Paul Pogba has been described in a report as 'effectively gone' at Man United and the club have reportedly already started to plan life without the Frenchman.
The France international has fewer than three months left on his £290,000-per-week contract at Old Trafford and Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus are among the clubs keen on him.
The 29-year-old remaining at United has yet to be ruled out because there is no guarantee the French and Italian giants can offer the wages he wants, with Juventus reportedly only able to offer £8million a season - just over half of his current £15m wage at Old Trafford.
But the Manchester Evening News claim they have been told Pogba is effectively 'gone' at United, and that the club has being preparing for his departure for most of the season.
The report adds those plans have included a look towards the summer transfer window, when they will look to sign at least one new midfielder, with Pogba's France team-mate Aurelien Tchouameni among those linked.
The same outlet claims PSG have made a bid for Pogba, the terms of which are believed to be lower than the final package United put together in a seemingly futile attempt to convince the midfielder to stay.
The report however claims Pogba prefers a return to Juventus - who he left for £89million in 2016 for United - and that Real Madrid's interest has subsided significantly since fellow Frenchman Zinedine Zidane left last year.
Pogba remained coy last week on his future but struggled to hide his disappointment at United's results, telling French TV programme Telefoot: 'The season is not over yet, but almost because we don't have any more titles to play for.
'I want to win titles, to play for something and this year and the last few years we haven't won a title. It's sad.
'Totally [playing for France is a breath of fresh air]. That's the truth. There were difficult moments at United and I needed this break to regain my energy and confidence.
'Sometimes when I wasn't playing or the results weren't good, coming here, it gives a boost, a breath of air that also helps me to come back well to my club.'
His comments came after, in a separate interview, he appeared to finally hand in his resignation at Manchester United after labelling their season as 'dead', while adding his last five years at Old Trafford have left him unfulfilled.
But former United star Wayne Rooney believes the summer is the time for Pogba to leave Old Trafford for the second time in his career.
'I think it's probably got to a point where it probably is better for him to move on,' Rooney told Sky Sports.
'I think if Paul is honest with himself, he probably hasn't had the impact he would have liked since he returned to Manchester United.
'I watch him play for France, and it's a completely different player. The ability, his vision, control of the game is there every game for France. It just hasn't quite worked at Manchester United for him.'
cuzdeiklru
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let him leave. He is ineffective even now
Adenekan99
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🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂😂😂 broo why nah
its the fact the club is killing me
Gunners4ever❤
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He is not English and being black we don’t expect anything positive from you pple
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Yodailmnps
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He is not English and being black we don’t expect anything positive from you pple
your comment stinks, reason before you talk, elanga, Rashford, fred, just to mention but few, what color are they,? pogba is a team destroyer, stop protecting evil.
Yodailmnps
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i hav said it before and will continue saying that the reason why pogba is still thinking abt United is the money not of his love for the club and that's part of the reasons why he's cussing more problem to the team, to rebuild mu a player like pogba should not be allowed to hang around the club otherwise nothing is going to work according plans, pogba is the first player to leave mu fr peace to return to the team, Ferguson has a very clear reason why he sent pogba away but many people thought he was being harsh on him., now more than 95% of soccer lover all over the world has seen the problem Ferguson saw years ago.
fonbanlaj
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just how we look at united this days
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🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂😂😂 broo why nah
DukBright
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Paul pogba refused to learn humility from Ngolo Kante....... Kante has achieved more than him
Wayabckos
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He is not English and being black we don’t expect anything positive from you pple
I mean Fred rashford bisaaka are also black they are not criticized. so stop playing victim card
SunnyNnamdi
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this guy Paul is no body then virus, let him go with his fat manager
MikelleHicks
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He is not English and being black we don’t expect anything positive from you pple
You sound a little fuckin racist buddy…. You are definitely not American.. because no American non black person would say that to an American black person because they would probably get their teeth knocked down their throat
Vewcmpsy
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Milenkovic-savic will be a prefect replacement for Pogba and Matic
Mazkmrsuyz
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He gets 300000 a week to be a douche.... What a life
bodhari_0ne
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Itz too late he supposed to leave ages ago. He is the problem in the team.
Borikat69
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This Ngubu is on vacation mode already. What a shame.
Adenekan99
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just how we look at united this days
zobadeirs
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He is not English and being black we don’t expect anything positive from you pple
are English people even normal. people in 21 century are been ruled by an old lady called queen. who even do that? the truth is black are better than you pinky coloured people
Lisbcmopsu
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Not been an English player is the point at all but he not performing,black players played for United and performs examples Patrick Evra
Metbcmptu
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would be beta to start benching him
Wiodempry
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He is not English and being black we don’t expect anything positive from you pple
u are the most useless species of beanseed
umalphab
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Pogba is the virus in the team. he should leave
Tidcdekmrs
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He is not English and being black we don’t expect anything positive from you pple
Shadrack1993
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let the guy go, he wants to win something we won't win that thing that he wants for sometime. Give the boy a way out, I know he would like to stay but united is not ready to win the trophies he want, for me I understand why he jus leave.