EuroSport Paper Round: Jose Mourinho wants Paul Pogba, Saul Niguez and a former United legend

Mourinho to bid for Pogba

Jose Mourinho is will reinforce the spine of his Manchester United team with “three elite-level signings”, including Paul Pogba, writes Duncan Castles in The Times. According to Castles, Mourinho is ready to make a bid for the Juventus midfielder, who has been informally placed on the

transfer market. The 23-year-old is apparently ready to move away from Italy and Mourinho is sensing that he could be one of his three big targets for the summer to transform his side.

‘Mourinho tells United to sign Niguez’

Mourinho has demanded that United “splash the cash on his X Factor star at Old Trafford - £54 million Saul Niguez”, shouts Steve Millar at the Daily Star. According to the paper, the 21-year-old will be available if United can meet his release clause and so Mourinho will be able to move for him right away. Millar writes that the new United boss “cannot wait to start working with the talented youth” and “Niguez is at the top of the wanted list” highlighted by Mourinho and the club’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.

‘Mourinho wants Rio Ferdinand to return’

There is one former United star who Mourinho desperately wants to bring in to join his backroom staff, according to The Sun, and that’s Rio Ferdinand. The paper reports that Mourinho has already made contact with Rio and made his intentions clear, but the former defender and now TV pundit has yet to make a decision on his future. According to Phil Cadden and Neil Ashton in the paper, “Ferdinand is seen by Mourinho as a key man to help take the club back to the top” and has “been sounded out about it”.

‘Mourinho to bid £10m for Oxford’

Mourinho “will start his revolution by bidding £10 million for West Ham teen star Reece Oxford this week”, declares The Sun. According to the paper, Mourinho wants to start his summer spending by bringing in the precocious 17-year-old. Mourinho will make further much more high profile signings, the paper reports, but he wants to begin the summer by snapping up Oxford. 

Source: Eurosport