Budding bromance? Pogba, Zlatan share Instagram back-and-forth

Could there be a budding bromance between Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba brewing at Old Trafford?

It certainly looks that way after the two joked about each other on Instagram.

It might have been thought - though perhaps now incorrectly - that Manchester United's astronomical €105-million payment to Juventus was what mitigated Pogba's signing.

Ask the Sweden striker what caused Pogba to return to Old Trafford after four years away, and you'll get a very different reason - his name upon a shirt these two now share.

Pogba, for his part, thinks Ibrahimovic could use a little bit of a boost to that name-brand recognition, with the Frenchman taking to his own Instagram account and goading his new teammate about garnering fame off his image.

"This one, this guy wants to get famous, and he wants a picture with me, he wants to get famous," Pogba said in the video, as Ibrahimovic returns the banter with a quick line of his own.

"Come, I'll make you famous now!" Ibrahimovic jokes.

The two have a bit of a friendly history, sharing a meal as recently as mid-July in Los Angeles before Pogba's move was made official.

While these stars get along off the field, Ibrahimovic will have to delay their on-field camaraderie by just a touch, as Pogba is suspended for Manchester United's 2016-17 Premier League debut against Bournemouth on Sunday.