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Three long-term Paul Pogba replacements Manchester United could sign this summer
02.02.2022 - 10:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester United are expected to make moves in the midfield area in the next transfer window.
Having signed Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo for the 2021/2022 campaign, the Old Trafford club were unable to recruit a top-level defensive midfielder last summer. But Manchester Evening News understands that has already been identified as a priority moving forward and Declan Rice is still viewed as target number one in that regard.
Amadou Haidara, Boubacar Kamara and Ruben Neves from Wolves are seen as potential alternatives.
Speculation over Paul Pogba and his Old Trafford future remains at fever pitch meanwhile, as he enters the last months of his contract with the Premier League giants.
As things stand, it's looking increasingly likely that United will lose him on a free transfer for the second time; a decade on from his initial Old Trafford exit after he joined Juventus on a free in 2012.
Should he opt to move on, once again, a second midfield recruit should be in the offing.
Here are three replacements for Pogba from outside the top five leagues in Europe, as drummed up by the CIES Football Observatory and their rating system:
1: Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax - 294.8 rating)
Quite simply one of the most highly-rated young midfielders on the planet.
Already capped 10 times by the Netherlands, box-to-box Gravenberch is the latest product from the famed Ajax system and he will surely pitch up in one of the top-five leagues soon.
Would the Premier League giants appointing Erik ten Hag increase his hopes of that being with United? Gravenberch only has 18 months left to run on his contract.
2: Arsen Zakharyan (Dynamo Moscow - 277.3 rating)
Currently with Dynamo Moscow, in his native Russia, the highly-rated
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