K2K
Full Member
No matter how much this is mentioned people will never listen.It sounded like a good post, then your last sentence pretty much reveals something else. A skewed opinion that's actually not based on facts or working eyeballs. Pogba has never acted like a prima donna, he wouldn't be as appreciated by his teammates if that was the case, he would not have survived at Juventus were that the case, he wouldn't be a world-cup winning champion under Deschamps if that were the case. Which brings me to a point that is so clear to see on these boards, you among others just repeat what you hear some pundits say and recycle the same accusations. The man isn't, and never has been a primadonna. Fair enough on his performances, but that doesn't equate to being unprofessional when the team as a whole had the dark cloud of Mourinho hanging over them. If the team was clicking and Pogba was dragging them down willingly, you'd have a point. It's just not accurate and it's time to stop perpetrating the myth that the man is this arrogant diva as it couldn't be further from the truth. I don't know the man personally, but I got to meet him in person with my friend in Miami who has a 4 year old son, and Pogba spent an entire hour playing with the kid who isn't very good. There were no cameras, and no one reported it, he's just a genuinely good person and it's tiring to see the media paint this image that's just not true, Rahim Sterling exposed the bias in the media and people eat it up and regurgitate the same nonsense. So maybe you're not part of this agenda, but you certainly know some of their lines.
If Pogba was such a primadona he would simply have caused plenty of problems for Deschamps both at Euro16 and the WC when he was required to play less of an advanced role. But not once did he complain. Just worked hard for the good of the team. Pogba has worked with some tough coaches too. Conte is one who can be a tough taskmaster and even showed that at Chelsea. Yet he didn't cause any troubles there either. Even Sir Alex said that his problem was with Raiola and not Paul.
Its amazing how people can be so easily spoon-fed by a media that is always running with one narrative or the other even when there is plenty of evidence to suggest otherwise.