Paul Pogba set for Manchester United medical after nigh-on £100m transfer with Juventus is agreed

• Paul Pogba's is set to return to Manchester United 
• United and Juventus are set to formalise the deal on Friday 
• He will sign a five-year contract worth £290,000 a week 

Paul Pogba will become a Manchester United player again after they agreed a deal close to £100million with Juventus on Thursday night.

It means the player who left Old Trafford for next to nothing in 2012 will return as the stellar signing of the summer - in a world record transfer which smashes the British mark by an incredible £40m.

The deal for the 23-year-old France midfielder is expected to be formalised on Friday after Pogba's agent Mino Raiola held further talks with Juventus officials and lawyers in Turin on Thursday afternoon. United and Juventus have agreed to pay a fee to Raiola with part of his 20 per cent bonus being accounted for in Pogba's overall deal.

Paul Pogba will have a medical in Los Angeles ahead of his Manchester United move

He will sign a five-year contract worth £290,000 a week at United

Pogba left Old Trafford on a free transfer in 2012 after a lack of first-team opportunities

t is understood, however, that Juventus will announce the fee at £84.3m on account of the tax they are due to pay on the transfer. The current world record transfer fee is the £86m paid by Real Madrid to Tottenham for Gareth Bale in 2013. 

Pogba is due to have a medical in Los Angeles after his recent holiday in Florida before signing a five-year contract worth £290,000 a week. The add-ons will include a bonus to Juventus should he renew his contract at United and another should he win the Ballon d'Or.

Pogba left Old Trafford in July 2012 after the then United manager Sir Alex Ferguson refused to agree to Raiola's demands for an improved contract. Juventus paid them just £800,000 in compensation.

PAUL POGBA: 2015-16 STATS 

Appearances: 42

Goals: 10

Assists: 12

Minutes played: 3621

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