Paul Pogba to Manchester United: The full cost of the mammoth world record transfer has been revealed as £226,000,000

PAUL POGBA’S move to Manchester United will cost the Old Trafford club nearly a quarter of a billion pounds, it has been reported.

Italian newspaper La Repubblica have calculated that after the transfer fee, agent’s fee and wages over the course of his five-year contract will set United back a monumental £226,000,000.

The French midfielder Pogba is closing in on the world-record £112million transfer to United from Juventus, with reports claiming that it will finally be completed today.

Pogba is set to be handed the No 6 shirt at United.

As part of the deal, Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola will pocket £25million from the transfer, as Pogba returns to the club he left four years ago in search of first-team football.

United captain Wayne Rooney spoke about Pogba over the weekend, after United defeated Galatasaray 5-2 in a friendly, saying that he is “excited” to have him back at Old Trafford.

Rooney 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. I’m sure he’ll feel there is unfinished business, and it would be a very big statement by the club if they can make it happen.”