Theatre of Dreams.
“I said two, three months ago when he was brilliant, he’s done brilliantly for Ole, by the way, he’s scored I think 11 goals, seven assists, but I honestly thought a couple of months ago we sat in this studio at the Liverpool game and everything was brilliant about Paul Pogba and I said ‘I believe that it will resurface, the issues will resurface’.
“We know his agent, we know the influence he has on him, we know that Pogba has got his head turned by other clubs and he’s playing like somebody who’s had his head turned.
“He’s playing like somebody who doesn’t quite want to be here.”
Liverpool won’t sign Insigne
A report from Italy had earlier claimed that Lorenzo Insigne is a huge fan of Jurgen Klopp and would like to play for him. However, it seems as though the German is not keen on signing him.
The former Dortmund manager made it absolutely clear that he has no intention of signing the Napoli star even though he admitted that he is a great player but won’t even try to make a move for him due to his long-term contract with the Italian outfit.
“We will not sign Lorenzo Insigne," Klopp said.
"He is a very good player but he has a long-term contract at Napoli. We will not even try it.”
The Reds are currently fighting for the Premier League title against Manchester City and are just a single point behind the league-leaders. They are also in the Champions League semi-final, where they will face Barcelona.
Danny Rose wants Eriksen to stay
Christian Eriksen just has another year left in his contract as it is set to expire in the summer of 2020. As a result, he has been linked with a move to Real Madrid but Tottenham defender Danny Rose is hoping that he signs a new deal with the Lilywhites.
He believes that the former Ajax star is vital to their cause as a team because whenever the midfielder doesn’t play, it affects the team to such an extent that it is clearly visible that they are lacking the connecter of the dots.
"It's obviously vital [that Eriksen stays]. If you look over the five years that the manager's been here, Christian has played the most games and that says a lot,” he said.
"When Christian doesn't play, there are questions that we don't look the same. He links everything up for us.”
Manchester madness
Manchester madness has found its way here as both the clubs in the city have been linked with Portuguese players. The two outfits faced each other last night in a match that the Etihad won 2-0 and take one step closer to the Premier League title.
And now, according to reports from Portugal, Manchester City are interested in signing Benfica youngster Florentino Luis and are willing to pay €35 million for the defensive midfielder who is just 19 years of age.
However, that is not close to what the Portuguese outfit want as they are demanding for €50 million upfront and €10 million in addons to take the deal to €60 million.
Meanwhile, Manchester United are interested in signing Joao Cancelo from Juventus, who would be willing to sell him if United pay his asking price of €40 million, the report goes on to add.
Callum Hudson-Odoi
Callum Hudson-Odoi is set to be out for a considerable amount of time due to his Achilles injury but that hasn’t made Bayern Munich put him out of their radar. Bayern president Uli Hoeness has hinted that they might still be interested in the player but refused to add too much to it as the player is currently injured.
"Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Hasan Salihamidzic have said that he is an interesting player,' Hoeness said.
"I think we keep thinking about it. But he's just on the operating table. Therefore it makes no sense to comment on this."
While Bayern Munich may still be interested in him, Barcelona star Lionel Messi has banned the Catalans from signing the Chelsea youngster, according to reports from Spain.
The Blaugrana were interested in him but Messi doesn’t want them to go his way as he is going to be out injured for a long time.
