Manchester United on Tuesday confirmed that Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has signed a five-year deal with the Old Trafford club with the option to extend for a further year.
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However, it is safe to say that the English football team didn’t expect rapper and grime artist Stormzy to break the news first on Facebook.
Pogba has taken the number 6 shirt at Manchester United and will be expected to drive the Red Devils forward over the coming years given the size of outlay lavished on him.
The video of Stormzy and the midfielder has now been used in an official tweet by Adidas, amassing nearly 3,500 retweets as supporters revel in Pogba’s decision to join Jose Mourinho’s side.
Pogba has returned to United from Juventus in a world record deal that has cost the fallen giants £112m.
The next in the list of expensive signing is Gareth Bale who commanded a fee of £85.1m which was paid by Real Madrid to Tottenham in the summer of 2013. “I think that the Champions League is empty when Man United is not there”. And he’s certainly dreaming big in his new era for the club under Jose Mourinho.
Pogba is the latest of Mourinho’s stellar signings following defender Eric Bailly, midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan and most notably striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic as he establishes his own squad after taking over from Louis van Gaal.
However, Zidane refused to be downbeat over the situation and hopes that the France worldwide does well back at his old haunt.
Pogba completed his world record £89 move to United this morning after a lengthy saga.
Pogba, who combines physical strength with outstanding technique, scored eight goals and contributed 12 assists in Juve’s title-winning campaign last season.
Ferguson accused Pogba of not showing United “any respect” and insisted he was happy to let Pogba leave in 2012, three years after joining from French club Le Havre. “I’m just ready to go and work on that and just kill it”.
“I hope he is going to want to return to United and prove he’s a top-class player. I’m sure he can make me improve, make me a better player and a better person”.
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“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Juventus and have some fantastic memories of a great club with players that I count as friends. We know Pogba can do this and we know he can do it for a lot of years to come”.
