MANCHESTER UNITED new boy Paul Pogba has described his Old Trafford return as a homecoming.
The midfielder was confirmed as a Man Utd player overnight and revealed going back to Carrington was like returning from a holiday.
He told MUTV: “There’s no words, to be honest, there’s no words. I just came back to Carrington. It was like I’d just come back home. I just went for a holiday, looks like I went for a holiday. I’ve come back home, I’m happy and I see everyone, the same persons. It’s just a great feeling, to be honest.
“I think it’s destiny, I would say it’s destiny. First my mum told me I would come back here and I told her, ‘You never know, you’ll see.’ For myself as well it’s a big challenge too, just to come back to where I came from, where I grew up, where I started. I didn’t finish what I started here so I think I came here to finish it.”
Pogba’s move to United sees him smash the record transfer fee and become the world’s most expensive footballer, but Pogba insists that won’t make any difference to his performances on the pitch.
He added: “The thing with me is I only think about the pitch. I want to do great, I want to be one of the best, I want to win titles, I want to achieve things and that’s all; that’s why I came here, just to do this, to become one of the best and to win titles because I know this club has to win titles.
“This club is created to win titles, to win things, to win big things. I just focus on this and that’s it. I’m just ready to go and work on that and just kill it.
World Record Transfers
Willie Groves – 1893
Scottish striker Willie Groves joins Aston Villa for West Brom for £100. It was the first transfer fee ever paid. He also played for Hibs and Celtic.
Alf Common – 1904
Common becomes the first £1000 player when he joined Middlesbrough from Sunderland.
Percy Dawson – 1914
English striker Percy Dawson joins Blackburn from Hearts in 1914 for a fee of £2,500.
Syd Puddefoot – 1922
Falkirk become the first, and last, Scottish club to break the record by signing Puddefoot from West Ham for £5000
Bernabe Ferreya – 1932
Ferreya becomes the first non-British player to break the record when he joins River Plate for £23,000
Luis Suarez – 1961
Suarez becomes the first £100,000 player when he joins Inter Milan from Barcelona.
Johan Cruyff – 1973
The Dutch genius joins Barcelona for a fee of £922,000. Imagine what he’d be worth now?
Giueseppe Savoldi – 1975
Savoldi became the first player bought for more tha £1m when he signed for Napoli for £1.2m from Bologna.
Diego Maradona – 1982 and 1985
Maradona broke the record twice in two years. Firstly when he joined Barcelona for £3m and then when he signed for Napoli for £5m.
Jean-Pierre Papin – 1992
Papin joins AC Milan to become the first £10m player.
It continues a trend of Italian clubs smashing the world record.
Ronaldo – 1996
The Brazilian becomes the most expensive player in the world when he joins Barcelona for £13.2m
Alan Shearer – 1996
The record is broken for the second time in a matter of months as Shearer joins Newcastle for £15m from Blackburn
Ronaldo – 1997
Ronaldo breaks the record again as he joins Inter Milan for £19.5m. It’s the third time in a year the record is smashed.
Denilson – 1998
It’s another Brazilian and this time it’s midfielder Denilson as he signs for Real Betis for £21.5m
Christian Vieri – 1999
The Italian striker made the switch from Lazio to Inter Milan for £32.1m.
Hernan Crespo – 2000
Another year and another broken record. Crespo cost Lazio a massive £35.5m in 2000.
Luis Figo – 2000
The record is broken for the second time in a year as Figo joins Real Madrid from Barcelona for £37m.
Zinedine Zidane – 2001
Zizou becomes the most expensive player in the world when he joins Real Madrid for £46.6m from Juventus.
Kaka – 2009
The record is broken for the first time in eight years as Real Madrid sign Kaka for £56m from AC Milan
Cristiano Ronaldo – 2009
Ronaldo ends months of speculation to become the latest player to break the record when he joins Real Madrid from Manchester United for £80m
Gareth Bale – 2013
Bale smashes Ronaldo’s record fee as Madrid break the record for the fifth time in a row. He moves from Spurs for £86m.
Paul Pogba – 2016?
Paul Pogba’s deal is done and awaiting confirmation from Manchester United. He’ll cost the club £110m from Juventus.