Manchester United's Paul Pogba has indicated he will be fit for
selection against Southampton on Friday as he looks to be involved for
the first time since his world-record transfer.
Pogba, 23, has had
to wait to get his season started, missing the 3-1 win at Bournemouth
last Sunday because of a suspension carried over from the previous
campaign when he was still with Juventus.
A busy summer with
France, who reached the Euro 2016 final, was followed by an extended
vacation in the United States and his move back to Manchester, four
years after leaving United as a 19-year-old.
It meant he joined up
with Jose Mourinho's squad later than others, yet the 23-year-old has
said he is ready to go if called upon against the Saints.
"You have to ask the manager but I feel very good and have been training for 10 days. I am OK,'' Pogba said on the Manchester Evening News website.
"I
am quite used to this [busy summer]. I played the World Cup two years
ago when at Juve and three years ago I was at the Under-20s World Cup as
well. So I am OK. It is about your body and I have been training on my
holidays.''
The £89.3 million fee which United parted with to
bring back a player who left them four years earlier eclipsed the sum
Real Madrid gave Tottenham for Gareth Bale in 2013.
Yet despite
carrying the tag of being the most expensive player in the world, Pogba
has said he is paying little attention to his market value.
"I am
just happy to play football, I don't even think about it," he added. "My
ambition is always be the the number one and be the best. So the
objective is to win the league. We want to go back to the Champions
League because that is where we belong."
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