New Manchester United deal for Paul Pogba and Real Madrid wait for Kylian Mbappe

Paul Pogba may sign a new Manchester United deal, Real Madrid wait for Kylian Mbappe, Jose Mourinho is hacked off and Chelsea could sell N'Golo Kante and more. 

United confident over Pogba contract

The Telegraph reports that Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident that he can tie down Paul Pogba to a new contract. United had identified Jack Grealish as a potential replacement but the club could now focus elsewhere, with a striker and a central defender the priority if the 27-year-old French midfielder is prepared to stay at the club. 

***: Coronavirus has affected the transfer window so severely that Pogba and United may see a convenient way forward - give him a pay rise to stay a couple of years before moving him on at a higher value in two years. That way Pogba is able to focus on the task in hand for a season or two before getting his desired move to Spain or to return to Juventus. 

Real Madrid wait for triple signing 

Real Madrid are playing a waiting game for three young stars in European football. They want Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen but accept that Chelsea may push through a deal this summer, but Spanish paper Marca claims that Kylian Mbappe and Eduardo Camavinga have neither signed new deals at their current clubs and are prepared to wait for another season. 

Mourinho anger over Dier 

Tottenham Hotspur Jose Mourinho expressed his anger with Eric Dier’s four-match ban, reports the Mirror, which came after he went into the home crowd pre-lockdown to come to his brother’s help. 

Mourinho said:

That’s simply my feeling. Powerful people – that doesn’t belong to the tribe. And they don’t have the feelings. They don’t have the know-how, and it’s very, very difficult to lead something when you don’t have a clue about the world that you are leading.

Chelsea could sell Kante or Jorginho 

The Sun reports that Chelsea could be prepared to sell N’Golo Kante or Jorginho in order to afford Kai Havertz. Bayer Leverkusen want £90 million for the 21-year-old German international, so moving on one of the pair would go some way to raising funds. Kurt Zouma, Emerson, Michy Batshuayi, Marcos Alonso, Danny Drinkwater, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Kenedy could all leave too.