"?Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes Paul Pogba can develop into the world's best player once he completes his world record transfer from Juventus.
Speaking after the club's 2-1 Community Shield win over Leicester City on Sunday, the United boss finally broke his silence on the situation involving United's historic transfer bid for the Frenchman.
The club confirmed that they had reached an agreement to put the player through a medical - with the examination set to happen on Tuesday - after months of negotiations.
Club statement on Paul Pogba: https://t.co/BCU3m17XXm #MUFC pic.twitter.com/LiTdnSFVNL
United will pay Juventus an initial £89.1m - short of the long rumoured £100m - but hefty agent fees and other payments will ensure United's outlay will pass through the nine-figure mark.
Mourinho spoke about the player after United's win over Leicester, courtesy of goals from Jesse Lingard and Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Wembley, and said, according to "?The Guardian: "I think United is the perfect club to bring him to the level that he wants to be.
"The Premier League is the perfect habitat for that. If you want to be the best player in the world, I think if you go to Barcelona or to Real Madrid, you are in trouble. Because I don't think the other two big guys will let you develop to that level.
"Here he has the conditions to develop in the most seen worldwide championship, which is absolutely incredible, with a team that wants to bring Man United to the top again.
"So we have everything to give him and we know the reasons why he wants to come to us. Money he will get from any big club. That's not the point.
"He comes because he knows the club, knows the city, knows many of the players. He wants to be an important part of the Man Utd project. So hopefully everything goes well and he comes into our team."
Mourinho also feels that United should be proud that they're set to smash the world record transfer fee for a footballer - despite the criticism that has come their way - claiming that even he doesn't know the exact breakdown of the deal.
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He added: "He's our player assuming everything goes well in the medical, I will be there waiting for him on Tuesday.
"We have signed one defender, one striker, one midfielder and a creative this summer so it has been a good market for us.
"I honestly don't know the exact amount of money we have paid for Pogba, though if it is a new world record I don't think we need to be sad about that. Real Madrid were not sad when they set a new record for Gareth Bale, they were proud.
"It is a lot of money of course but football is a crazy industry, and very often what seems expensive now does not seem so bad in three years or so."
Jose Mourinho hails Paul Pogba capture, Claudio Ranieri targets 40 points - Community Shield reaction @AFP https://t.co/5kCMNYoW7D
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