A very interesting take, and a good post, but I think it's far more simplistic and out of context.
I think what Scholes was thinking was that Pogba isn't worth that much money, with more emphasis on the money rather than the quality of the player. He said Messi was worth that kind of money. And, put simply, he's both right and wrong.
He's Right, in the sense that the money being thrown around in modern football this transfer season is, basically, insanity.
He's Wrong, in the sense that, in the current climate, we could get that level player for what we're allegedly getting Pogba for. With Higuan going for close to 100, Deeney being valued over 35 and apparently United got rebuffed for Ighalo for 30 last January, what is someone like Bale, Suarez or Neymar really worth in this market? Pogba's price is set by the market.
Regardless, Sometimes it's easy to get a bit annoyed with Scholes' media persona. Didn't he say only a couple of weeks ago that United needed to buy Pogba? Now that's apparently getting sorted he's complaining about it?