Crazy rumour!!!

The Mill rarely talks about Actual Football because that would be, well, duh ... but we’ll allow ourselves a little segue into post-match analysis this morning. Manchester City are in big danger of not winning the Premier League. There, we said it, and we’ll claim some overtime for that thanks – but fear not! They’re ahead of the real game, the game of transfers and probably meaningless innuendo, and the morning buzz there is thatPaul Pogbamight just be a realistic summer target for themafter all.Not that Pep Guardiola would be looking at players for next season while he still has a job to do at Bayern Munich, dear reader. But apparently Pogba was all set for a world record £85m move toBarcelonabefore the famously austere European champions indicated this month that it’s all a little too rich for their blood – and pulled out of a preliminary agreementthey had made withJuventus. Presumably the space they’ve freed up will allow them to add another 77 players to their B team and academy;the ramifications for City, though, are that they could be in the driving seat to nab the world’s most exciting midfielder for next year.If that doesn’t warm you on a Monday morning, what on earth will?Manchester Unitedlost, so there’s more hotJosé Mourinhochat out there – we’ll labour under the illusionthat the fact they lost makes any difference to that – and apparently he could take over at Old Trafford as early as this month, with the United board unhappy atLouis van Gaal’sapparent throwing-in of the top-four towel.Want more proof? Van Gaal has moved into a new house on amonth-to-month let.Which surely means he’s off; everyone knows it’s wise to lock your rent figure in for at least sixmonths, particularly in the current climate.Mourinho could find himself managingPierre-Emerick Aubameyangif United’s upper echelons have their way, with reportsover the weekend saying that they are homing in on a whopping £70m purchase for theBorussia Dortmundstriker and African Footballer of the Year. But he might wind up bereft ofJuan Mata’s services, withthree Chinese Super League clubsapparently keen on flying him over after this season – in a deal that, at aguess, would involve a pay rise.We’ll level with you, there isn’t a greatdeal going on outside Manchester – or outside gossip pertaining to Manchester.David Moyeshas been talking about how he thought he wasabout to bringCescFàbregasto Old Trafford a couple of years back, but we’ve all had that dream before. So we’ll sign off here; we’ve been this morning’s Manchester Rumour Mill, and you’ve had every possible unfair suggestion of London Media Bias thrown right back at you.