I actually think United will get Toby at the last minute, as a record fee for the riskier and a lot younger Maguire doesn't seem to fit the 26 plus age group Jose normally targets, Alderweireld is proven over a long time and just makes more sense to me.
They apparently turned down a Barca proposed swap of Mina plus another plus 50m for Pogba according to various reports
On Mina they did try again even if not with with total conviction after a sale was agreed with Everton
This is from a Spanish paper (using google translate so a lot of rubbish but you get the gist of it.
This is a rough translation from Spanish of the Yerry Mina situation, Utd improved their offer after the deal was agreed with Everton but still half hearted.
https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/ ... ca-6978523
The departure of Yerry Mina has already become a mess 72 hours to close the English market. The footballer and his agents had reached a total agreement with Everton and the documents were already being written, but Manchester United has improved the economic offer to Barca, not the center, and we will have to see how this whole film ends. The Everton offers 32 million fixed without variables to the club blaugrana and United would have put on the table some million more.
Mina's idea was to close his transfer between today, or at the most, tomorrow. His agreement with Everton, which gives him a very high chip and gallons in his defence, was total, but Barça is forcing the machine to enter as much money as possible. For the moment, United has not wanted to talk about placing Yerry Mina as Pogba's currency because they are not interested in negotiating the sale of the French
The environment of Yerry Mina is waiting for events, although they are clear that they will force to go where it suits them and their contract with Everton is absolutely outlined . They can not take long to make a decision
