Conor McGregor and Manny Pacquiao are set to face off in 2021 - according to the pair's manager Audie Attar.
Boxing legend Pacquiao, 41, recently signed with Attar's management company Paradigm Sports, paving the way for a money-spinning boxing bout between McGregor and the Filipino superstar.
McGregor, 32, is fully focused on his UFC clash with Dustin Poirier on January 23 for now, although Attar reckons his return to the boxing ring will happen sometime next year.
Attar also aimed a thinly-veiled dig at Floyd Mayweather - who looks set to fight YouTuber Logan Paul.
“Both fighters want it,” he told The National.
“There’s no way Conor’s looking past Dustin, so he’s just trying to focus on what he can control. But the fans want it – there’s serious interest from all fans from all around the world – and both fighters want it. It’s hard not to make it happen.
“Manny Pacquiao sees Conor McGregor as a real threat and a real formidable opponent. And he has his own plans politically; he’s a machine in what he does.
"Either of them isn’t trying to go fight YouTubers next.
“At the end of the day, I don’t see why it shouldn’t happen. As we saw in 2020, you can never count anything out any more, but right now the intention is for that to happen in 2021.”
