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'I told Paul Pogba not to join Man Utd' - Patrice Evra says Red Devils wanted to 'humiliate Sir Alex Ferguson' by signing French midfielder as club legend urged him to join Real Madrid instead

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Pogba came up through Manchester United's youth system having joined the club as a 16-year-old. However, in 2012, after failing to persuade Sir Alex Ferguson that he should be playing more, he moved on a free transfer to join Italian giants Juventus. Four years later, having established himself as one of Europe's top midfield players, the Frenchman returned to Old Trafford but Evra believes the Red Devils' top brass made the signing simply to 'sell shirts' and 'humiliate Ferguson'.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, Evra said: "Manchester United brought Paul Pogba back because they wanted to humiliate Sir Alex Ferguson. I told Paul to not go back because he wanted Real Madrid and Madrid wanted him, but Florentino Perez didn’t want to pay the money. "His agent called United, and he signed with him without telling me. The club was happy because they were selling shirts, you know the kids love Pogba – it was more commercial than anything on the pitch.”

WHAT EVRA SAID

The Glazer family of Manchester United spent an astronomical price to acquire Pogba. As a result, high expectations were placed on the gifted midfielder, but during his six-year stay, he was unable to live up to those expectations and left again in 2022 signing on a free transfer to Juventus yet again.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Following Evra's claims, including Pogba allegedly telling the press he deserved to win the Ballon d'Or, sources close to the former United midfielder insist he never expected or stated he deserved to win the individual award.Pogba also rejects many of the claims made by Evra within the interview, which are either a distortion of the truth, or wholly inaccurate.He is also disappointed that numerous claims were not verified before they were published.

POGBA REACTS TO EVRA'S CLAIMS

The Frenchman's injury and form struggles continued at Juventus for two years before he was guilty of doping and was <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_K8fgBiekg/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1" target="_blank">eventually given a four-year football ban</a>. Pogba has appealed the ruling with Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn or shorten the ban.

WHAT NEXT FOR POGBA?

'I told Paul Pogba not to join Man Utd' - Patrice Evra says Red Devils wanted to 'humiliate Sir Alex Ferguson' by signing French midfielder as club legend urged him to join Real Madrid instead | Goal.com

Manchester United resigned Paul Pogba in the summer of 2016, and Patrice Evra has revealed he advised the midfielder to join Real Madrid instead.

&apos;I told Paul Pogba not to join Man Utd&apos; - Patrice Evra says Red Devils wanted to &apos;humiliate Sir Alex Ferguson&apos; by signing French midfielder as club legend urged him to join Real Madrid instead