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Manchester United FC news: Jose Mourinho wants Paul Pogba to ignore price tag to find form

Jose Mourinho wants Paul Pogba to forget his world-record price tag and show Manchester United his true quality.

A summer of discussion bore fruit five weeks ago when the open secret of the 23-year-old's Old Trafford return from Juventus was made official.

United paid an eye-watering £89million to bring back a player who left them four years earlier in search of first-team football, with further bonus payments due if certain targets are met.

It is a remarkable, record-breaking fee that sees Pogba stand alone as the world's most expensive player ever - a price tag that appeared to weigh heavily in United's disappointing back-to-back defeats to Manchester City and Feyenoord.