The Serie A champions are hoping to bring the French back to Turin, although Zinedine Zidane's side are also interested in midfield.
Juventus is increasing its efforts to hire Paul Pogba, but accepts that it will face strong competition from Real Madrid for Manchester United midfielder.
According to sources close to the Serie A champion, club director Fabio Paratici met with United officials to discuss a possible deal for the French champions while he was in the UK finalizing a move by Maurizio Sarri.
And Juve is now planning an official offer for the 26-year-old, who left them to return to United in 2016, expecting to be in the range of €130m to €140m (£116m / $145m to £125m / US $157 million).
He is considered one of Zinedine Zidane's top goalscorers and the League team would be very interested in taking him to the Bernabeu.
The ABC newspaper goes so far as to say that Real is willing to make a 125 million euro bid for Pogba and offer him a salary that will allow him to pay the equivalent of Eden Hazard, just short of the captain of the team, Sergio Ramos.
That said, Juve, who has named former Chelsea manager Sarri as his new coach on Sunday, is still ready to face Real in the race to hire the midfielder, with the agreement to take Cristiano Ronaldo to Turin, proving that nothing is impossible.
Meanwhile, Manchester United remains determined to keep Pogba and does not want to sell him in a move that would hurt coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has always stated that he wants to build his team around the Frenchman.
This puts the Red Devils in a stronger position than negotiating a possible sale, demanding as much money as possible if the negotiations go ahead, and Juve's and Madrid's interest are accompanied by concrete offers.
Juve continued to dominate in the national territory, winning the eighth consecutive championship under the command of former chief Massimiliano Allegri, although the progress of the Champions League has been yet another fight.
There was hope that Ronaldo's hiring would help close his 23-year wait to win Europe's highest award despite having recovered from Ajax in the quarter-finals of the 2018-19 competition.
A move by Pogba would further her ambition to finally conquer Europe, with Aaron Ramsey joining a free transfer from Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Adrien Rabiot, also linked.
Mauro Icardi is another one that interests the holders of Serie A, although Juve is not willing to allow Paulo Dybala to move to Inter as part of any agreement for the Argentine striker.
Right-back João Cancelo is ready to leave, with Manchester City about to finalize the likely €50m (plus £45m / $56m) bid, as well as bonuses for the Portuguese.
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