Speaking in an interview, the 34-year-old stated: "Everything happened very quickly. A good friend of mine who was running to be on the Barcelona board, Sandro Rosell, had asked me if I'd play for Barcelona when they won the election and I told him that I would.
"I was on the brink of joining Manchester United, there were just a few details to iron out, but Rosell called me at the last minute to tell me that they were going to win the election.
"That made everything happen very fast".
"I wanted to play there," added the Brazilian. "I was going to have the chance to follow in my idols' footsteps. I was proud to play where Romario, Ronaldo and Rivaldo had done. I was lucky enough to become the new Barcelona 'R' which I really loved."
Few details to iron out...
Ronaldoinho had idols and connections at Barca. Pogba has an idol and a connection with Real (Zidane). All going to come down to whether Zidane can get Madrid to cough up the cash.