After Manchester United’s draw in the Champions League against Atalanta on Tuesday night, former club members hammered Paul Pogba.
Former Manchester United icons Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand slammed Paul Pogba with bitter comments after a poor performance from him in the 2-2 draw against Atalanta on Tuesday.
During the group stage encounter away from home, the Red Devils trailed two times but made two comebacks to steal a point.
Luckily, Cristiano Ronaldo’s sublime injury-time strike rescued United, however, Pogba was seen losing possession several times during the game.
After the game, Scholes and Ferdinand both took turns to criticize the Frenchman for his underperformance.
“He needs somebody talking to him all the time. Someone there who he totally respects and is experienced,” Scholes told BT Sport after the game.
“He is a really experienced player. But he will get to 35 and will be doing the same stupid stuff, stud-rolling the ball – and people know it.”
“The biggest thing with the player is his concentration – he goes away with the fairies sometimes.”
“At Juventus he was excellent and that’s why we signed him, but you look at [players around him] – [Andrea] Pirlo, [Giorgio] Chiellini, [Gianluigi] Buffon, an aggressive manager, telling him all the time and he will need that kind of treatment until he is 35.”
“I thought he (Pogba) took liberties a few times, he was a bit sloppy,” Ferdinand added. “Sometimes you just need to be told ‘sharpen up, play one or two touches’.
“He needs to be telling himself that he didn’t do well enough. There are not those [critical] conversations going on in our changing room.”
“There’s not a player in the world that starts every game perfectly.”
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