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Manchester United FC re-sign their former youth player, France midfielder Paul Pogba, for world-record $115.7m

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h3><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"clear"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b0404&semi;">Paul Pogba completes world record transfer to Manchester United from Juventus for a record of &dollar;115m<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"clear"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b0404&semi;">France midfielder&comma; Pogba&comma; 23&comma; began his pro career as a Manchester United youth player <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"clear"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b0404&semi;">The player capped 38 times for France left Man U 4 years ago&comma; feeling &&num;8216&semi;disrespected&&num;8217&semi;  <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"clear"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b0404&semi;">Pogba fell out with Sir Alex Ferguson over the lack of playing time&comma; joined Juventus  becoming one of the world&&num;8217&semi;s most sought-after players&period;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"clear"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b0404&semi;">He has just signed a 5-year contract with his old club<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"clear"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b0404&semi;">United Manager&comma; Jose Mourinho says  &&num;8220&semi;Paul is one of the best players in the world and will be a key part of the United team I want to build here for the future&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-53633" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;paul-pogba8&period;jpg" alt&equals;"paul pogba8&period;jpg" width&equals;"630" height&equals;"420" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Former Man U youth player&comma; Paul Pogba&comma;  returns to his former club as the most expensive player in the world<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The long drawn out transfer saga has ended with Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward sealing a deal that sends out a serious statement of intent around world soccer&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Italian soccer club Juventus&comma; have allowed 23-year-old midfielder Paul Pogba&comma; to return to his old club after four hugely successful seasons with the Serie A ball club&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;United and Juventus both confirmed the deal which looks set to rise over the &dollar;130m mark&comma; with the France international signing a five-year contract with Man United&comma; one of the most recorgnizable soccer teams in the world and certaiinly the Premier League&&num;8217&semi;s biggest side&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-53646" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;paul-pogba7&period;jpg" alt&equals;"paul pogba7" width&equals;"759" height&equals;"450" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Pogba headed forbthe US for R&amp&semi;R afterthe recent European nations cup where his team were the runnersup<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-53626" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;paul-pogba5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"paul pogba5" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1079" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>France international Paul Pogba in action for his country<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Pogba who has won 38 caps for France and the Serie A title with Juventus four times said &&num;8220&semi;the time is right to go back to Old Trafford&&num;8221&semi;&period; He has now completed his world-record &dollar;115&period;7m transfer to Manchester United&period; The 23-year-old midfielder returns after four years away&comma; having left United for Juventus for &dollar;1&period;9m in 2012&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pogba&comma; who signed a five-year deal&comma; added&colon; &&num;8220&semi;This is the right club for me to achieve everything I hope to&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Manager Jose Mourinho said Pogba could be &&num;8220&semi;the heart of the club&&num;8221&semi; for the next decade&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;United will pay the Italian champions 105m euros for Pogba&comma; plus 5m euros  in performance-related bonuses and other costs&comma; totaling 110m euros &lpar;&dollar;122m&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-53637" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;paul-pogba9&period;jpg" alt&equals;"paul pogba9&period;jpg" width&equals;"748" height&equals;"474" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Jesse Lingard seen holding the Youth cup and Pogba are set to re-unite in the United senior side<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>It surpasses Wales forward Gareth Bale&&num;8217&semi;s &dollar;110&period;4m move to Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013&comma; as the biggest transfer deal in the soccer world<br &sol;>&NewLine;The announcement was made just after 00&colon;30 BST&comma; with a glossy video&comma; showing the player&comma; with a red devil marked into his hair&comma; emerging dramatically from the shadows&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was followed by a series of sponsor videos&comma; including one with English rapper Stormzy&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pogba&comma; who helped hosts France reach the Euro 2016 final&comma; has won the Serie A title in each of his four seasons at Juventus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Pogba honours<br &sol;>&NewLine;Under-20 World Cup winner and player of the tournament &lpar;2013&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;4 Serie A titles &lpar;2013&comma; 2014&comma; 2015&comma; 2016&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;2 Italian Cups &lpar;2015&comma; 2016&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;2 Italian Super Cups &lpar;2014&comma; 2015&rpar;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>He is Mourinho&&num;8217&semi;s fourth signing at United&comma; after Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly&comma; former Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Armenia forward Henrikh Mkhitaryan&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pogba joined United from French club Le Havre in 2009 as a 16-year-old&comma; but made just a handful of appearances before his contract expired in July 2012&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He has made 178 appearances for Juventus&comma; scoring 34 goals&comma; and helped the club reach the 2015 Champions League final&period; The Serie A side had offered him a new contract&comma; while Real Madrid were also interested in signing him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-53627" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;jose-mourinho-united1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Jose Mourinho United1" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"630" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>United manager&comma; Jose Mourinho believes Pogba is one of the best players in the world<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Pogba said his mum has told him he would return to Old Trafford and that it was his &&num;8220&semi;destiny&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking to MUTV he added&colon; &&num;8220&semi;I just came back to Carrington&period; It was like I&&num;8217&semi;d just come back home&period; I just went for a holiday&period;&&num;8221&semi;dragged on all summer&period; At month after  Mourinho&&num;8217&semi;s announced at his first Old Trafford news conference on 5 July that he wanted to sign four players&comma; he has succeded  in securing first three&comma; and now he has the final piece of the puzzle&comma; widely believed then to be Pogba<br &sol;>&NewLine;United had declared their official interest in Pogba on July 9&comma; but there were rumours the player preferred a move to Real Madrid&period; And&comma; following&&num;8217&semi;s France&&num;8217&semi;s Euro 2016 final defeat by Portugal&comma; Pogba went on a long holiday to the USA&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-53628" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;manchester-united2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Manchester United2" width&equals;"1600" height&equals;"700" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His agent Mino Raiola stoked the flames by saying a number of clubs were interested in his client and continued to deny a deal with United had been agreed&period; On Saturday&comma; Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri summoned Pogba to training&comma; but just a day later United announced the player would have a medical &&num;8211&semi; with the hashtag &num;POGBACK &&num;8211&semi; and on Monday he arrived in Manchester&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But it took until the early hours of Tuesday BST for the deal to finally be concluded&comma; a delay that Pogba called &&num;8220&semi;annoying&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Writing on Instagram he said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;This transfer took so long because it was a huge decision and involved lots of thinking and work&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-53651" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;paul-pogba-and-alex-ferguson1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"paul pogba and alex ferguson1&period;jpg" width&equals;"738" height&equals;"446" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Pogba fell out with former manager Sir Alex Ferguson over playing time<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Pogba claimed he left the club &&num;8220&semi;frustrated&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;disgusted&&num;8221&semi; because former manager Sir Alex Ferguson did not play him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ferguson said he &&num;8220&semi;distrusted&&num;8221&semi; Pogba&&num;8217&semi;s agent&comma; Raiola&comma; and alleged an agreement with Juventus had already been made&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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