He's not a world class player. If we can get a world class fee for him, it'll be worth it.
Here are his career stats:
Season | Apps | Mins | Team | | | Total
Goals | Non-
Set
Piece
GoalsPG | Non-
Penalty
GoalsPG | SpG | | Assists | | Tackles | Fouls | Aerials
Won | | PS% |
2020/2021 | 2 | 132 | Man Utd | PL | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | | 72.4 |
2019/2020 | 13(3) | 1205 | Man Utd | PL | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | | 3 | | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | | 85.5 |
2019/2020 | 2(1) | 237 | Man Utd | EL | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 2.3 | | 85.9 |
2018/2019 | 34(1) | 3012 | Man Utd | PL | | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | | 9 | | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | | 82.8 |
2018/2019 | 8(1) | 730 | Man Utd | CL | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | | 1 | | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | | 85.2 |
2018/2019 | 3 | 270 | France | UNL | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | | 0 | | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | | 84 |
2018 | 6 | 539 | France | WC | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | | 0 | | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | | 80.2 |
2017/2018 | 3(2) | 279 | Man Utd | CL | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | | 86 |
2017/2018 | 25(2) | 2151 | Man Utd | PL | | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2.8 | | 10 | | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | | 85.3 |
2016/2017 | 29(1) | 2610 | Man Utd | PL | | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3.1 | | 4 | | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.8 | | 85.1 |
2016/2017 | 15 | 1263 | Man Utd | EL | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | 1 | | 2 | 1.7 | 2.9 | | 83.2 |
2016 | 6(1) | 602 | France | EC | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 | | 0 | | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | | 88.3 |
2015/2016 | 33(2) | 3019 | Juventus | SA | | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3.5 | | 12 | | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.8 | | 83.4 |
2015/2016 | 8 | 750 | Juventus | CL | | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | | 2 | | 2 | 2.4 | 2 | | 77.7 |
2014/2015 | 24(2) | 2110 | Juventus | SA | | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2.2 | | 3 | | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.4 | | 83.8 |
2014/2015 | 10 | 833 | Juventus | CL | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | | 3 | | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | | 84.1 |
2014 | 4(1) | 355 | France | WC | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | | 81.7 |
2013/2014 | 33(3) | 3068 | Juventus | SA | | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | | 7 | | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | | 83.8 |
2013/2014 | 6 | 540 | Juventus | CL | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | | 1 | | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | | 76.3 |
2013/2014 | 6(2) | 517 | Juventus | EL | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.9 | | 0 | | 2.8 | 2 | 1.9 | | 76.3 |
2012/2013 | 18(9) | 1732 | Juventus | SA | | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2.1 | | 0 | | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | | 82.9 |
2012/2013 | 3(5) | 338 | Juventus | CL | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | | 0 | | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1 | | 78.7 |
2011/2012 | 0(3) | 67 | Man Utd | PL | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | | 0 | | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | | 95.3 |
He's really not as great as some people paint him out to be.
If you want to discuss his attacking stats, they've been good but never that special. There are players at midtable clubs who have put in much better seasons. Obviously, if you surround him with Matic, Lingard, Hererra, Pereira and Fred, all the creative onus is going to be on him. So he'll be number 1 for the club in those lists. But that's mostly been by design because we've tried to build the team around him.
On the defensive side of his game, he's consistently put in fewer tackles for United than he did for either either Juventus or France. The observation that he doesn't put in as much effort for us is borne out by the stats. You can talk about him being "shackled", but he doesn't appear to put in as much of a shift for United as he does for the other teams he's played for. If he were shackled, it would be the other around.
Why is this? Is it because he doesn't try as hard for United as he does elsewhere? Maybe. That would explain Mourinho's issues with him. Pogba is clearly very popular and very influential - like the coolest kid in class. But that's not always a good thing if the coolest kid in class is also so cool that he doesn't do his homework.
Is it just that the transition to Premier League football has been too big a leap for him? I tend to think so. His hype appears to mostly be based on his performances in less intense settings.
In the 4 years he's been here, he's not shown anywhere near enough to suggest he's worthy of being a franchise player for us. The only world class qualities I've seen consistently are his long-range passing and occasionally his amazing dribbles or turns (which seem to be as likely to result in a dispossession as they are in breaking free from an opponent).
There's definitely a top class player in there. But he's probably not going to show it for Manchester United or in the intensity of the Premier League. And that means he's not as good as his biggest proponents suggest.