ZINEDINE ZIDANE is ready to sink Manchester United’s hopes of landing £105million France superstar Paul Pogba.
Real Madrid boss Zizou admits he would love to have the Juventus midfielder, 23, in his line-up.
And that could be bad news for Jose Mourinho’s chances of bringing Pogba back to Old Trafford — especially as Real can offer the Champions League.
Zidane said: “Do I like Pogba? Of course. He’s a very good player and every club wants the best players.
“But right now he’s at Juve and we have a large squad already.
“There are still lots of players yet to join up with the squad and with the Euros we couldn’t do anything.”
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Zidane has warned Chelsea boss Antonio Conte that it will not be easy to bag striker Alvaro Morata.
Champions League winners Real used their buy-back option to bring the Spain international, 23, back to the Bernabeu from Juventus.
And Zidane added: “He is another member of this team.
“He’s back and I’m happy to have him.
“He is an academy product who knows what Real Madrid is all about and we are happy to have him with us. Later we’ll see.
“We have a large squad and all the players will be important.”
Zidane reportedly clashed with Madrid president Florentino Perez over the future of Norwegian whizkid Martin Odegaard.
Perez wanted the midfielder, 17, to fly with the first team on their pre-season tour of North America against the wishes of Zidane.
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