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Paper Round: Manchester United want £140m for Pogba, City eye Matthijs De Ligt and Riyad Mahrez

Pete Sharland

Updated 20/04/2018 at 06:05 GMT

Manchester United will reportedly want £140 million for Paul Pogba if he is to leave and Manchester City want Riyad Mahrez and Matthijs de Ligt. It's Friday's Paper Round.

Paul Pogba

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United will demand £140m for Pogba

We start with The Mail, who have an exclusive that if Paul Pogba is to leave in the summer Manchester United will demand £140 million for him. The report says that if Mourinho pushes the board to sell it would leave just PSG, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City and Chelsea as options. Interestingly the report adds that Pogba's agent Mino Raiola has made contact with all of those clubs in recent months.
Paper Round's view: Let's be honest, who wouldn't want to see Pogba at Manchester City? In all seriousness though it's hard to see Pogba leaving, just because it feels like Real Madrid and Barcelona will have other targets in the summer.

Man City want De Ligt and Mahrez

Two separate Manchester City reports now. With The Telegraph reporting they have joined the race for Ajax defender Mattijs de Ligt and The Mirror saying that they will resurrect their interest in Riyad Mahrez. The latter report adds that City could also be interested in Ryan Bertrand this summer.
Paper Round's view: De Ligt seems like a very sensible purchase as Vincent Kompany nears the end of his career but at this stage signing Mahrez just feels mean. Can you imagine a scenario when Pep Guardiola looks to replace a tiring Leroy Sane or Raheem Sterling with Mahrez?!
Read the full stories here and here.

Wenger feels Vieira is not ready to take over yet

We move to The Mirror now with some quotes from Arsene Wenger. The Arsenal boss has again remained quiet on his future but said that one day former Gunners captain Patrick Vieira could be an option to take over.
Paper Round's view: Vieira has done a very impressive job at New York City FC and perhaps he does not need a European job to prove he can do it? Eventually Arsenal may just have to throw someone like him in at the deep end...

Roberts admits future is uncertain

We end with a report from The Mirror that says that West Ham would be interested in extending Joe Hart's stay at the club past this season when his loan from Manchester City expires.
Paper Round's view: Ignoring the horrendously misleading tweet this is an interesting story given Hart's error against Stoke. The Hammers clearly feel that Hart can keep playing at a high level and compete with Adrian.
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