I watched the PSG/Monaco game last night and I thought Pastore was superb, definitely the stand out once Verratti went off. It was the kind of performance that had all us United muppets wanting him when he was at Palermo, some of his skills on the ball are a joy to watch.
It must be difficult when your role is not defined and you are seeing a change in boss so often, not to mention the price tag he came with adding pressure, full credit to him for persevering and getting himself back into the starting line-up. Do you think he will extend his contract with PSG?
He is really good, even when played out wide, unfortunately the CAM position is taken by better or equally talented players as him in all the top clubs. He's in a difficult position considering Zlatan is 33, and remarkably still the second best false 9 in the world after Messi - and he's one of the about top 5 players in the world. So far this season he seems to be keeping up still, but when Zlatan retires then Cavani will take over who isn't a false 9 at all - which is why PSG becomes 5 times worse when Cavani fills in for Zlatan.
Then he'll have a great chance to become the teams AM if the manager opts to replace the playmaking of Zlatan with an AM, it is probably his best shot to play in his favorite position for a top club. Apart from that I see no reason he would leave PSG right now as he just started playing in this new role, which I doubt people are willing to pay big bucks on until it is tested against top sides and over the course of at least one season.
Unfortunately for him he didn't get to continue in that role due to Zlatan's injury - so we'll have to see just how much he can grow in to the role.
I wouldn't want him at United though, unless it was for a cheap price in which case he'd be able to be a really solid back up as he could do a job in Di Maria's, Herrera's and even Blind's job and Mata's job. But that is what I don't really rate about him though yet, he's playing it so safe and smooth when he's a central midfielder. His driving runs turns in to jogs and he always looks to pull the Silva of holding it until the opponent closes in - then he releases it. Doesn't sound too bad, which it isn't but when it is done in the middle of the pitch it doesn't really lead to anything compared to if he had tried to sometimes also explode past the opponent.
So right now he's a good back up option for most top teams, but I can't see him leaving PSG for an upgrade considering he's in the starting eleven now andthey just beat Barcelona(without Zlatan) - who they went out against 2 years ago in the quarter finals after a 3-3 draw on away goals. Last year they went out after injuring the for them irreplaceable Zlatan after a strong 3-1 victory against Chelsea in the first leg.
PSG could have just as well been in the semi finals two years in a row now, so I think he's very happy just being apart of that team.
