Manchester United has completed the world-record £89 million signing of 23 year old French International ‘Paul Pogba’ Pogba who has been termed as the world’s most in-demand midfield talent arrives from Juventus, to rejoin Manchester United, the club that he left for next to nothing in 2012. Pogba, is expected to wear the No 6 shirt and has signed a £290,000-per-week, five-year contract to work under Jose Mourinho.
Pogba playing for Juventus in 2014
On their twitter page Manchester United wrote:
Manchester United is delighted to announce that Paul Pogba has completed his transfer from Italian club Juventus.
Paul joins on a five-year contract, with the option to extend for a further year. Paul, 23, has been with Juventus for four seasons, making 124 appearances and scoring 28 goals. He joined the Bianconeri from United in 2012. The midfielder has been capped by France on 38 occasions, scoring 6 goals and was a member of the recent squad that reached the final of Euro 2016.
Manager Jose Mourinho said the France international could be "the heart of the club" for the next decade. United will pay the Italian champions 105m euros for Pogba, plus 5m euros (£4.5m) in performance-related bonuses and other costs, including 5m euros if Pogba signs a new contract.
It surpasses the £85m that Real Madrid paid Tottenham for Wales forward Gareth Bale in 2013. Pogba, who helped hosts France reach the Euro 2016 final, has won the Serie A title in each of his four seasons at Juventus. He is Mourinho's fourth signing at United, after Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly, Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Armenia forward Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
It will be the first time in 20 years an English club has set a world-record transfer fee, after Newcastle United paid £15 to sign England striker Alan Shearer from Blackburn Rovers for £15m. Pogba joined United from French club Le Havre in 2009 as a 16-year-old, but made just a handful of appearances before his contract expired in July 2012.
He has made 178 appearances for Juventus, scoring 34 goals, and helped the club reach the 2015 Champions League final. The Serie A side had offered him a new contract, while Real Madrid were also interested in signing him. Pogba said his mum told him he would return to Old Trafford and that it was his "destiny", adding: "Speaking to MUTV he added: "I just came back to Carrington. It was like I'd just come back home. I just went for a holiday."
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