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Manchester United are reportedly ready to offer Juventus £100million for midfielder Paul Pogba.

The 23-year-old is understood to prefer a transfer to Real Madrid but the Spanish club seem to have cooled their interest in recent weeks, with both Marca and AS running lines on N'Golo Kante to Real and suggesting Jose Mourinho has given United the 'advantage' in the Pogba pursuit.

Mourinho wants to make four signings this summer and has already strengthened three areas with the arrivals of Eric Bailly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Next up is central midfield and Pogba is the priority.

United will have alternative targets should the France international remain in Turin or head to the Bernabeu.

Everton have been linked with a move for Juan Mata amid speculation Ibrahimovic will inherit his No.8 shirt.

In one of the various videos of his unveiling, lip-readers claimed Ibrahimovic said: "What's my number? Eight? Cool." However conspiratorial that sounds, it is believable and Mata - who is settled in the north-west - played for Ronald Koeman at Valencia.

Mourinho, of course, marginalised Mata at Chelsea before selling him to United for £37.1m in 2014.

United are apparently in negotiations to sign Mexican winger Hirving Lozano, according to his club Pachuca. Why does that sound familiar? Because Pachuca said something similar in April.

The 20-year-old has hit 33 goals in 122 appearances so far, and is now being heavily linked with a switch to Old Trafford.

"Already there is negotiations with that team [United]? Yes," Pachuca vice-president Andre Fassi told ESPN. "There is still nothing closed though."

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