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Paul Pogba: I Am 'Judged Differently' After £89M Manchester United Transfer

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has attributed criticism he receives to the £89 million transfer fee the Red Devils paid to sign him.

United made Pogba the most expensive player in the world when they brought him back from Juventus in 2016, though the deal has since been surpassed by Neymar and Kylian Mbappe's moves to Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona's captures of Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele.

Pogba told Matt Dickinson on theLifeTimespodcast (h/t Goal's Ben Spratt) released on Tuesday:

"Because it was the biggest transfer in history at the time, you get judged differently.