El cangrejo
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It's not really a weird reason. Prior to this season, Pogba played primarily as the most attacking player in a configuration including Pirlo/Vidal/ Marchisio/Khedira. His goals and assists were the aspects of his game that really got him noticed and made him such a highly sought after player. Juve switched his squad number from 6 to 10, which suggests that they saw him developing into more of an attacking role than Mourinho has him playing with United.Exactly. He is playing as a CM but for some weird reason he is compared with SS or a player who plays very closely behind striker.
Pogba should be compared with CMs like Dembele and Wanyama as they play in same position (Wanyama plays different role though).
He creates more chances than Dembele and Wanyama combined (52 vs 48),
scored more goals than Dembele and Wanyama combined (4 vs 2),
assists more than Dembele and Wanyama combined (3 vs 1)
wins more aerial duels than Dembele and Wanyama combined (2.71 per 90mins vs 2.6 per game)
Wins as many duels per 90 mins as Wanyama (1.45 tackles and 1.57 Interceptions vs 1.96+1.14)
From my lurking on here, I seem to remember the Pogba/Alli comparison coming about when Alli was first breaking into the Spurs side and wasn't playing so far up the pitch, while Pogba was playing further up for Juve than he does now at Utd.
In terms of players of his physique, I see Pogba being best utilized as more of a peak Yaya than a Vieira. That makes Alli a comparable player and questions should probably be asked as to why a guy with supposedly superior talent to him is not being pushed into a position where he is capable of doing similar damage in a side that struggles badly for goals.