The news all Manchester United fans have been waiting for final became an official one! Paul Labile Pogba is back at Old Trafford! The 23-year-old France midfielder Paul Pogba has returned to Old Trafford, after four years which he spent in Italy. The 23-year-old Pogba left the Red Devils to join the Old Lady back in 2012 but the Portuguese coach, Jose Mourinho has now re-acquired the “hottest” midfielder on the market for a world-record transfer fee.
With the most expensive football transfer ever, Pogba surpassed the deal that took the Welsh star Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspurs to Real Madrid back in 2013. According to the first reports Pogba should earn an astonishing £104m pre-tax salary over five years, leaving Cristiano Ronaldo the only Los Blancos star to earn more than that amount.
“Manchester United is delighted to announce that Paul Pogba has completed his transfer from Italian club Juventus,” the club wrote on their official website.
“Paul joins on a five-year contract, with the option to extend for a further year.”
A complete deal would cost Manchester United arround £216M:
– £104m Pogba’s pre-tax salary over 5 years
– £20m Agent’s fee
– £92m Transfer Fee
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The transfer of Pogba to Man Utd represents the fourth under Mourinho, with Red Devils having having already acquired the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly.