The world’s most expensive footballer added that it was his “destiny” to return to Old Trafford after an extended “holiday” at Juventus.
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Watch Manchester United’s launch video for Paul Pogba after his £89m world record transfer from Juventus.Video courtesy MUTV.
Mourinho also had a message for managers like Arsene Wenger and Juergen Klopp of Liverpool, who have suggested United was paying too much for Pogba. It is just the same and I was thinking about before.
Joining Eric Bailly, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the 23-year-old is the final piece in the Mourinho puzzle and the new manager explained what he would bring to the team. He is a top player and everyone is delighted to have him back.
“I just feel happy”. Well, judging by his Juventus performances, then I would say I am very excited!
“I don’t think Real Madrid were upset when they broke the record with Gareth Bale”. I want to do it differently. They work hard to be in the match and they aren’t, and this is going to happen in the next two or three weeks because we have just one Premier League match. The wait was as annoying to me as it was to you. It is something I can not explain – it’s insane.
Lindegaard, 32, joined Sir Alex Ferguson’s United in 2010 as a potential successor to goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar but, after failing to make the breakthrough, Louis van Gaal allowed the Dane to join West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer a year ago.
Mourinho explained that Pogba has filled an obvious hole in the United strong.
Parlour, however, believes Pogba could be afforded more freedom in a similar system at United this season. But Mourinho has come in and specified the four players he wanted and the club has got them all. He’s always fancied Wazza as a football player and I remember him saying several times that he considered him one of the best in the world.
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Mourinho said Pogba was “like a kid who is back to his old school”.
