One thing I'll always find interesting is, in a midfield where there is Fred, McTominay, Matic, and Pogba, some are focused on Pogba as the priority to make an upgrade on. I do think most of the critics of Pogba I've seen here have often added a caveat that he'd probably shine elsewhere, but it won't be here so no big loss, but that is such a strange way of rationalizing bringing back a player for a world-record fee and now facing the prospect of letting him go, for a second time, for nothing. If Pogba can (and has) shined on other teams, then it's unacceptable that it can't happen here, and it's ignoring what the role of a manager has to be and putting the blame mainly on the player.
Contrary to what many want to believe, Pogba loves Manchester United, and I think he would love to stay here. It's not easy to find players who love a club nowadays, and even less so a player as talented as Pogba. Pogba has flaws, he dawdles on the ball too much with a lack of concentration, he's not a very good defensive player, but every player has flaws, and with the right mix of players, and the right coaching, you can mitigate/iron out those flaws and enhance the positives, which get forgotten too often with a player like Pogba, one of the most misrepresented player that I've ever seen at any club.
I am just not seeing, whether it's Mourinho or Ole, players making improvements tactically. I don't see special work being put with Pogba or anyone else to improve them, but there are managers out there that actually can do that for players. They will even bench someone until they figure out exactly what's needed of them and won't play until it's done, and players adapt and improve to reflect their coach's philosophy. Klopp and Guardiola are the two obvious examples, but it's within the reach of any decent manager. But that's never been United's MO in recent times, players are guaranteed starters regardless of their form and if they do get benched as Pogba has recently, it's not to improve them behind the scenes so they can get back on the field with a better idea and tools to execute, it's just because the manager is clueless on how to resolve the situation, clueless about a great many things to be blunt as we can see he has no idea what to do with expensive assets like VdB and Sancho either. You only need to look not just at the coach, but his coaching staff to understand why this is happening. They're all clueless and have little to no credentials in the game of football. United needs an elite coaching staff from the top down, and without that, you can replace Pogba with whoever you want, this team will remain stuck in purgatory.
