Paul Pogba agent Mino Raiola was paid €27million for negotiating Man United transfer, Juve director reveals

POGBA AND RAILOA

The exorbitant costs involved in Paul Pogba's move to Manchester United were laid clear by Juventus director Beppe Marotta at the club's AGM on Tuesday.

Mino Raiola, the France midfielder's agent, received an eyewatering €27million commission for negotiating the deal, worth some £20m at the time (albeit significantly less now).

While Juve themselves estimate the profit, after all fees, to be around €72m (£55m) on the player who joined them for free in 2012.

And Marotta was also keen to emphasise that Pogba had no desire to stay in Turin and was desperate for a move away.

"He arrived from United and after four years with us he decided to return to England. He wanted to leave at all costs.

"The price tag we asked was €105milllion plus €5m bonus in the case that the player renews his contract with the club or is sold for more than €50m.

"We made around €95m. Mino Raiola, his representative, will be paid €27m. Net of fees the profit on Pogba is around €72m.

"We didn't want to sell him. We wanted him to put roots down at Juventus."

Ian Wright believes Paul Pogba's struggles at Manchester United are similar to the problems Mesut Ozil suffered at the start of his Premier League career.

The Frenchman has failed to live up to expectations since arriving for a world-record fee from Juventus.

He was again anonymous in Sunday's defeat at Chelsea as Mourinho was humiliated by his former club.

The Portuguese is yet to settle on a position for Pogba and some United fans have called for the midfielder to be dropped to the bench.

But Wright is having none of it and insists Pogba will come good - just like Ozil has at Arsenal.

"I believe it won’t be long before things click for Pogba and he becomes one of the best players in the league. It’s just a case of using him the right way," he writes in the Sun.

"To me, there are similarities to Mesut Ozil when he first arrived at Arsenal and struggled. So get players around him to give Pogba the ball, channel the play through him."

Wright went on to urge United fans to remain patient with Jose Mourinho because the club are "in transition".

The former Arsenal striker also points the finger at Zlatan Ibrahimovic and insists the Swedish striker must "stand up and be counted".

"He’s 35 and must realise there will be no easy games in England like there were in France or Italy, where you can be something of a flat-track bully. Here, you need more than just a five-minute flash of brilliance when you feel like it."