Report: FIFA to investigate Pogba's record transfer to Manchester United

Football's most expensive transfer is reportedly under the microscope.

According to Agence France-Presse, FIFA will investigate Paul Pogba's world-record transfer, in which the French midfielder joined Manchester United from Juventus for a transfer fee of €105 million, which may increase by €5 million if given conditions are achieved. The international news agency apparently got word of the investigation as the FIFA Council convened in Bahrain.

Per BBC Sport's Richard Conway, FIFA is seeking clarification on who was involved in the deal and the amounts they were paid. It must be noted that, on the same day AFP's report was published, the two chairmen of the governing body's Ethics Committee were omitted from a proposal of the members for its judicial bodies. Cornel Borbely, the Swiss lawyer in charge of the Investigatory Chamber, and Hans-Joachim Eckert, head of the Adjudicatory Chamber, are essentially being forced out.

According to the Guardian, the final details of the transfer were settled when Mino Raiola, Pogba's agent, met officials from Juventus in Italy. The Old Lady reportedly asked United to make all the necessary payments to the fearless negotiator, but, in the end, the Italian club agreed to give him a fee for his work. The Red Devils apparently paid him €20 million.

Pogba was spotted by Raiola as a teenage reserve-team player at United, and was signed by the "mafioso" agent as a client. When the footballer moved to Juventus at 19 years of age, the don of football transfers inserted a clause into the contract that entitled him to a 20 percent cut of any future sale, to be paid on top of the fee.

A press release published by Juventus at the time of the transfer read: "The economic effect is positive for about €72.6 million, net of solidarity subsidy and auxiliary expenses."