Premier League giants Chelsea are stepping up their pursuit of French midfield enforcer Paul Pogba as they look to add more steel to their midfield as Jose Mourinho plans a complete overhaul of the club’s midfield line and is planning a massive offer to lure Juventus into selling their prized asset.
The Blues are putting together a wage package that will completely blow rivals like Manchester United and Arsenal out of the water and are planning a swoop of £ 60 million to force the hands of the Italian giants into selling the French international.
According to reports, having already signed Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona for £ 30 million already this summer, the Portuguese manager is keen to add Pogba to his central midfield options and he plans to pair the Frenchman with Nemanja Matic, who returned to the club in January in a new look midfield.
Mourinho wants Fabregas to occupy the number ten role and use the Frenchman and the Serbian as holding midfielders but with Pogba’s tendency to bomb forward, Mourinho also hopes to add goals to the Chelsea after the departure of club legend Frank Lampard.
Having already let high earners like Lampard and Ashley Cole and selling David Luiz for a whopping £ 50 million to Paris Saint Germain, the club has money to burn and want to bring the former Manchester United youngster back to the Premier League.
Pogba is also keen on returning to the Premier League where he didn’t get a chance to establish himself for United under Sir Alex Ferguson but new United boss Louis van Gaal has also asked the club to match any offer Chelsea for the talented young midfielder after the additions of Athletic Bilbao midfielder Ander Herrera and young Southampton full back Luke Shaw to their ranks.