Sometimes you just can't win.

Having been handed the captain's armband on Manchester United's return to the Champions League against Basel on Tuesday night, Paul Pogba would have been desperate to make a good impression.

But the Frenchman was forced off with a hamstring injury after just 18 minutes, to be replaced by Marouane Fellaini.

And insult was added to Pogba's injury by the former Liverpool player and manager Graeme Souness, who was working as a pundit for Irish television channel TV3.

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Pogba limps out of Old Trafford on CRUTCHES

Despite Pogba's brief cameo, Souness still saw fit to criticise the Frenchman, citing a passage of play in which he seemed to stay on the right side of the pitch after losing possession, and claiming that his replacement Fellaini - who scored United's opening goal of the 3-0 win just 17 minutes after coming on - was a more effective central midfielder.

"I want to see Paul Pogba do what Fellaini does," said Souness, who won five league titles and three European Cups with Liverpool, and managed the club between 1991 and 1994.

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The Scot went on to describe Pogba as "a bit of a YouTuber" who has not won much in his career.

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Manchester United fans, however, were quick to disagree.

There are fears that Pogba could miss up to six weeks with the hamstring blow, and he left Old Trafford on crutches on Tuesday night.