Real Madrid plot £50m swoop for Arsenal and Man Utd target

Paul Pogba is top of Carlo Ancelotti's shopping list, but Spain move could set off transfer carousel

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IT'S news that will break hearts in the Premier League, but according to Talksport Real Madrid are lining up a "sensational" £49.5m summer swoop for Juventus's Paul Pogba. The future of the former Manchester United star has been the subject of intense speculation in recent months with Arsenal among those clubs said to be monitoring the 20-year-old.

But Talksport, taking its lead from Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo, claims that Real president Florentino Perez sees Pogba as his "next high-profile acquisition". Having snared Gareth Bale last year, Perez believes Pogba can also help turn the Bernabeu club into Europe's dominant force over the next decade.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.