Jose Mourinho has shown once again that he is not afraid to make the big decisions after how he has handled Paul Pogba of late.

There has been a big furore over Pogba's future at Manchester United over the past few days because Mourinho has substituted him a couple of times and left him out the side on another occasion.

Firstly, I would be very surprised if this ends up with Pogba leaving Old Trafford. He has only been there for 18 months or so and having left there for Juventus at such a young age, he will want to make a difference and he hasn't done that yet.

Besides, Mourinho loves Pogba, he wants him to be a success. He is not doing this for any other reason other than to extract more out of him and give him a nudge.

It is part of the personality of being a top manager that you make these kind of calls regardless.

I understand why Mourinho took Pogba off a few times because he wasn't happy with what he's been doing lately on the defensive side.

I'm a bit confused about all this talk regarding Pogba's position. I understand Mourinho's point when he explained he's a midfielder that can play in two positions.

I don't think he's a No.10. He doesn't have the goal tally to play there or to be given a free role - that has gone in the modern game.

But whether you are picked to play in a two-man midfield or three, you have to have defensive discipline, particularly in big games in the Champions League or away to a team like Tottenham at Wembley.

I used to play in a three-man midfield mostly, but I was also in a two for the last few years of my time at Chelsea and throughout my England career.

You know when you go into a bigger game that you have to have extra discipline because of what your opponent can do to you.

So no-one can switch off or have moments out of position. It will damage the team.

Pogba has to recognise that because he has moments of amazing ability on the ball. He just has to learn that defensive side of the game.

It's not the same as a comfortable home game against a team near the bottom - of course you can play with more freedom then.

It is something that has to be addressed. It's easy for people to say the manager should give Pogba whatever he wants.

He is still relatively young and can be that top all-round player. But I feel he will never be the midfielder to get 20 goals a season regularly so he has to adapt his game going forward and become more complete.

It doesn't mean Pogba can't get forward; he just has to be more selective.

He has trained ahead of the Sevilla game and this is an opportunity for him to show what he can do. Let’s see if he will come back all guns blazing on Wednesday

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