From cornerstone, star signing and Manchester United darling, to supporting actor. No one is going to get a shackle on Paul Pogba's foot anymore, nor a check on a target, so that he doesn't leave Old Trafford. Four and a half years after his historic signing from Juventus, and after infinite flirtations with Real Madrid (the last one a month ago), the world champion midfielder with France has gone, without being by punishment or injury, to a second plane from which he has to try to get out he wants to leave the red devils this summer or not.
In total, the tall Gallic player he has barely played 527 minutes of the 1,080 that United have played this season. In them, just two assists and a goal, by the way, against Luton in the Cup. Furthermore, analyzing those minutes, it can be seen that the player he only played the full game against two greats, Tottenham and Arsenal, who endorsed the Mancunianos 1-6 and 0-1 respectively. In the draw against Chelsea he only participated 32 minutes and in the victory against Everton only 8.
There does not seem to be any discussion, therefore, that Bruno Fernandes, and not him, is the star of the midfield, so Solskjaer prefers to accompany him with two squires like Fred and McTominay that allow the Portuguese to shine and grease the offensive machinery of the red devils. The question, therefore, is whether a player who cost more than 100 million euros You can turn this situation around and whether to accept it or try to start from scratch somewhere else. Jamie Carragher, for example, is clear.
“I think that, one way or another, everyone is unhappy with their situation. Only the fact that four and a half years later we continue to talk about the subject already indicates that it has not been good enough in different schemes. What if I put Pogba on the team right now? No the truth. I don't think he's a great player, I've said it before, I thought he could make a difference like Lampard did at Chelsea, Gerrard at Liverpool or Yaya Touré at Manchester City. That is what we were told he would achieve when he became the most expensive player in history, ”explains the former player. net in 'TalkSport'.