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Tyrone Marshall

Paul Pogba is the Manchester United transfer Erik ten Hag must avoid

Paul Pogba signed for Manchester United in the dead of night and if the social media moderators at Old Trafford want a quiet day they might well announce his departure in the early hours as well.

The announcement of Pogba's £89million signing six years ago was timed for an audience just waking up in China and knocking off for the day in America. If that was an assumption that fans in Manchester didn't care for viral announcements on social media, then they certainly don't care that the 29-year-old might have played his final game for the club.

In 2016 United confirmed the signing with the soon-to-be-trending #Pogback, now all fans want to see is #Poggone. There have been 226 appearances for United during Pogba's second coming, but the lows considerably outweigh the highs. There were sporadic spells when the World Cup winner hinted that he might begin to produce that world-class form regularly for United, but it was never sustained.

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