Pogba: 'I will see in my first game, my first feelings'

The Premier League is very different from four years ago, and Paul Pogba, who returned to Manchester United for a world-record transfer fee of £89.3 million that could rise to £93.2 million, will likely see that for himself Friday.

After Mourinho confirmed that Pogba is "ready to play," the French midfielder admitted that his second debut for United will be telling, acknowledging that he won't receive the same amount of space he did while playing in Serie A with Juventus.

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"I will see in my first game, my first feelings," Pogba said, according to Jamie Jackson of the Guardian. "I know that you have more space than in Italy so I'll just try to find the space to run - without the ball too. And with the ball it's more physical so you have to kick players.

"The referee will just say: 'Play on.' I remember some things. We will see the first feelings. I'm ready to play everywhere in the midfield and I'll just follow the coach where he tells me to play."

United will face Southampton at Old Trafford on Friday in the first of 10 Premier League fixtures this season to be shown in a new prime-time slot.