Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has urged the club to make a decision over the future of midfielder Paul Pogba. The Frenchman has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford over the past year and of late, agent Mino Raiola has ignited the speculation by confirming a meeting with Juventus regarding his client.
Speaking on BT Sport, Ferdinand said that United must resolve Pogba’s future with the club. He added that United are moving on the right path with the recent run of results but there is still a long way to go before they are back winning major trophies, he told: “Does he want to stay or go? Ole want to keep him? Once that’s ironed out you can build your team.
Speaking to The Mail, Solskjaer said that he wants to help Sanchez get back to the form replicated during his time at the Emirates. He added that he won’t spoon fee anyone and the players need to make the efforts to secure playing time, he told: “I will have to help. I’ve just answered a question here that you can’t spoon feed them. They’ve got to come in and grab their chances and Alexis is quality and he showed it in Copa America. Then he got his injury. I don’t think it’s too bad so I’m hoping he will be available for maybe Kristiansund or AC Milan so he will at least get some football before the season starts.”
Speaking after the game, Pogba acknowledged that the entire team including himself produced a disrespectful performance and the results could yet hamper their prospects of making the top four in the Premier League, he told Sky Sports: “I wish I knew [what went wrong]. It was the details, the desire, we spoke about courage and everything we had when the manager came.
However, according to former class of 92’ Thornley, Pogba is better off remaining with the Red Devils where he could have the platform in the forthcoming seasons to compete for regular silverware, he said: “I, for one, hope he (Pogba) stays and can visualise what direction Manchester United are going in and knowing that he is an integral part of making sure that that’s where they are going.
Paul Pogba took the previous game to victory by scoring twice against Fulham at Craven Cottage. Even though the game was not the most effectively played one by Manchester United, and Fulham even managed to threaten them a bit at the begin, but still, Pogba scored his first goal passed to him by Anthony Martial 14-minutes into the game, who was the other goal scorer of the game. Fulham was about to score one for themselves, but then United took over the lead soon. Anyways Ole Gunnar Solskjaer grabbed another win under him during his managerial career. Analyzing the statistics, Pogba has scored a fair number of his league goals under Ole’s coaching and has been displaying a good performance in the Premier League games, and Pogba’s statement confirms it when he says that it was the team’s victorious advancement that was intended after Ole’s introduction to the team.
However, with the Portuguese’s dismissal, his fortunes have changed under interim boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and this has somewhat ceased the speculation regarding his future. In a report covered by TalkSPORT, Ince highlighted that Pogba’s position with United will always remain a topic of discussion, given the midfielder has not been consistent with the performances on the playing field.