Zidane and Real Madrid have no chance with De Gea

In early April, Pogba netted twice against Manchester City to delay their title celebrations, coming just after former United defender Gary Neville had criticised him for paying more attention to his hair than his performances.

“I knew that was not the case at United”. The UEFA Champions League exit was a painful one, but Mourinho has done a lot of good things at United this season.

“He’s made saves in games where I’ve stopped in my tracks and just said to myself, “How good is this guy?”

“I was always very Portuguese in the sense that I’m always ready to discover and try new things, always ready to change country, to change club, to change culture, to change everything in the search of new things”. I also communicate with Mourinho. The staff now see that I can hold my spot at Valencia, that I’m at the required level. I’ve shown what I can do. A part of that is due to Mourinho’s lack of width – something he alluded to last summer when he tried to sign Inter’s Ivan Perišić – and how all of his attacking forwards want to play through the middle.

Arsene Wenger may feel that the timing was not ideal, but announcing his decision to leave the club by the end of the summer will have come as a relief more than anything – for him after years of strained relationship with a section of fans that steadily grew year-on-year.

Capable of playing centrally or on either flank, Pereira would surely represent a significant upgrade on the likes of Tom Cleverley and Etienne Capoue, while Richarlison has recently been linked with Manchester United by the Sun.

Pereira joined Manchester United in 2012 as a teenager from PSV. Ten of those matches saw Pereira come off the bench. The club has not confirmed nor denied this claim.

Despite the wishes of many fans, Manchester United winger Anthony Martial looks likely to leave Old Trafford this summer and the Frenchman has reportedly already been in contact with representatives from Italian giants Juventus.