PAUL POGBA to Manchester United is the saga of the summer – and even the man himself is happy to play along with the intrigue.
The French midfielder, 23, was accosted by an excited fan as he arrived at JFK Airport in New York but was predictably coy when quizzed on his future.
As reported by SunSport yesterday , once the transfer is finally completed the cost to United will be a whopping £226,000,000.
That takes into account the astronomical transfer fee, agent cut and wages over the five-year period.
Perhaps the first transfer to be conducted over social media, every moment of the Pogba move has been documented by users on the photo-sharing site.
User @benneeoffical solved the riddle of Pogba’s earlier post, where the Juventus man had uploaded a snap of him staring wistfully out of a plane, prompting United fans to assume he was on the way to sign for the Red Devils.
But it was revealed that Pog was jetting to New York – and Bennee had a question for the man soon to become the most expensive footballer in history.
He wrote: “Just bumped into the £100 million man @paulpogba on the same flight as me into NYC.
“Of course I asked if the man utd rumours were true but he just gave me a small smile and walked away…. Fingers crossed I guess ????”
Pogba has been jetting around the world as the seemingly endless transfer is thrashed out by United and Juve, visiting Miami for a spot of basketball and living it up in Los Angeles.
This trip to NYC had some fans worried that Real Madrid – in the city for a friendly – were trying to gazump the move at the last minute.
United players seem to expect Pogba to join the Mourinho revolution, while the midfielder the No 6 shirt has been left open for the midfielder.
Club captain Wayne Rooney said he was looking forward to Pogba’s return and hoped the Frenchman would live up to the fee.
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Roo said: “I hope he is going to want to return to United and prove he’s a top-class player.
“If he is excited to play for us, we’ll be excited to have him back."
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