France midfielder Paul Pogba arrived at
Manchester United's training base on
Monday to complete his record-breaking
return to the club from Juventus, an AFP
photographer reported.
Pogba was driven into United's Aon Training
Complex in the passenger seat of a red and
black Chevrolet car provided by the club,
having flown to Manchester from Nice.
He is due to undergo a medical and is
expected to be officially confirmed as a
United player on Tuesday or Wednesday.
British media reports say United have
agreed to pay Juventus a world-record fee
of 89 million pounds ($116.4 million, 105
million euros) to sign Pogba , not including
agents' fees.
United and Juventus confirmed on Sunday
that Pogba , who has been on holiday since
Euro 2016, had been granted permission to
undergo a medical by the Turin club.
Manchester Airport had earlier tweeted a
picture of a plane sitting on the runway,
accompanied by the caption: "An important
passenger has just touched down at the
airport. Can anyone guess who it might be?"
Pogba , 23, left United in 2012 after making
just seven appearances, but returns as one
of the world's most famous players after
winning four consecutive Serie A titles in
Italy.
He will eclipse Gareth Bale as the world's
most expensive player. The Welsh forward
cost Real Madrid around 85 million pounds
when he joined from Tottenham Hotspur in
2013.
United manager Jose Mourinho
hailed Pogba 's arrival following his team's
2-1 win over Leicester City in Sunday's
Community Shield at Wembley.
"I don't think Real Madrid were upset when
they broke the record with Gareth Bale, with
Cristiano (Ronaldo)," Mourinho said.
"When other people break records, I don't
think it's a reason to be sad. I think it's a
reason to be proud with the dimension of a
club that can do that and can attract
players of this dimension."
Pogba will become United's fourth close-
season signing after Ivorian centre-back Eric
Bailly, Armenian playmaker Henrikh
Mkhitaryan and Swedish striker Zlatan
Ibrahimovic.
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