Wayne Rooney: Paul Pogba used to cover me in bruises in training… I’m looking forward to it happening again!
Manchester United skipper says world record signing will be a 'very big statement' for Jose Mourinho and Premier League
WAYNE ROONEY used to get covered in bruises by Paul Pogba - and he cannot wait for it to happen again.
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is on the brink of landing the ex-Old Trafford kid on a world record deal.
But before he left for just £800,000, midfield dynamo Pogba used to have a knack for inflicting pain on his United team-mates.
And skipper Rooney insists he is relishing the thought of the France star returning to make him black and blue all over again.
Rooney said: "He was one of those players who, when you trained against him, somehow he would just hurt you. A knee in your side, bump into you, I don't think he meant to do it, but it just happened.
"You didn't even need to get into a tackle. Just go next to him and you'd find an elbow or some other sharp bit. So, if he comes, I'm looking forward to that again!
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"But he had great ability, some of the things he could do, and he's gone up a level since he left us."
Mourinho's bitter enemy Arsene Wenger reckons the nine-figure sum needed to capture Pogba is "complete madness".
But Roo has no such qualms.
And, in fact, he believes that his signing - along with that of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly - will prove a signal of intent for the coming season.
With "unfinished business", the Three Lions captain reckons Pogba feels he has something to prove.
He added: "I hope he is going to want to return to United and prove he's a top-class player. If he is excited to play for us, we'll be excited to have him back.
"I'm sure he'll feel there is unfinished business, and it would be a very big statement by the club if they can make it happen."