Gary Neville spoke about Paul Pogba’s future at Manchester United. He thinks that if Pogba wants to leave, he should leave like a professional.
The Frenchman has constantly been giving hints that he wants to leave Old Trafford.
Before the Premier League even began, there were reports that Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola spoke to Barcelona officials regarding a deal for the midfielder.
There have also been speculations that Pogba has a rift with manager Jose Mourinho. Even though Mourinho has denied this, Pogba said that he would be fined if he opened up about his relationship with Mourinho.
A few days back, Pogba tweeted a picture of him secretly talking to France teammates Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe. The image had the caption, “caption this”. This infuriated several Manchester United fans.
Neville has expressed his irritation on Pogba’s antics regarding his future of the club and gave his opinion on the entire situation. He said, “Neville the pundit on Pogba would say, ‘He’s a talented player but I want to see more consistency and leadership. As a fan, honestly, part of me is that no one is bigger than the club and I am not interested in people who are looking left and right.
So Paul, if you want to go play somewhere else, let’s make that work for you because Manchester United will be fine, don’t worry about that. The owner in me would do what United are doing at the moment, saying he is not for sale.
They have to protect their asset but privately they might be doing a deal because they want to get their £90m back. If I was still in that dressing room giving personal advice it would be, ‘Paul, it’s obvious you want to play somewhere else but be professional. Don’t be someone who is seen as a mercenary or a mutineer. You don’t need to do that.’
So there are four ways to look at it — pundit, owner, fan, a personal word.”
Pogba’s performances in the Premier League haven’t been as good as his performances at the World Cup. He has two goals but both of them have come from the penalty spot. Not to forget, he also missed a penalty against Burnley.
So Pogba will need to bounce back strongly when Manchester United take on Watford who haven’t lost a match yet.
