Manchester United and Real Madrid will need to smash the world transfer record to sign Paul Pogba if Juventus agree to sell the France midfielder this summer.

United are understood to be in talks with Juventus and Pogba’s representative, Mino Raiola, about bringing the player back to Old Trafford four years after his acrimonious departure, with Jose Mourinho eager to make the 23-year-old the centre-piece of a new-look side.