Jose Mourinho Closing In On Blaise Matuidi
For some weeks, all the talks have been about Paul Pogba. Various news outlets have claimed strong Manchester United interest for the Frenchman. But following the new reports in the last 24 hours, it seems we were all talking about the wrong Frenchman.
Yesterday, Goal France claimed that Blaise Matuidi was in England for transfer talks with an unnamed English club.
L’Equipe have now taken the story further by claiming Jose Mourinho is very keen to bring a second Paris-Saint Germain name to Old Trafford, after successfully completing the high-profile Zlatan Ibrahimovic deal.
L’Equipe’s Guillaume Dufy believes Manchester United’s new boss can land his man for as little as €25m.
José Mourinho is actively pursuing Blaise Matuidi and a deal could be closed for €25m. [Source: L'Equipe] #jose #mufc
— José Mourinho-MUFC (@Utd_JM) July 5, 2016
A medical has been scheduled in France for Matuidi. He is a priority signing for José Mourinho. [Source: L'Equipe] #jose #mufc
— José Mourinho-MUFC (@Utd_JM) July 5, 2016
A Journalist of another French news outlet, Canal Sports, understands that Bayern Munich, along with Manchester United, are in the race to sign the midfielder, who joined the French champions from Saint-Étienne for €7.5m in 2011.
Mino Raiola wants to bring PSG midfielder Blaise Matuidi to Manchester United. [Source: Canal+] #mufc #jose
— José Mourinho-MUFC (@Utd_JM) July 4, 2016
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