Paul Pogba says his mother always knew he would return to Manchester United and that “I learned a lot” from Andrea Pirlo at Juventus.
Pogba began his career at United and moved back from Juve in the summer of 2016 for a then-world record €105m, although he has recently been linked with signing for the Bianconeri a second time.
“My mother always told me: ‘You will go somewhere but come back.’ She always said this,” he told UTD Podcast.
Paul Pogba says his mother always knew he would return to Manchester United and that “I learned a lot” from Andrea Pirlo at Juventus.
Pogba began his career at United and moved back from Juve in the summer of 2016 for a then-world record €105m, although he has recently been linked with signing for the Bianconeri a second time.
“My mother always told me: ‘You will go somewhere but come back.’ She always said this,” he told UTD Podcast.
“I was like: ‘We will see’ but you know mothers, and the things she said: ‘You will come back here, don’t worry’ and that was just after. She said: ‘You will come back to Manchester, don’t worry’, and I did.
“When I came back, I was really happy to come back. I left it and didn’t finish. I started something but I didn’t finish, I just went somewhere else.
“Obviously, coming back to where I started was, for me, why I was really happy. Now, I was ready to come as a confirmed player, not a youth player.”
The 27-year-old played alongside Pirlo for three seasons and admitted the Italy icon was one of his two role models, the other being Paul Scholes.
“You learn a lot and you look at them,” says Pogba. “I really learned and have been learning. It was unbelievable for me, seeing them training like that, and it pushed me.
“Okay, I have to work hard and have a lot more to do. Pirlo and Scholes, those are midfielders who control the game, the players to look at, and I learned from them, a lot.”