Ranking Manchester United's 10 most expensive signings

2) Paul Pogba – £89.3m

By 2016, United had inked so many commercial deals ranging from official noodles partners to official lubricant oil partners (whatever that means) that they had enough money to buy another football club if they wanted to. But they settled on breaking the transfer record to sign Paul Pogba – four years after letting him go for free.

Sir Alex Ferguson didn’t want to deal with his agent but post-Fergie United dealt with Mino Raiola to bring the French midfielder back to Old Trafford (a deal that is now under investigation). But what he did on the field helped the club win two major trophies – the League Cup and the Europa League.

Pogba clocked more than 5,000 minutes for United and France this season and was a dominant force in midfield, especially in the Premier League. Though he took his time to adapt to the league’s pace, he was soon up there among the best passers in the country, even becoming the first player to complete 1,000 passes in the opposition half.

The France international is only 24 years old and has a long way to go in his career and the general feeling is that he can only get better. In that sense, United will see the record fee as an investment and will point to the trophies that are returning to the club as a sign that it was the right call to make to ‘bring him back home’.

Rating: 8/10