When it is finally completed after a saga lasting most of the summer, Paul Pogba's transfer will represent a monumental pay-out by Manchester United. The fact Juventus will receive a world-record fee is just the start of the roll call of mind-boggling numbers involved in the Frenchman's move.
Pogba is set to become a United player this week,after four years leaving Manchester United for a compensation fee after the expiry of his contract in 2012. Having seen Pogba depart from Italy without a single first team start to his name, the Red Devils surely can't have foreseen forking out over 200 million Euros for the midfielder to return to the north-west of England.
That is how much this deal will cost Manchester United when all is said and done. The 92m Euros transfer fee, which surpasses the 86m Euros Real Madrid paid Tottenham for Gareth Bale in 2013 as the most expensive ever, fails to cover even half of the total cost to Jose Mourinho's outfit.
A large reason for the protracted nature of the deal was the wrangling over which club would be expected tp pay a substantial fee to Pogba's agent, Mino Railo. In a bid to force the transfer through, United eventually accepted that it is they who will fork out the 20 pay-off to the Italo-Dutch 'super agent', taking the overall fee to 112m Euros.
And then, of course, there is the player's wages. While Pogba currently earns round 4m at the Juventus Stadium, he is set to see his salary increase manifold at Old Trafford. His 400,000 per week pre-tax earnings will see him pocket 220,000 Euros after deductions, costing United a total of 20.8m Euros per season.
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