Are people unfair on Pogba?
Paul Pogba says that the high transfer fee paid for him this summer has lead to unrealistic expectations of him.
Four years after leaving Manchester United for Juventus for free, United re-signed him this summer for a world-record £89million fee.
In his first press conference since returning to Manchester, the France international, who has contributed seven goals for the top-four chasing Red Devils this season, expressed his frustration at the way his performances are scrutinised.
“The people are looking at me,” he said. “They judge me for not scoring goals and stuff like this. If I was scoring goals, the people wouldn’t talk like this but it’s football.
“We can forget about the transfer fee. It’s in the past.
“The transfer is something else, on the pitch is something else.”
United are in the hunt for the top 4 but might find an easier route into the Champions League through winning the Europa League. United have been denied by the woodwork more times than any other team this season, and no player more so than Pogba.
“I am doing a job. I am a midfield player and people think sometimes I’m an attacking player.
“When I give some assists to people and we don’t score it can happen, nobody talks about this – but it’s fine because they want me to score goals because of the mountain of the transfer.
“People are looking me saying ‘Pogba should score goals’, ‘Pogba should do this’ – I think you are putting me like as a striker, defender and midfielder.
“But my job is to be a midfielder, make the game, do some assists and everything.”
