Manchester United manager has £150m to spend and two key tasks if the side are to be serious contenders for trophies next season
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Louis van Gaal’s mission this close season for Manchester United could be termed as “Get Pogba, keep De Gea”. Acquiring a dynamic midfielder of the quality of Juventus’s Paul Pogba and retaining one of the world’s best goalkeepers in David de Gea, who is yet to sign a new contract, are key to United becoming serious contenders next year.
With up to £150m available, which would take the manager’s spending to £300m in 12 months, the Dutchman has the finance to meet Juve’s €100m (£71.5m) valuation of Pogba, hand De Gea a lucrative fresh deal north of £150,000 a week and bolster other areas of the squad. Despite the £50m loss of revenue from not being in the Champions League, the world record £750m, 10-year kit deal with Adidas starts on 1 August, so money will not be hard to come by.
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