When Paul Pogba -- who ranks No. 40 on ESPN's World Fame 100 -- moved from Juventus, five-time-consecutive champions of Italy's Serie A, to Manchester United, the most successful English club in the Premier League era, it followed a familiar miniseries pattern. You knew where the narrative was going. You knew how it was going to end. And yet, you could not take your eyes off it.
From the incessant hype that accompanied him as the star player for the host nation, France, at the European Championships, to his stateside road trip, duly punctuated by a jaunt to the ESPYs, right down to the official announcement of his move, you can think of July 2016 as the "Summer of Pog.