Hardly a week goes by without record signing Paul Pogba’s future at Manchester United caught up in a swirl of speculation.
It is becoming an unedifying Old Trafford sideshow that is hardly helping the cause of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
This week, ahead of United’s calamitous defeat against RB Leipzig that dumped them out of the Champions League, Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola said the French midfielder was unhappy at the club and should move in the next transfer window.
Solskjaer hit back at Raiola, saying Pogba was focused on doing his best for the team.
The reality is though that the 27-year old, re-signed from Juventus in 2016 for 89m pounds ($118m), has started only five of United’s Premier League games this season and was only a substitute in Tuesday’s crucial clash with Leipzig.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has fired back at Paul Pogba's agent Mino Raiola after he said his client was "unhappy" at Old Trafford and should leave the club.
Posted by Sports Tribune on Thursday, 10 December 2020
Former United striker Dimitar Berbatov said it is clear that Solskjaer lacks confidence in Pogba and suggests it is time to part ways with a player who has never consistently produced his best form for the club.
Berbatov expressed his views in an interview with bookmaker Betfair.
After a run of four successive Premier League wins which moved United up to sixth it appeared their season was beginning to pick up speed.
Yet a 3-2 defeat by Leipzig, not to mention the Pogba situation, has hardly been an ideal way to prepare for Saturday’s home derby against Manchester City.
Once again Solskjaer’s future is under a cloud and Berbatov sympathizes with the Norwegian.
