Six years after leaving Manchester United for a world-record transfer fee, Paul Pogba is back at his former club.
Last week, the club reached an agreement to sign the Frenchman on a four-year contract.
The medical and signing of the contract were supposed to take place on Saturday.
Since January, the France international has been free to talk with clubs.
The statement was released after it was confirmed that the Frenchman was coming back. There is always a chance that we will see each other again, sooner or later.
It's what has happened with Paul. After four amazing years, our paths parted.
A talented young French player went from making his First Team debut when still a teenager to scoring his first goal less than a month later.
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We learned to hold our breath in anticipation as he took aim from outside the box, because we knew how it would end.
Miralem Pjanic and Paul scored 14 times from outside the penalty area in the same season.
In the years in which Pogba emerged as a world-class talent, he won trophy after trophy in the black and white stripes, and came close to European glory.
He set up 12 goals in his last season in Torino to leave with a tally of 34 goals scored and 32 assists, which made him a direct participant in 66 goals overall.
His talent and power came to the fore when he helped France win the World Cup.
Although we parted ways, we never really forgot about each other, and there is something ancestral in the call that leads you back home after a thousand adventures.
Paul is in Torino. He left as a boy and came back as a man and a champion, but he still wants to write unforgettable pages of club history together again.
We couldn't be happier thatPogba is back.
The club drafted a lucrative contract in order to demonstrate their desire to sign him, after making a stunning bid to sign the player from United.
The World Cup winner didn't think the noise and hate would be worth it.
In an upcoming documentary about the player, he was filmed complaining about his contract offers.
In a preview of 'The Pogmentary', as seen by The Athletic, Pogba is talking to his late agent Mino Raiola about a contract offer from Manchester United.
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Sky Sports News understands that he was offered a 3.5 per cent increase on his previous contract, which was worth more than $300,000 a week.
Is Manchester United making a second offer? He asked Raiola.
Raiola said yes. They don't want you to leave. I don't think the offer reflects that. I told them not to make that offer. If they really want to build a project around you, they have to act differently and put the money on the table.
"They're playing a game." How can you tell a player that you want him and that you won't give him anything? It was the first time I've ever seen that.
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The reporter told Sky Sports.
If things had turned out differently, he might have stayed at Manchester United. There were only a few options when Paul left.
There was a chance when Leonardo was sporting director that it would happen. Now that Leonardo is no longer with us, it's really the other way around.
It's fine with Paul as he left six years ago to return to United. He feels at home in Turin, despite going back and forth between jobs. They need a player like him in the middle of the field.
It wasn't enough for him at United to play in his preferred position.
The way he plays in Italy is very different from the way he plays in the UK.
The summer is here. The world transfer record has just been broken by Manchester United. A Frenchman is back at Old Manchester for work.
"This is the right club for me to achieve everything I want to in the game," Paul Pogba said after completing his £89m move back to United.
He has the chance to be at the center of the club for a long time.
It was a deal that got people talking. The announcement video was followed by a music video featuring Stormzy. The hype over the movie had started.
It was supposed to be a big deal. Three years after the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, the club is still struggling to find its feet.
But he has not been able to inspire United. He did not win a trophy in his six-season stint.
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