Pogba: I could have also gone to Madrid or Barça, they were interested

Pogba: I could have also gone to Madrid or Barça, they were interested

Paul Pogba says he turned down Barcelona and Real Madrid because he wants to make Manchester United great again. 

The French midfielder left United in 2012 for Juventus, but returned this summer for a world record fee. 

Barça have previously admitted they tried to sign Pogba in 2015 and he says Madrid were also interested in signing him. 

"I came [to United] because I have targets, it's a big challenge for me," he said in an interview with SFR SPORT.

"I could have also gone to Real Madrid or Barcelona, they were interested. I chose to return, because I had that in my heart. It was my feeling that brought me here. 

"I want to win with Manchester United, I've never won with them. I had always said that I would return -- I didn't know when -- because it's a club that I like a lot.

"I hadn't finished, I left because I wanted to play. I hadn't done what I had wanted to do here. I want United to become the great United again. That's my challenge here."

United are currently on a 16-game unbeaten run, although Liverpool ended their nine-game winning streak on Sunday. 

James Milner scored a penalty after Pogba had handled the ball in the box, but Jose Mourinho's side rescued a point via a late Zlatan Ibrahimovic header.