The French midfielder will be taking his talents to Old Tafford, and in the process sealed a world-record £89 million GBP (approximately $115.6 million USD) deal.
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The 23-year old France global rejoins the English club, which he left in 2012, from Italian side, Juventus, for a fee of £89.3 million ($116.4 million).
The North London club have added three players – Granit Xhaka, Takuma Asano and Rob Holding – this summer as they bid for a first Premier League title since 2004. “The Champions League of course and, personally, one of my dreams is to win the Ballon d’Or (FIFA’s world player of the year award)”.
United, who beat Premier League champions Leicester City 2-1 in the Community Shield at Wembley at the weekend, begin the new campaign on Sunday with a trip to Bournemouth.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted that new signee Paul Pogba is a flawless fit for Manchester United, believing English clubs are forced to pay over the odds to buy footballers from overseas.
Pogba had to spend his post-Euro 2016 holiday in the United States avoiding the subject of a potential transfer whenever he was out in public or on social media.
“But Mourinho has come in and specified the four players he wanted and the club has got them all”.
Jose Mourinho has launched a fresh attack on Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klopp, claiming they are not at clubs capable of smashing the transfer world record. “You can’t prevent it so I guess you just have to embrace it and do as well as you can in that environment”.
Given the hype and fee surrounding the player, you would expect him to immediately become a mainstay in the Man United first team, but who will join him?
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No doubt that Pogba has talent and youth on his side, however Manchester United nearly lost the respect of the footballing world chasing him. I believe that, after a couple of days, he will feel that he never left the club. “He is a great footballer and when you are Madrid you always want the best”, Real coach Zinedine Zidane had said before United wrapped up the deal for a player who scored 34 goals in 178 games for Juventus.
