Juventus is close to reaching an agreement to sell Paul Pogba to Manchester United for a world record transfer fee. The Italian champion was asking 130 million euros ($143 million) for theFrench midfielder.
New United manager Jose Mourinho has made the acquisition of Pogba as key part of his rebuilding efforts in midfield. United has already signed EricBailly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Selling Pogba will allow Juve to cover the costs of signing Miralem Pjanic from Roma, Dani Alvesfrom Barcelona and Medhi Benatia from Bayern. It hopes to add a striker with Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain and new Brazil international Gabriel Barbosa from Santos among the targets.