Andrea Pirlo isn't surprised Manchester City are chasing former Juventus teammate Paul Pogba.

Pirlo plays for City's sister club New York City FC.

"Of course, Juventus will want to keep him. But sometimes you can get to a transfer fee that you can rebuild an entire team with and he would get to that fee," said Pirlo.

“At his age, you can build a team around him for the next years. If he does decide to leave, then I think it will be for a world record."

Pirlo watched Pogba, now 23 and a full France international, mature at Juventus and says the former Manchester United youngster has become the best in the world at his position.

“I have played with some great young players, but Pogba was the best young player I have ever seen," he said.

“We saw from his first training session with Juventus that he was special. There was a disbelief among the senior players that Manchester United had allowed him to leave.

“Since then he has grown physically and as a player. For me he is now the most complete central midfield player in the world."