Paul Pogba is Zinedine Zidane’s top target this summer (Picture: Getty)

Real Madrid remain determined to sign Paul Pogba this summer despite Manchester United’s £150m price tag and will sell James Rodriguez to help fund the move, according to the Daily Mail.

Zinedine Zidane wants to add a creative midfielder to his ranks and has made it clear to Real’s president Florentino Perez that Pogba is his first-choice target ahead of Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen.

The 26-year-old has informed United of his wish to leave this summer and his agent Mino Raiola stated last week that he was ‘in the process’ of moving his client to a new club. Real Madrid, meanwhile, are confident that Pogba would choose them over a return to Juventus.



However, United are under no obligation to sell Pogba due to the fact he has three years remaining on his contract and are only willing to let him depart if another club matches their £150m asking price.


Real Madrid have already splashed out £300m to sign Eden Hazard, Luka Jovic, Ferland Mendy, Eder Militao and Rodrygo this summer and now must sell players to raise additional funds to pursue a move for Pogba.

James Rodriguez has worked with Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid and Bayern Munich (Picture: Getty)

Although Real are having issues offloading Gareth Bale, they are getting closer to selling Rodriguez with the Colombian playmaker closing in on a cut-price €40m move to Napoli where he will be reunited with Carlo Ancelotti.

Rodriguez joined Real in a £63m deal from Monaco in 2014 following a sensational showing at the World Cup in Brazil, but he slipped down the pecking order at the Bernabeu and has spent the past two seasons on loan at Bayern Munich.

Spain international winger Lucas Vazquez is another player that Real are actively looking to sell and Arsenal are rumoured to be monitoring him should they fail to complete a deal for Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha.

Pogba was one of United’s better performers last season, scoring 13 goals and providing nine assists in the Premier League as the club slumped to a disappointing sixth-place finish.