5 reasons why Paul Pogba will take over the English Premier League this season

#3 No price tag pressure

Pogba has officially passed on the baton to Neymar

How heavy do you think £90 million is? Well, Pogba spent most of last season carrying that chip on his shoulder. It doesn't help his case that he was purchased by Manchester United for a world record amount.

The 24-year old was evidently burdened by the weight of the world's unfair expectations over the need to justify his billing. It certainly couldn't have been easy to hear the figure being thrown around every time he missed a goal, or a pass, or anything really.

The murmurs seemed to be weighing him down, while the glances diminished him on the pitch. This season, though, will see Pogba liberated from the chains that tethered him, after Neymar stunningly displaced the Frenchman from atop his perch in world football's 'most expensive' list.

The midfielder himself has admitted that the focus will now be on football and not the money, prompting many to fear what a mentally free Paul Pogba is capable of.