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Published 16:38 20 Jul 2016 BST
Updated 16:53 20 Jul 2016 BST

The fact that they're preparing to stump up such a huge amount for a player that left them for nothing only four years ago has already amused many rival fans, but at least United supporters can point to this...
When looking at the transfer fee as a proportion of United's annual turnover, the deal is similar in terms of size to the one which saw Sir Alex Ferguson pay Leeds United £29.1m for Rio Ferdinand back in 2002.
According to Duncan Drasdo - CEO of the Manchester United Supporters Trust, The money paid for Ferdinand worked out as 19.9% of the club's turnover that year, with Pogba's fee set to account for 19.6% of this year's turnover (assuming they agree a £100m fee with Juventus).
As the table below shows, both of those deals are behind United's 2001 move for Juan Sebastien Veron's move to United from Lazio. The Argentine's £28.1m fee represented a 21.7% of the club's turnover that year.
Looks like they've got themselves a bargain after all.
https://twitter.com/Drasdo/status/755758092655194112
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