The £100m transfer of Paul Pogba to Manchester United must SURELY be over the line now.
It’s been football’s worst kept secret for some months now – except that whole time that Jose Mourinho was coming to United long before the club announced it.
But it seems like we’ve reached end game in another ludicrously protracted transfer saga with Pogba flying in to have a medical with the club.
But if club officials hoped they might be able to break the story rather than the players themselves (we’re looking at you Ibrahimovic) or just some complete randomers, they had another thing coming.
First we had three woman tweeted out from a Manchester launderette pretty much announcing the signing of the French star before the club, the sponsors or the player himself.
https://twitter.com/ChrisGrimes00/status/762696215842680832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
But now there’s been another chink of light which shows we must be there with the Pogba deal…almost.
London MC and United fan Stormzy has appeared in another adidas video with 23-year-old French midfield maestro (after the earlier one a few weeks ago which pretty much confirmed the deal).
The rapper dropped the video on his Facebook then quickly deleted it, not before someone could copy the clip though.
Yes it’s the worst kept secret in football. Yes it’s probably a cynical marketing ploy to get maximum hype and exposure. But we can’t help being excited and a little relieved he could finally be here…
Stormzy confirms Pogba is now a Manchester United player #MUFC pic.twitter.com/fFFzNXXeIs
— MUFC Scoop (@MUFCScoop) August 8, 2016
Many United fans were buzzing about the news – others were just weirded out that the biggest signing in their history was announced by some laundry ladies and a grime MC in a music video…
Stormzy announcing our new signings – what a guy
— Daniel Riley (@danriley__) August 8, 2016
Don't think this Pogba transfer could have gone any better first pic by laundry ladies now a video by Stormzy
— Peter the Tweeter (@ChiefWaffler) August 8, 2016
My club announced Pogba with Stormzy and a music video, it's all mad 😅
— + (@sustrapperazzi_) August 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/dagger_jk/status/762749590135267328
https://twitter.com/TheBeastMicky/status/762749541363904512
Stormzy confirming #Pogback accidentally on Facebook is really just modern football in a nutshell
— Cameron Eyles (@cameroneyles) August 8, 2016
I don't get how Stormzy is involved but I love it!
— GBENGZ 👑 (@PeterGbenga_1) August 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/Danielbrown1990/status/762749297679011840
https://twitter.com/Georgibeyy/status/762749252779016192
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