Paul Pogba is reportedly on the verge of signing a four-year contract with Juventus.
The 29-year-old will officially become a free agent when his Manchester United deal expires at the end of the month, and the Old Lady have long been regarded as the favourites to re-sign him.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Pogba has agreed a deal worth €8m (£6.8m) a year over the next four seasons, which will be a significant reduction on his salary at Old Trafford.
The report claims that the midfielder will earn a base salary of around £131,000 a week, but he has been on £290,000 a week since penning a new deal at Man United.
Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid have also been strongly linked with the France international, who ended the 2021-22 campaign with one goal and nine assists in 27 appearances for Man United in all competitions.
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Pogba will leave Man United having won the EFL Cup and Europa League, with both trophies coming during Jose Mourinho's time at the club, and it will be the second time that he has departed the 20-time English champions following the expiration of his contract.
The midfielder only made seven appearances for Man United during his first spell at the club, joining Juventus on a free transfer in 2012.
The World Cup winner made 178 appearances during a successful spell with the Old Lady, winning four Serie A titles and two Coppa Italia crowns, and his performances in Italy led to the Red Devils paying £90m to bring him back to Old Trafford.
After it was confirmed that he would be leaving Man United at the end of June, the midfielder said that he wants to "feel loved" at his next club.
Pogba told Uninterrupted: "Everybody wants to feel loved, everyone needs that in your soul to feel appreciated.
"Everything you do even when you grow up, when you do a good thing you like to hear well done, nice, it's always been like that even adults we need that.
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"It's always good to feel the work you do is appreciated that you're doing well that people are happy with yourself.
"I just want the best for me. I'm thinking, putting everything together, take my time, and I'm just looking for the best, I want to play football, be myself always, and enjoy what I do.
"I need to enjoy what I do because otherwise I cannot perform well. I don't want to be thinking negatively. We can be losing games, trophies but you have to be happy and enjoy yourself – that's what I'm looking for."
Pogba's four-year contract at Juventus could allegedly be worth in the region of €80m (£68.3m), with the midfielder having the opportunity to boost his salary with bonuses, in addition to receiving a large signing-on fee upon his return to Turin.
Juventus finish fourth in Serie A last season, while they were eliminated in the last-16 stage of the Champions League and lost the Coppa Italia final to Inter Milan.
Matt Law
