Inter director Beppe Marotta reveals the ‘best deal’ of his career was getting Paul Pogba for free at Juventus and selling him back to Manchester United for €100m.
It was a remarkable double transfer swoop for the Bianconeri and remains the highlight of Marotta’s wheeling and dealing.
“A director tries to bring players in relatively cheap and sell them on at a significant profit,” said Marotta during a Q&A event in Rimini this evening.
Inter director Beppe Marotta reveals the ‘best deal’ of his career was getting Paul Pogba for free at Juventus and selling him back to Manchester United for €100m.
It was a remarkable double transfer swoop for the Bianconeri and remains the highlight of Marotta’s wheeling and dealing.
“A director tries to bring players in relatively cheap and sell them on at a significant profit,” said Marotta during a Q&A event in Rimini this evening.
“The ultimate version of that was I think the best deal of my career: Pogba, who we strangely got for free and sold him back to the same club for €100m.”
Pogba was a free agent frustrated at the lack of playing time at Manchester United when he joined Juve in the summer of 2012.
Just four years later, he had become a France international, a top European star name and Manchester United paid over €100m to bring the midfielder back to Old Trafford.