Jose Mourinho should give fatherly help and advice to Paul Pogba, according to French World Cup winner Christian Karembeu.
Karembeu, a midfield lynchpin when France became world champions in 1998, is mystified why £89 million signing Pogba has struggled at United compared to when playing for his country in Russia last summer.
He thinks Mourinho has to be aware of the personal impact of the death of Pogba’s father last season. ‘We are all human beings,’ Karembeu said.
‘From childhood, it is better to have parents that guide you, to tell you what’s best. I think it is the same for a manager, particularly as Paul is missing a father today.
‘Jose knows Pogba very well and signed him from Juventus. He could be the one that helps him to shine. United has a big history and the pressure to succeed is not easy. The jersey can be heavy for anyone and Paul will know that in particular because he grew up in the academy at Manchester where the standards are to be as good as Paul Scholes or Ryan Giggs.’
Karembeu believes Mourinho has to work at finding the right formula for Pogba to prosper.
‘He loves to make passes, to create, and he is a complete athlete. Now he needs to talk to the manager so he can play like he did for France.’
Kartik-thereds
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If that was the case, he would have been father to De Bruyne or father to Salah or father to Martial! You cannot expect Jose to change himself, he is too egoistic to do that. Pogba is talented but honestly he is not a kid too, he is professional footballer and we all have seen France world cup dressing room video where is the one who was much more vocal and the leader of the pack. Rooney was right in his comments to say being a professional you do not need Jose to come and say nd speak to you vrytime, when the chips are down the eleven players out der need to raise der hands and tke responsibility of the winning the game for Man Utd.
maycdmosz
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Pogba you are just one out of 23 ok put that in your mind you are not in Italy or in France you are in England and Man United has produced a lot of players better than you always remember that you are the problem not the coach if you don't want to play then quit players from the bench are waiting for your place once again please respect Jose ok Jose we love you sir!!!!!!
TonyV25
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Mourinho has changed alot this season and he can wake Pogba with this new look of Mourinho which we didn't see in the last 2 seasons and we can see the Pogba we want But for that Pogba needs to cooperate as well as he at times really makes poor decisions and those are the things which Jose can't be blamed for but him Pogba at times makes really poor decisions and in that Spurs game he could have played a simple pass to Herrera but he just tried to get pass two Spurs players and ended up giving a throw away These kinds of things is not what Mourinho is gonna teach him he needs to work on that Just take Kroos for example he just always plays simple passes doesn't try to show tricks and nutmegs etc other players and keep things calm
Dante501
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Not just being father to pogba he should also be uncle to Alexis Sanchez, grandpa to lindelof and bailly for them to do their job