What a totally ridiculous post
It's clear Pogba gets more of the ball and is more central to play here than he was at Juventus
Better attackingly & defensively?
Did you watch him play for Juventus? He was the left sided box-box midfielder with less defensive responsibility & more freedom to attack. However he got less of the ball & was less a play maker.
Mourinho is helping develop him into a more all round play making midfielder we really need.
Something similar happened to Zidane and Scholes in their careers and they became better players for it
Not a waste at all
Again wow pathetic post
I don't understand your post. He became a better player in what ?
Did you watch Pogba at Juventus last season ?
Allegri had allowed Pogba to have a unique role that get the best of his qualities because the team was built around him.
When Pogba played against City, he was twice as good as De Bruyne and Yaya Touré ( and made a great assist for the winner goal of Mandzukic ). When he played against Naples, the second best team in Italy, Hamsik looked like a Sunday League player and Pogba often scored amazing goals. And against Bayern he humiliated Lahm and scored against Neuer
This season he's a flat-track bully because he plays out of position...he NEVER played in a midfield 2 with Juventus or in #10 position when the team parked the bus ( against Liverpool at Andfield )
For sure, Pogba has improved compared to the beginning of the season. It makes sense, if he hadn't, it would have been weird.
At the beginning of the season, he was out of shape ( no pre-season ), new league, new teammates, new position/role and a huge pressure because of his price tag.
But he regressed this season and it isn't his fault. He can play at the same level of last season but the coach asked him to turn into a different player because it's better for his new team.
Pogba last season was a unique player, a genuine WC player. This season, he's a good CM for a PL side and can be a great CM when he'll adapted to this new position.
But if it continues, I'm afraid for the rest of his career. Because Pogba can be much better than a great CM for a PL side and Mourinho doesn't seem to be the coach able to get the best of him and allow him to be one of the greatest players in history like Socrates, Gullit and not a Scholes/Gerrard type of midfielder ...
But I can also understand Mourinho.
His mission is to quickly build a strong team even if that sacrifice Pogba's development. Because to exploit 100% of Pogba's potential , you need several and specific players. Mourinho hasn't the time for that, he's here for 2-3 seasons, not a decade. It easier to bridle Pogba in CM position because he has so much talents that he'll learn quickly this new role and become a great player there that his team needs
It's rather Pogba's fault. He should have made sure that the team was going to be built around him before signing.
Pogba became quickly a global superstar because his potential is scary ( all time great potential ) but he might lose his potential and become just a star because he plays for Manchester United and after his career, he'll be remembered as one of the greatest PL midfielder but not in the same bracket that Socrates, Gullit...
Because Pogba is that special, that's why the Juventus fans were very angry and they still talk about Pogba despite the fact that they sold a player 120 m € who cost them barely 800k in 2012 and are in CL finals this year