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Mourinho defends Pogba fee
- Updated: August 8, 2016
Jose Mourinho has defended the reported £89m transfer fee Manchester United are set to pay for Paul Pogba but did admit football has become “crazy”.
The Old Trafford club are on the brink of bringing the French midfielder back to Manchester for a world record fee after Juventus confirmed that they had allowed him to undertake a medical ahead of the proposed move.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger had previously labelled the fee as “completely crazy”.
However, speaking after his side beat Leicester 2-1 to win the Community Shield at Wembley, Mourinho said the club should be proud they could attract players like Pogba and compared it to Gareth Bale’s record-breaking move to Real Madrid from Tottenham in 2013.
“I don’t think Real Madrid were upset when they broke the record with Gareth Bale. I don’t think it is a …
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