Paul Pogba has proven what Man City secretly knew with Manchester United comments

Manchester City are on course for a measured, pragmatic and successful transfer window. Two impressive signings have been sealed and more have been promised.

There could still be exits to keep the squad size at a competitive level, and also recover funds already spent on Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez. Overall, though, City's aim to deal quickly and decisively in the summer window looks to be on course to set them up well for another title challenge.

So it is even more curious that City considered a free transfer for outgoing Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba at the start of the summer.

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Only last month, Pogba was an option for City as it became clear United were not going to keep the World Cup winner. It would have been a sensational cross-city move that only a few have made, and there is no doubting his quality when he's at his best.

Except United got rid of him at the end of his contract because he has rarely been at his best, and his off-field baggage came to outweigh any on-field contributions he could offer. Now, with the release of his 'Pogmentary', City will watch closely and realise he would have never been a success at City.

Already, Pogba has annoyed United fans by criticising the club for not offering him a new deal - even though he has spent the last two years saying he wanted to leave, spending most of that time either out of action or underperforming. He says he wants to prove United wrong for not trying to keep him, and show other clubs that United made a mistake by letting him leave.

But why would they? One good game in 10 (at best) isn't worth his high wages, and it was becoming clear that if United were