Romelu Lukaku trains with Paul Pogba ahead of striker’s £75million transfer from Everton to Manchester United
CLOSE pals and potential £160million team-mates Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku have been training together in Los Angeles.
The prospective Manchester United team-mates are on holiday in the US together.
Instagram @paulpogba Future Man Utd team-mates Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba train in LA[/caption]
Instagram @paulpogba Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba are due to line up together for Manchester United next season[/caption]
And they posted a video on Instagram hard at work in Los Angeles with Everton striker Lukaku on the verge of a £75million move to United, a year after Pogba moved for £89million to Old Trafford from Juventus.
The pair have been undergoing strenuous fitness work and have also been seen playing five-a-side matches in downtown LA.
Jose Mourinho and the United stars are due to fly to California on Sunday to start their pre-season tour, and expect Lukaku to join up with them once the £75million deal is completed.
Mourinho has swooped to pip former club Chelsea to the 24-year-old Belgian striker.
The champions had been waiting until they received an acceptable offer for wantaway star Diego Costa before moving for Lukaku.
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Instagram @paulpogba Paul Pogba sprints watched by his close friend Romelu Lukaku in Los Angeles[/caption]
Instagram @paulpogba Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku have also been playing five-a-side football in the States[/caption]
But they have been left stunned by United’s dramatic swoop… and now boss Antonio Conte is understood to be furious at the club’s failure to land their prize target.
Lukaku will become the fifth most expensive player of all time when the deal is completed this week.
He is expected to wear the No9 shirt vacated by Zlatan Ibrahimovic who left the club last month when his contract ran out.#
Best buddies Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku make seriously cool poolside video in LA
United switched targets to Lukaku after Real Madrid failed to compromise on their £85million valuation for striker Alvaro Morata.
Lukaku and Pogba's friendship has grown over the years.
Pogba and the Everton forward spent the majority of last summer together as the pair relaxed and played basketball together in Miami.
Pogba enjoyed a solid first season back at United – which included victory in the Europa League – after securing a world-record move to Old Trafford last summer.
Romelu Lukaku with soon to be Man United team-mate Paul Pogba in Los AngelesInstagram/Paul PogbaPaul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku spent the summer break hanging out in Los AngelesInstagram/@rlukaku9Romelu Lukaku will join up with France Paul Pogba if he completes his move to Man UtdTimes Newspapers Ltd
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