News broke on Tuesday evening that Fifa were set to investigate Paul Pogba's move to Manchester United last summer.
Pogba re-joined his former club on a five-year deal last August, becoming the most expensive player in the world in the process, with a fee in the region of £89.3 million being splashed out for his services.
The story was broken by
AFP but there was very little in the way of explanatory information about the details of the investigation.
And, in the absence of anything resembling facts, football fans did what football fans love to do.... Speculate.
All sorts of theories were bandied about on social media about the reason for the investigation, its potential findings and the worst case scenario in terms of punishment for the Red Devils.
This was the main joke doing the rounds.
https://twitter.com/CJ_covblaze/status/862022140828286976
https://twitter.com/BeatPlugTV/status/862018192121757696
https://twitter.com/TheAntonioCross/status/862017771273465856
Although this one was also an interesting suggestion.
https://twitter.com/thomasmcl2001/status/862018165185933312
https://twitter.com/JackEC_mufc/status/862023851772973056
This was to be expected.
https://twitter.com/Time4Pogba/status/862021252587937792
https://twitter.com/CaolanRoss/status/862021357604941824
https://twitter.com/gustipraditya/status/862020294554206208
We saw conspiracy theories.
https://twitter.com/DatGuyDezza/status/862019994196037632
There was an awful lot of the F-word being thrown around.
https://twitter.com/Salman91x/status/862017191138471937
https://twitter.com/_niitro/status/862020382672527362
https://twitter.com/akanshcfc_/status/862020502822375424
Some played down the potential punishment.
https://twitter.com/mcfc65/status/862021130068140036
https://twitter.com/Tuanzebeology/status/862017416972443649
While others feared the worst.
https://twitter.com/AlexBakerAB/status/862022448140754944
https://twitter.com/RossWynne16/status/862022440133816324
https://twitter.com/ALii_NaQvii/status/862021250163646464
But, all jokes aside, the reported £41 million that agent Mino Raiola is set to earn from the deal is what most people suspect the investigation is based on.
https://twitter.com/shahanLA/status/862021793959333890
https://twitter.com/MaveMUFC/status/862022162550489088
https://twitter.com/MaveMUFC/status/862022162550489088
