Zidane wants to beat Barca to Pogba

Zinedine Zidane wants to make Paul Pogba his first galactico signing at Real Madrid, according to reports in AS. 

The new head coach at the Santiago Bernabeu made the switch from Juventus to the Spanish capital himself in 2001 and now wants his fellow Frenchman to follow in his footsteps. 

However, it will not be a straight forward deal, as Barcelona are also keen on the midfielder. 

Ariedo Braida and Albert Soler fronted a delegation from the Catalan club which travelled to Turin last summer to talk with Juve about Pogba. 

At the time they were under a transfer ban, so were unable to push the deal through, while the club are also struggling to pay what the Serie A side want for the 22-year-old. 

Zidane has always spoken highly of Pogba, who in return has always admired the man who won the World Cup and European Championships with France. 

Madrid’s problem is that their relationship with the player’s agent, Mino Raiola, broke down when Carlo Ancelotti ruled out a move for Pogba last summer.

AS add, though, that Los Blancos would be happy to make up with Raiola in order to fulfil Zidane’s request and get one over on Barca. 

Pogba, who was named in the FIFPro Team of the Year earlier this week at the Ballon d’Or gala, has a contract with Juventus until 2019.