“He will relish the responsibility on his shoulders of bringing medals and trophies to the club”, he added. It adds that United are confident of selling Schweinsteiger and do not expect wages to prove a stumbling block.
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The 23-year-old midfielder has never hidden his love for United and now has the chance to prove his worth to the United faithful.
Pogba, who suffered a heartbreaking Euro 2016 final defeat to Portugal on home soil last month, spent the last few weeks on vacation in the United States while United’s executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, was trying to secure his signature.
The fee topples Gareth Bale’s £86m move to Real Madrid in 2013, and both Arsenal’s Wenger and Liverpool boss Klopp were outspoken over Pogba’s valuation.
“I am delighted to rejoin United”.
Mourinho, who dedicated the Community Shield win over Leicester to those left out of the matchday squad, said he was pleased the club had delivered the signings he was targeting following the world record arrival of Paul Pogba from Juventus.
But I think a big club like we are, we need to have this mentality’.
“I always enjoyed playing in front of the fans and can’t wait to make my contribution to the team”.
With that 26-second video teaser released by United early Tuesday, the France midfielder became the world’s most expensive footballer at around 105 million euros ($116 million) and England’s biggest club made another statement of intent during its latest offseason of heavy spending that moved close to $200 million.
“I’ve played with him myself at Manchester United and he was an obvious talent”. To me, to play very well means to score one more than the opponent’.
“It makes the market more unpredictable”. Gary Linekar tweeted optimistically, “more of the greats will come here and not just to Barca and Real Madrid”.
“Everyone is interested in Pogba”.
Mourinho insisted United’s financial muscle should be a source of pride not embarrassment.
Pogba had signed for United on a three-year deal with a one-year renewal option which then United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was keen to activate but the 18-year-old was frustrated by a lack of first-team opportunities at the club and chose to leave.
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It was Sir Alex who initially let Pogba leave the club after the legendary coach refused to play the teenager despite a dearth of midfield options.
