Just read Fergie's comments on Pogba. Without bringing him on first in a league game, it wouldn't be as big a statement, especially the part about him definitely being a first team player. I honestly doubt Fergie would be going in this hard if he wasn't confident of convincing him to sign.
However, I also think this whole situation has gone a bit insane. Pogba is obviously going to be a good player. But what kind of good we're talking depends upon his temperament and work ethic; things yet to be tested in the fires of whole match first team football against quality opposition. On the whole, it's almost a bit difficult to believe that such a saga would be following an eighteen year old but, to be fair, if Cleverley, for instance, had lucked into Pogba's physique at around the same age, he likely would have been fast-tracked, too.
Agreed. You could make a case for Drogba being the best PL striker of the past decade. I wouldn't necessarily agree, but it would make for a pretty strong case.