BARCELONA HAVE HAD an €80 million bid for Paul Pogba rejected, Juventus director general Giuseppe Marotta has confirmed.
On Wednesday, Barcelona directors Ariedo Braida and Alberto Soler flew to Italy for a meeting with Marotta and Bianconeri sporting director Fabio Paratici.
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At the meeting, the Barca chiefs tabled an €80m bid for Pogba — but the offer was swiftly rejected.
“Barcelona offered us €80m for Pogba but we don’t want to sell him,” Marotta told Gazzetta dello Sport.
Pogba has emerged as Barcelona’s primary transfer target, despite the club being banned from signing new players until January 2016.
With the Camp Nou presidential elections taking place in just over two weeks, all the candidates — including current incumbent Josep Maria Bartomeu and former chief Joan Laporta — want to buy Pogba now and register him for the start of the 2016-17 season.
Having already sold Carlos Tevez to Boca Juniors and with Andrea Pirlo set to depart to New York City FC, Juventus are unwilling to lose another key player now — although they could be more open to selling next summer should Barcelona increase their offer to €100m.
Pogba joined Juventus in 2012 on a Bosman transfer from Manchester United and has developed into one of the world’s most sought-after players.
Juventus reject €80m Pogba offer from Barcelona
BARCELONA HAVE HAD an €80 million bid for Paul Pogba rejected, Juventus director general Giuseppe Marotta has confirmed.
On Wednesday, Barcelona directors Ariedo Braida and Alberto Soler flew to Italy for a meeting with Marotta and Bianconeri sporting director Fabio Paratici.
At the meeting, the Barca chiefs tabled an €80m bid for Pogba — but the offer was swiftly rejected.
“Barcelona offered us €80m for Pogba but we don’t want to sell him,” Marotta told Gazzetta dello Sport.
Pogba has emerged as Barcelona’s primary transfer target, despite the club being banned from signing new players until January 2016.
With the Camp Nou presidential elections taking place in just over two weeks, all the candidates — including current incumbent Josep Maria Bartomeu and former chief Joan Laporta — want to buy Pogba now and register him for the start of the 2016-17 season.
Having already sold Carlos Tevez to Boca Juniors and with Andrea Pirlo set to depart to New York City FC, Juventus are unwilling to lose another key player now — although they could be more open to selling next summer should Barcelona increase their offer to €100m.
Pogba joined Juventus in 2012 on a Bosman transfer from Manchester United and has developed into one of the world’s most sought-after players.
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