Lionel Messi wants 6 players sold from Barcelona, Real Madrid set to sign €220 million duo and more: Transfer Roundup, 26 May 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified May 26, 2019 13:30 GMT

Lionel Messi is not at all impressed with how Barcelona performed in the final stages of the season

Florentino Perez is close to wrapping up deals for Matthijs De Ligt and Paul Pogba

The Matthijs De Ligt transfer saga has already seen its fair share of twists and turns. With Manchester United and Barcelona widely tipped to be battling it out to secure the Dutchman's services, there was no telling where he is going next season. However, latest reports in Spain claim that Real Madrid are now ready to hijack the deal for De Ligt.

Though De Ligt is keen on reuniting with his former teammate Frenkie De Jong, he has revealed that he is not excited by Ernesto Valverde's Barcelona project. Real Madrid hope that they can convince Ajax to sell De Ligt for a sum in the ballpark of €80-90 million.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid are growing increasingly confident of landing Paul Pogba. Pogba's and Zidane's mutual admiration will go a long way towards the deal getting finalized. The report claims that if Pogba heeds Zizou's advice to hand in a transfer request, Perez thinks his price will drop and that they can snatch him up for €120 million.

Both the players are represented by Mino Raiola.

Edited by Sripad