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The long road home: Why Pogba's joined Man Utd at the perfect time - and could be worth every penny

The Republik of Mancunia's Scott Patterson examines the world-record transfer and explains why the Frenchman's exit in the first place may not have been a bad thing after all...

Paul Pogba's return to Manchester United has got a lot of people talking. Gone are the days when a player's arrival would get a sentence on teletext and nothing more: now we have teasing Tweets, dramatic videos and billboards and someone's mum who works in the laundry room leaking the news.

The main talking point surrounding the deal, though, is the huge sum of money paid by United for a player who was already on their books just four years ago.