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The numbers and words behind football's biggest transfer : Paul Pogba to Manchester United

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So, now it being officially announced, weeks of expectations and excitement finally comes to an end for Manchester United fans around the world as everything goes in United's favor triggering football's biggest transfer - Paul Pogba to Manchester United. THE TRANSFER FEE The amount Manchester United paid for the move varied from source to source before the transfer but one thing was clear - WORLD RECORD. The highly reliable Di Marzio quoted a figure of £110m gross which includes other fees related to the transfer, so the net payment figure to Juventus by Manchester United will be a little over £100m as claimed by the Italian journalist. And agent Mino Raiola who secured the deals of Henrik Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimović earlier in the window will be receiving a figure of £10-20m for Pogba's move to his boyhood club. Once the transfer got finalized and was announced officially on Sunday, Juventus surprsingly quoted the transfer fee on the statement as  €