What Lampard did was a honed skill that required very specific game intelligence, and, more importantly, inredible discipline. Lampard's drill runs are amongst the most dogmatic seen in that position - the studiousness he displayed to do the same things over and over, game after game was tremendous. Pogba is doing well to get even a quarter of that discipline in him by the time he's fully matured. He's a proper free spirit, which translates to in-disciplined and immature to some who like their midfielders to be more pragmatic and methodical.Im really not all that keen on him to be honest. Obviously a very good player with huge potential, but as a midfielder he is very oberrated. Isn't close to the likes of Modric and that's more along the type we need. Where he goes, he will need to be the more advanced of a midfield 3, but he isn't agile or creative enough to be a proper #10. Doesn't look like he will develop into a controlling type of midfielder to dictates the tempo of games either.
Saying that, of course he is a very good player and has a ridiculous shot on him, and that's his stand out quality. Is that worth the prices being mentioned though? Not a chance IMO (not that I would complain if we got him in the end). As a midfielder, Kante is better for me and has a much bigger impact on games, though not being as talented. Then there are other attacking mids who have a lot more talent on the ball to be more creative, without the shooting ability Pogba has. Payet for example.
Whoever said Lampard is the perfect example. Probably has it in him to get 20 goals per season from midfield, but more in that style compared to a playmaker like scholes or a more energetic box to box like Gerrard.
The next manager that gets a hold of him is going to have trust him and give him free rein to roam within the constraints of #10/#8. In truth, I'd expect a player more similar to him in Zidane to have a natural understanding and affinity on how to best use him rather than a Mourinho or Guardiola, who, I would suppose, have a more rigid set of ideas for their attacking midfielders.