Paul Pogba’s Manchester United Transfer Discussed by Barcelona’s Ariedo Braida

Barcelona sporting director Ariedo Braida has said Paul Pogba’s price tag is what prompted the Blaugrana to pull out of the race and allow Manchester United to re-sign the Juventus midfielder.

According to Italian outlet La Gazzetta dello Sport (h/t ESPN’s Ben Gladwell), Braida discussed Pogba’s move to United:

Nobody is worth that amount of money. All footballers are overvalued. When you reach such levels, the gap to normality is truly too great.

We’re talking about an operation of €150 million, excluding the salary. How must one feel to be overvalued? Probably they don’t think about it, otherwise they would not be able to play. The pressure must be enormous.

The Red Devils reportedly paid a world-record £89 million transfer fee to reacquire his services.

Braida also elaborated on the pressure such a fee could bring with it:

I think the financial aspect is more than sufficient. Pogba will manage to show his worth at Manchester and there is no doubting his technical quality, but if each game you play is not amazing then you’re going to be criticised.

When people read such figures, they expect you …

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