Juventus insist that Paul Pogba is not for sale – TEAMtalk | Latest Football

Barcelona presidential candidate Joan Laporta recently claimed that Pogba would play for the Catalan giants next year if he is elected the new club president on Saturday.

This is after Raiola said [ESPN]: “If Laporta wins the Barcelona presidential election, there’d be a high chance of Pogba ending up at Barcelona“.

Juventus general director Giuseppe Marotta insists that Paul Pogba is “not for sale” amid continued interest from Barcelona.

Juventus turned down a reported 80m euros bid from Barcelona earlier in July after the European champions sent a delegation, led by the club’s global sporting director Ariedo Braida, to Milan for negotiations.

Juventus’ Arturo Vidal (L) and team-mate Paul Pogba could both follow Andrea Pirlo and Carlos Tevez in leaving …

Pogba made 40 appearances in all competitions last season, scoring on 10 occasions as Juventus won the Scudetto at a canter.

“We have negotiated with Barca in recent months”.

However, the Italian champions have now clarified that the player is not for sale and has a contract that is meant to keep him at the club until 2019.

“This is the right way to do business between two teams that have so much history and importance in the world of football”.

“The situation is very clear between Barça and Juventus after the meeting we had in Milan”.

“I don’t know Albert Soler”.

“Barcelona made a serious and concrete offer, but we rejected anyway”. The trip [by Barcelona] to Turin seemed like a political move, specially designed to take a picture. “Ridiculous. Paul and I weren’t even in Turin”.

But Chelsea are said to be reluctant to sell Moses to their London rivals, but a deal could be reached if they are successful in their pursuit of Barcelona star Pedro.