BRUNO FERNANDES will commit himself to Manchester United — but only if Paul Pogba does the same.
Fernandes sees Pogba’s future as key if United are going to make up the gap to Manchester City in the Premier League.
Pogba’s current deal is up in June of next year after United triggered a one-year extension back in October.
But the club either want him on new terms or will look to sell him this summer, rather than the 28-year-old World Cup winner becoming a free agent.
Fernandes, 26, is watching the situation carefully with the club also aiming to extend his current deal after his incredible impact at Old Trafford since signing in a £55million deal from Sporting Lisbon in January of last year.
SunSport revealed on March 10 how the club had approached Fernandes over a new double-your-money five-year contract worth £200,000 a week.
But he did not want to enter talks until he saw the club’s ambition in the transfer market this summer, with Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho targets.
Now he wants assurances over Pogba’s future too as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer plans for an assault on the title next season.
Pogba is more settled at United than he has been for two years with, he believes, the club is heading in the right direction.
After finishing third last season they are set to finish runners-up this time.
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And United are favourites to lift the Europa league after reaching a fifth Cup semi-final in two seasons.
They still have an outside chance of winning the league this term — they are eight points off City at the top with six games to go.
That was the same gap City overturned to edge United out on goal difference to win their first Prem title in 2012.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
