And the former Chelsea boss believes Pogba can inspire United’s revival.
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“Leaving Manchester when I was 18 was a mutual decision between the club and me and the right thing to do at that moment”.
“I am delighted to rejoin United”. Pogba left Manchester United as a youth player to join Juventus after becoming frustrated with a lack of first team matches in England.
Manchester United have secured the long-awaited signing of midfielder Paul Pogba from Juventus for a world-record fee.
He now returns as one of the world’s most famous players after winning four consecutive Serie A titles and helping France to the Euro 2016 final.
He becomes Manchester United’s fourth summer signing, after the arrivals of Eric Bailly, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic. “Where you could approximately value a player before, today the identity of a club that comes in for a transfer is more important than the rest”.
Wenger had called the figure “completely crazy” before Pogba officially signed, while Klopp insisted he would walk away from football before spending that amount on one player.
“Juventus will always be a part of me and I will always miss, love and be grateful to the club, the team and especially the supporters”.
However, Mourinho feels it is a clear case of sour grapes, saying the managers who have been critical of the transfer are simply envious of United’s financial clout in the transfer market.
“I’ve come back home, I’m happy…it’s just a great feeling”, the 23-year-old Pogba told United’s in-house TV channel on Tuesday.
The Portuguese made the declaration on the backdrop of failure by his predecessor Louis van Gaal to drag the team to a top-four finish in the Premier League last season.
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“Zlatan will be more unsafe when we are more dominant and play closest to the box”, he said.
