Former Manchester United player Bastian Schweinsteiger has advised manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to sell Paul Pogba this summer. The Frenchman has already expressed his desire to leave and the former German international believes he shouldn’t be forced to stay put.
“If a player wants to leave the club, you shouldn’t stop him,” the 34-year-old told BBC Sport.
“You need players who are 100% into the club and care about the club, that’s the only way you can survive at the top level and have success.”
“Paul is a great player, he is just looking for a team where he can play the same style that he does with the France national team, so if you give him that kind of team around him, he would be happy at United.”
Schweinsteiger joined United in 2015 before making a move to MLS side Chicago Fire two years later. The veteran midfielder teamed up with Pogba in 2016, when United bought the latter for £90m from Juventus.
Since Schweinsteiger’s departure, the Red Devils have struggled to establish themselves. They are busy finding lost glories amidst eising challenges from Liverpool and Manchester City.
Schweinsteiger also reserved praise for Solskjaer as he said,
“When you become the manager of a big club for the first time, it can’t always be up, it also goes down. It’s normal.”
“I think he really understands how the team has to play football and as far as I can see and I have talked to some players, they are really happy with him.”
“They have fantastic players, you just need to use them.”
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