Pogba to Man City: The stunning details, a De Jong parternship and Man Utd’s replacement

Manchester City are interested in Paul Pogba again. They may partner him with Frenkie de Jong and Manchester United have a replacement in mind.

FLOGGING POG

@DiMarzio Why did you put out content from Guardiola's press conference today that you knew was embargoed until 10;30pm? You should hang your head in shame.

— Jason Burt (@JBurtTelegraph) April 6, 2018

He should get done. An absolute disgrace to the profession. I don’t know what you do for a living but breaking an embargo in journalism isn’t breaking news, it’s not about being first, it’s about cheating. It’s a golden rule. He’s broken it. Everything else he does is irrelevant

— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) April 6, 2018

Absolutely glorious stuff from those halcyon days. Manchester City possibly looking into signing free agent Pogba upon the expiration of his Manchester United contract feels positively tame by comparison, but here we are.

Pogba, of course, shares an agency with Erling Haaland and The Sun claim that the Frenchman’s name has been mentioned during those discussions. Manchester City have quite sensibly ‘asked to be kept informed’.

Guardiola’s desire for ‘a new versatile central midfielder’ as Fernandinho’s replacement is cited by the Daily Mail. Pogba has indeed proven to be incredibly versatile at Old Trafford, which is presumably why Manchester United have spent every transfer window since he joined trying to #unlock him.

The Times suggest Manchester City are targeting ‘a dynamic box-to-box midfielder’, however, and ‘there is a feeling in some quarters that Pogba could be a good signing’. He is on a shortlist of five to 10 players in the position.

Pogba himself would be ‘open’ to the move as he ‘is interested in working with’ Guardiola and ‘could