Manchester United exit for Paul Pogba in January unlikely, says agent Mino Raiola

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Paul Pogba is under contract at Manchester United until June 2022
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George Flood15 December 2020

Mino Raiola believes it is unlikely that Paul Pogba will leave Manchester United next month.

Long-held doubts over Pogba’s future at Old Trafford were hugely exacerbated last week when his outspoken agent - on the eve of a do-or-die Champions League clash against RB Leipzig - claimed publicly that the French midfielder was “unhappy” and “needed to change team”.

Raiola warned then that United risked losing his client on a free transfer due to his reluctance to extend his contract beyond the summer of 2022, stating that the “best solution would be for him to leave in the next transfer window".

After a goalscoring cameo in a losing effort in Leipzig, Pogba subsequently played the full 90 minutes for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side in their drab derby draw against Manchester City on Saturday, and afterwards he issued a defiant message on social media, insisting he had “always fought and will always fight for Manchester United, my team-mates and the fans”.

He added: "€Bla bla is not important. The future is far (away), today is what matters and I am 1000 per cent involved!

“Always strong together... all has been clear between the club and myself and that will never change. When you don't know what's going on inside, don't talk.”

Quizzed about Pogba’s future again by Italian publication Tuttosport during Monday night’s Golden Boy awards, where he picked up a prize for ‘best European player’s agent’, Raiola hinted that a summer switch was now more likely.

"When it comes to him in England they are sensitive, perhaps too sensitive," he said.

"In January, the big players hardly move, then in the summer let's see what happens."

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