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The iconic trio decided to provide an answer to that question after a training session during Barca’s time in the United States at the International Champions Cup, with one clear winner emerging.

And Pogba, a close friend of Aurier, is pressing his Old Trafford higher-ups to complete a deal for the 24-year-old, who made 21 Ligue 1 starts under Unai Emery last season.

The two giants of Spanish football are first scheduled to face off on the weekend of December 20 at Santiago Bernabeu, though that is likely to be rearranged with Madrid competing in the Club World Cup at the same time.

Romelu Lukaku showed just why Manchester United splashed the cash to sign him as Jose Mourinho’s men earned early bragging rights against bitter rivals Manchester City courtesy of a 2-0 win at the International Champions Cup.

However, an oral agreement was eventually reached after lengthy negotiations with Pepe’s agent, Jorge Mendes, and the defender underwent a fitness assessment by members of PSG’s medical team.

Fernando Santos’ men came into the match off the back of a shoot-out defeat to Chile in the semi-finals, in which all three of their spot-kick takers saw their efforts saved by Claudio Bravo, and there was to be a similar penalty problems at Spartak Stadium.

Ronaldo is currently with Portugal at the tournament in Russia, where the Euro 2016 champions will face Chile in a semi-final on Wednesday. Though Perez won’t speak with Ronaldo until after the tournament, the Madrid president did say he has been in communication with the player’s agent, Jorge Mendes.

“I have no problem with him,” he said. “Gerrard is a strong character and I am a strong character. ‘Stevie G’ was a very good player, people like him in Liverpool but he never did anything for his country. I am Mr El Hadji Diouf, Mr Senegal but he is Mr Liverpool and Senegal is bigger than Liverpool and he has to know that.”

At 26-years-old, Ramsey is entering into almost a decade playing under Arsene Wenger where he has struggled to pin down a regular spot in the Gunners starting XI. The infamous foul from Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross in 2010 which broke Ramsey’s leg goes some way to explaining why his career progression hasn’t gone as smoothly as planned, but it certainly doesn’t tell the full story.

It’s reported that Jose Mourinho has made the France international his top summer target, with claims that they Red Devils are prepared to spend in the region of £85million to bring him to Old Trafford.