Paul Pogba is flying to England to undergo his medical at Manchester United ahead of his £89m transfer from Juventus.
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Pogba is presently in the air, heading for Manchester airport ahead of a medical this afternoon at the United training ground.
The 23-year-old boarded a private jet at Nice airport at around 9.15am this morning.
He will land around 10.40am at the private terminal at Manchester Airport from where he will be taken for the medical, which is due to start around midday.
And a statement on the United website – under the hashtag ‘Pogback’ – read: “Paul Pogba has been granted permission to have a medical in order to finalise his transfer from Juventus to Manchester United.”
Pogba has been on holiday in the United States since Euro 2016. His agent Mino Raiola has been trying to broker the deal between the Italian champions and United, with his fee for doing so one of the hurdles the clubs have had to overcome.
