{"id":2650,"date":"2021-12-14T13:36:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T18:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/14\/where-manchester-united-are-regarding-potential-paul-pogba-replacement-revealed\/"},"modified":"2021-12-14T13:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T18:36:27","slug":"where-manchester-united-are-regarding-potential-paul-pogba-replacement-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/14\/where-manchester-united-are-regarding-potential-paul-pogba-replacement-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Manchester United are regarding potential Paul Pogba replacement revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Paul Pogba &amp; Manchester United<\/h2>\n<p>The future of United star Paul Pogba has been up in the air for some time now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mino Raiola\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1335999997456896003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1335999997456896003%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.101greatgoals.com%2Fnews%2Fmanchester-united-to-seek-talks-with-paul-pogba-over-fears-he-will-run-down-his-contract%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0back in December of 2020 that his client was unhappy at Old Trafford, suggesting that it was \u2018over\u2019 for him at the club.<\/p>\n<p>This was followed by Raiola once again\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/raiola-pogba-hazard-manchester-united-20507565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempting<\/a>\u00a0to drum up speculation surrounding a potential move to Real Madrid for his client.<\/p>\n<p>All of this comes with Pogba now having just over six months to run on his current Man United contract.<\/p>\n<p>This, of course, means that he will be free to negotiate a pre-contract agreement with foreign clubs from January.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United eye Pogba replacements<\/h2>\n<p>Pogba had, of course, previously struggled under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and was often deployed out of position on the left or right of a 4-2-3-1.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Ralf Rangnick has since taken over in the United dugout. But, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/manchester-united-pogba-ralf-rangnick-22432677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">asked<\/a> about Pogba\u2019s future recently, seemed less inclined to play games, suggesting that, if Pogba does not want to be at United, he should leave:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf a player does not want to play Manchester United in the medium or long term, I don\u2019t think it makes sense to convince him to change his mind. But let\u2019s wait and see, I have spoken with him [Pogba] for 15 minutes over the phone a few days ago [Tuesday]. Let\u2019s have him come back, get fit, train with the team and see where we stand, how the team has developed by then.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Given the circus-style saga that Pogba\u2019s agent Mino Raiola has often drummed up, Man United fans would probably not be too upset to see the Frenchman leave, even if it is on a free.<\/p>\n<p>But, it would still likely see United\u2019s need for a new central midfielder grow even further as Fred, Scott McTominay and an ageing Nemanja Matic is simply not enough to cover two positions for an entire season regardless of quality.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Telegraph have provided an update on Man United\u2019s situation regarding a potential Pogba replacement.<\/p>\n<p>They report that, amid Pogba\u2019s uncertain future, Manchester United are looking at midfield options in the transfer market and are <em>\u2018in the early stages of assessing potential midfielder arrivals in the event of the \u00a389million signing leaving without a fee.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Transfer notebook: Man Utd eye midfield reinforcements with Paul Pogba\u2019s future still uncertain<\/p>\n<p>Plus: Kieran Trippier is Newcastle\u2019s No 1 January target \u2013 and Burnley captain Ben Mee holds talks over new deal | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcgrathmike?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mcgrathmike<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tWzapjIHKc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/tWzapjIHKc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball\/status\/1470770722125590530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nGiven Pogba is still under contract till June and a marquee midfield signing would probably be hard to come by in January, United being in the early stages of looking for a Pogba replacement should not concern United fans too much right now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/manchester-city-vs-leeds-united-betting-tips-preview-predictions-odds-2\/\">Manchester City vs Leeds United betting tips: Preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/liverpool-vs-newcastle-united-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\">Liverpool vs Newcastle United betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Pogba &amp; Manchester United The future of United star Paul Pogba has been up in the air for some time now. Mino Raiola\u00a0claimed\u00a0back in December of 2020 that his client was unhappy at Old Trafford, suggesting that it was \u2018over\u2019 for him at the club. This was followed by Raiola once again\u00a0attempting\u00a0to drum up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-2650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}