‘ITALY IS HOME TO POGBA’
only to not challenge for the Champions League or the Premier League title – but he never lost his smile.”
United’s top brass are furious with the controversial agent for once again stirring up transfer talk around £89million Pogba.
He has played only eight games this season and not featured since Boxing Day because of ankle trouble which required surgery.
World Cup winner Pogba is closing on a return to action – possibly before the Manchester derby at Old Trafford on March 8.
But Raiola’s latest outburst has again made it clear the 26-year-old midfielder is looking to quit United in the summer.
Raiola said: ”It would be bull for me not to admit Paul wants to stay at the highest level. But Pogba will first and foremost try to give his best and then we’ll see at the end of the season if he ought to remain or not.
“I talk to Juventus and their vice-chairman Pavel Nedved about many things – including about Pogba and other players, as is only right for a big club.
Ruin
“You need to get information, see what’s happening, dream a little.
“Along with Juventus, there are other clubs in for Paul – but right now he is with Manchester United.
“What I can say is that, just like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul considers Italy to be his second home and he wouldn’t mind returning to Juventus. But we’ll talk about it after Euro 2020.
“There’s nothing impossible in the transfer market, that has already been proved by Juve, PSG and Real Madrid.”
Although dismayed, United last night declined to respond to Raiola’s outburst. In December, he claimed they were a club “out of touch with reality” and without “a sporting project” – adding: “They’d ruin Maradona, Pele and Paolo Maldini.”