Scholes: ‘Juventus made Pogba good’

By Football Italia staff

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes believes Paul Pogba is struggling as “he's got nobody to control him like he had at Juventus”.

The Frenchman became the most expensive player in the world when he returned to Old Trafford in 2016, with the Bianconeri getting €105m plus €5m in bonuses for the player they’d signed for a development fee.

However, Pogba has failed to recreate the form he showed in Turin in the Premier League.

“He does some of the best things in games, a great pass or dribble, a great touch or dribble,” Scholes, who played over 700 games for United, told ESPN.

“Then, five minutes later, he'll do one of the worst things like his brain has switched off, like it's all about him because he's just shown everyone how good he is.

“That becomes easy to play against because you know that cockiness will come.

“Against Wolves, he showed a great touch to Fred but then the next minute he'd given the ball away in midfield, which led to a goal. That sums him up.

“We never saw that at Juventus, but [Pogba] was a smaller fish there. Look around that team, with [Gianluigi] Buffon, [Andrea] Pirlo, [Leonardo] Bonucci, [Giorgio] Chiellini, [Claudio] Marchisio: great experienced players.

“I loved that team, especially Pirlo and the way he was so relaxed as he controlled the game.

“Pogba was part of a great team but he's come to United where he's got nobody to control him like he had at Juventus.”

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