Man Utd ‘offered Aaron Ramsey and Rabiot for Paul Pogba transfer’ as Juventus try to drive down midfielder’s £132m price
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MANCHESTER UNITED have reportedly been offered Aaron Ramsey and Adrien Rabiot for Paul Pogba as Juventus try to slash the wantaway midfielder's £132m asking price.
The coronavirus crunch is set to spell the end of football’s big-money transfers with the swap deal making a comeback this summer.
According to , Juve are desperate land Pogba in the coming transfer window.
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So much so that they have offered Ramsay and Rabiot in a bid to cut the Frenchman's eye-watering £132m asking price, given the financial uncertainty amid the killer virus.
Boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is thought to be a big fan of the Welshman - who joined Bianconeri for free last year but has struggled to find his feet in Turin, mustering just three top-flight goals.
Rabiot is keen to do business with the Red Devils, and reportedly refused to return to Juve after lockdown.
United have sent scouts to watch him "several times" this season as Solskjaer looks to inject even more creativity into his midfield alongside Portuguese maestro Bruno Fernandes.
Rabiot still has four years remaining on his Allianz deal after he arrived for free from PSG last summer, but has failed to cement his spot in Maurizio Sarri's side.
Pogba returned to Old Trafford from Juve in 2016 for a British-record £89million.
But has largely failed to live up to expectations in the past four years, making just six starts this season due to injury.
SunSport revealed that United are ready to offload the French midfielder this summer for at least £100million.
The Red Devils may be inclined to cash in on the Frenchman to raise funds for the purchases of Jadon Sancho and Jack Grealish, who are likely to still be valued at a combined £150million once the transfer window opens.
And Ed Woodward recently cast doubt over mega-bucks spending sprees in the summer.
The 27-year-old reportedly rakes in around £290,000-a-week on his current contract that expires next summer with the option of an extra year.
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Real Madrid have made it no secret of their desire to sign the World Cup winner with boss Zinedine Zidane a long-standing admirer of his fellow compatriot.
But Los Blancos have had to seriously tighten the purse strings due to the coronavirus crisis-
Inter Milan and PSG have also been linked to the French World Cup winner but it seems his lavish wages are becoming a problem for all potential suitors.