Rio Ferdinand has given some insight into the mindset of Manchester United's latest signing Paul Pogba.

The French midfielder has now completed his much talked about world-record transfer to United from Juventus, signing a five-year deal with the Red Devils.

Earlier on Monday, former teammate Ferdinand posted a long message about the 23-year-old, highlighting the reasons why he can see him becoming the best player in the world while leading a new generation of United players to a great deal of success.

On his Facebook page, Ferdinand wrote:

“He was a tall gangly teenager (similar to myself at the same age) but he had a confident swagger in the way he carried himself, one of a nice determined confidence.

“With very little time of him being there, the young players who had trained with him and the coaches were raving about the ability and maturity he possessed.

“Paul knew what he wanted - he wanted to be the best player that his ability would allow. He knew hard work aligned with his natural talent would go a long way to getting him there.

“There it was again, that inner confidence oozing from him. Fast forward to now and he is en route (still a way to go to get to there) but well on his way & with the platform of Old Trafford he has a real opportunity to be the next Man Utd player after Cristiano Ronaldo to be crowned the best player in the world.

“Man Utd need to build around a group of young hungry players like Martial, Lingard, Rashford and Pogba is the one to lead that group from the front - the only way he would want it."