Juventus have already told champions City that they will take Jovetic off their hands in the summer after both player and club accepted that the Montenegrin striker’s future lies away from the Etihad, Mirror reported.
And City are hoping to use that interest to get the Italian champions around the negotiating table for talks about Pogba.
As exclusively revealed by Sunday Mirror Sport last month, they are one of a number of clubs who have been alerted to the growing belief in Turin that Juventus will cash in on the French midfielder at the end of the season.
A swap deal that would see Jovetic as a makeweight is unlikely, given the complications of arranging such a transfer, but City will look to use Juve’s interest in their striker to open a dialogue about Pogba’s availability.
Jovetic, a £22 million signing from Fiorentina 18 months ago, has been devastated by City’s decision to dump him from their Champions League squad for Wilfried Bony.