Souness explains Pogba issue as he reveals 'worst thing that happened' to the ex-Man Utd player
Liverpool tale Graeme Souness insists the “worst thing that occurred” to previous Man Utd midfielder Paul Pogba was pleasing the Earth Cup.
Pogba returned to Juventus in the summer season of 2022 on a liberate transfer after the Red Ogres had forked out a planet record price at the time 0f £89m for the France international.
The 30-year-worn failed to reside upwards to assumptions at Man Utd aloof from the 2018-19 season in which he contributed 13 aspirations and also nine helps in 35 Premier League complements.
Souness was super paramount of Pogba’s functionalities throughout his time at Man Utd through his infamous “posed your medals on the table” tirade around the Frenchman.
The Liverpool tale was criticised by Paul Ince for “slaughtering” Pogba and also confronted claims that he was singling out the midfielder as well sometimes.
Speaking at a Second Captains podcast reside sheathing in Dublin in September, Souness classified Pogba a “lazy t**t” and also enhanced down on his past objection of the Frenchman.
“He’s an super talented young male,” Souness asserted.”He ought to be one of the strongest midfielders in the planet. But he’s lazy.
“If you bear in mind how he grossed utility of to snag penalties (through a stuttered rushed-upwards). That was him wishing to be the celeb of the manifest for that period of time.
“If he’s lazy in complements he’ll be lazy in mentoring and also how can you administer application of after the rest of them if you wear’t administer application of after him?”
Rather realistically quized whether he reckoned his objection of Pogba was at times unjustified, Souness reacted: “Not for a nanosecond, zero, he’s a lazy t**t.”
And now Souness has grossed believe that the “worst thing that occurred” to the previous Man Utd midfielder was pleasing the Earth Cup through France in 2018.
“He had the equipment to be the strongest midfielder in the planet,” Souness asserted on talkSPORT. “I saw a young male that was undergoing emotions the majority of the time, and also that annoyed me.
“With that physique and also that geeky aptitude, he entirely did not have the right perspective to administer him a super celeb.
“The worst thing that occurred to him was pleasing a Earth Cup, because he could turn and also case, ‘I am a Earth Cup victor’.
“I believe at that juncture, it was him going in reverse.”
