Paul Pogba's agent Mino Raiola explains delay in transfer to Manchester United

The 23-year-old moved over the summer in an £89 million deal but the story dragged on for weeks before the move was finalised. Now Raiola has shed some light on the player's return to the club he had left four years previously as a free agent.

“Zidane wanted him at Real Madrid, but five or six other clubs were after him too,” Raiola told Telefoot in France.

“Manchester United now are stronger thanks to Pogba, but Real Madrid are not.

“I never spoke to Pogba about the transfer market when he was taking part in Euro 2016, then he went on vacation because he was very disappointed by the final [when France lost to Portugal].

“So I went to meet him in Miami to get him up to speed. He explained to us what he wanted. Manchester is his home.”

The opportunity to work with Jose Mourinho was also a draw, although Raiola reveals this wasn’t enough before.

“Mourinho already wanted to bring him to Chelsea last summer, but it was not the right time.”

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