Paul Pogba finally completed his world record move back to Old Trafford with Manchester United announcing the deal in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
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That surpasses the sale of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid for a new world record. His final move was to reunite Pogba with his original club, after United let Pogba sign with Juventus for free following the 2012 season when he failed to establish himself in Sir Alex Ferguson’s first team plans. “I think that the Champions League is empty when Man United is not there”.
“I’m really happy [with my squad]”, Mourinho said.
Pogba is United’s fourth signing since Mourinho replaced Louis van Gaal as manager of the record 20-time English champions.
And the former Chelsea boss believes Pogba, who will wear the United number six shirt worn in the past by the greats like Rio Ferdinand, Jaap Stam and Nobby Stiles, can help him achieve that aim.
“If he needs protection, I am here to protect”, Mourinho said.
As for the money itself it would appear that the majority of it will straight out of the door to Napoli as rumour has it Juventus are prepared to pay £79m for their 28-year-old striker Gonzalo Higuain, a player who scored 36 goals in 35 games in Serie A last season.
“That will come with time, hopefully, but first I want to win the Premier League, which I have never done”.
Pogba has returned to his former club to become the world’s most expensive player in a deal worth £100million.
The Bianconeri released a statement confirming “the definitive transfer of the registration rights of the player Paul Labile Pogba for a consideration of €105m to be paid in two financial years”.
Since arriving in Turin Pogba has claimed the league title in all four seasons as well as two Coppa Italias and two Supercoppa Italiana as Juventus dominated Italian football.
Pogba made just seven appearances during his previous spell at the club as a teenager before leaving for Juventus when his contract ran out. “I think it’s a reason to be proud with the dimension of a club that can do that and can attract players of this dimension”, he said. United with sport an incredible new squad on Federation Internationale de Football Association 17, featuring newcomers Pogba, Ibrahimovic and Mkhitaryan.
It is understood the first attempts to fix the relationship between United and Raiola were made in the months after Ferguson retired in 2013.
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Embarrassingly for City, the club was beaten to the announcement of its latest high-profile signing by UEFA, which listed Stones in the English team’s squad for the Champions League playoff round about 45 minutes before City tweeted the center back had joined. “For myself as well it’s a big challenge, too, just to come back to where I came from, where I grew up, where I started. Goodbye means nothing, it is the time we spent together that matters”, Pogba posted on his official Twitter account.
