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MANCHESTER UNITED are going to war with Paul Pogba’s agent by raising the midfielder’s valuation to £180million.
And that will effectively price the club’s £89m record buy out of a move away from Old Trafford.
United originally valued Pogba at £150m-£160m but have now upped that based on some of the prices they have been quoted for transfer targets.
Originally they had him valued at between £150-£160 million but have now upped that.
The club flatly refuse to be bullied into letting Pogba go by his agent Mino Raiola and this is a sure sign they will not be pushed around.
They are sick of his public utterances about Pogba wanting to leave Old Trafford and how a move needed to happen.
The Red Devils are under no pressure to sell their £89million record buy with Pogba having two years, plus the possibility a further year’s extension, left on his contract.
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The problem is the player has said himself publicly that he is ready for a new challenge.
But as it stands there have been no bids for the player with main suitor Real Madrid initially unprepared to go above £90million.
Pogba is with the United squad here in Perth where they take on Perth Glory today in the first of their pre-season games.