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It has been three weeks since the summer transfer window has shut the doors. However, the rumours of Paul Pogba leaving Old Trafford is refusing to leave the fans. During the final days of the summer transfer window, multiple sports outlets claimed Paul Pogba's agent; Mini Raiola is trying to make a move to Camp Nou for the player.
It seems that Paul Pogba is frustrated with Mourinho's defensive tactics for two seasons and now, he wants to play more attacking football. On the other hand, the Spanish giants are still going strong to persuade the French international to Spain from England.
Paul Pogba, the World Cup winner, along with N'Golo Kante drove the French midfield with sheer grit and determination in France's World Cup-winning campaign. In the finals, France trumped Croatia 4-2 to win the World Cup. Paul Pogba scored a magnificent goal in finals and performed consistently throughout the World Cup 2018.
Paul Pogba believes that his footballing career has gone down after he joined Manchester United in 2016. However, luring Paul Pogba from Old Trafford would cost any club a minimum fee of £100 million.
On the other hand, Manchester United are willing to sell the player if any European clubs offer a fee around a fee of £150 million. Pogba's relationship with Mourinho is growing more unfavourable and it is likely that Manchester United would be interested in offloading Pogba.
Here are top three options for the Portuguese manager and Old Trafford based outfit whom they can swap Paul Pogba with
#3) Douglas Costa
Since his days at Allianz Arena, Douglas Costa was linked up with Manchester United and Old Trafford. However, the Brazillian was then loaned to Juventus. In the recently concluded summer transfer window, Juventus made the loan deal permanent by signing the player from Bayern Munich.
However, Cristiano Ronaldo's arrival in Italy has created a huge question mark over the player's future at Turin. Moreover, an Italian sports outlet, SportMediaSet claims that Douglas Costa might be sold in January transfer window to balance the books and comply to FFP regulations. The shipping of player would help the club to re-ignite their interests in the World Cup winning midfielder, Paul Pogba.
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On the other hand, Jose Mourinho is fed up with the right-wing problems at Old Trafford. With several players tried out for the position and lack of funds to buy the premium players for the position, Manchester United can swap Paul Pogba with the Brazillian international.
Expected transfer fee of the player: £55 million- £70million
#2) Sergej Milinković-Savić
Throughout the summer transfer window, the Serbian International was linked with Red Devils over a possible move from Italy. However, the transfer didn't happen.
Jose Mourinho was frustrated with the club's hierarchy as they could sign only three players- Fred, Diogo Dalot and Lee Grant.
The Serbian international, Savic is tipped as one of the best emerging midfielders, is valued at £138 million. The player attracted the interests from Juventus, Chelsea and Manchester City during the summer transfer window.
In last season, for Lazio, the midfielder netted an impressive 12 goals and bagged two more during the Europa League match against Nice. Savic also assisted the team six times during his breakthrough campaign.
During the summer transfer window, Sergej Milinković-Savić was gaining interest from Chelsea and Manchester City too. However, Sergej Milinković-Savić rejected to comment on these speculations and remained in Lazio itself.
With Paul Pogba having the intention to leave Old Trafford, Manchester United might lack a powerhouse in the midfield. Hence, Sergej will be the best option available for Manchester United if they are looking to swap the player and bolster the midfield.
Expected transfer fee of the player: £105 million- £120million
#1) Paulo Dybala
Cristiano Ronaldo completed his move to Italy from Santiago Bernabeu in the recently concluded summer transfer window. Although the fans of Juventus are enjoying CR7, Paulo Dybala is one of the players who are unhappy with lack of play time on the pitch.
Massimiliano Allegri has many options to consider and there is cut-throat competition for the starting XI as the Old Lady has players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Mario Mandzukic, Douglas Costa, Juan Cuadrado and Federico Bernardeschi. Because of the fierce competition, Paulo Dybala has started in just one game out of three and has played for only 100 minutes overall.
Paulo Dybala made his move to Juventus from Palermo in 2015 and since then the Argentine forward has enjoyed a stellar football. However, the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo has unsettled the Argentine forward and the Italian sports outlet, Calcimerato claims that Manchester United are trying to use Juventus' interest in signing Paul Pogba to sign Paulo Dybala.
After a mixed start to the season, Manchester United will be looking to shake the things off and Paulo Dybala is expected to be the final piece in the Red Devils' jigsaw puzzle.
Expected transfer fee of the player: £95 million- £110 million
