Paul Pogba could be a 'bigger star' at Manchester United and it's important he gets 'love' from his manager, according to Antonio Valencia.
"Paul is intelligent, a leader, a great player with talent but someone who needs the feeling and connection of a team. He is a star… but he can be a bigger star," Valencia told The Athletic.
"Paul needs the definitive love of a manager. There are players who have a lot of talent but need to feel important and to have the manager by their side. I think (Ole Gunnar) Solskjaer restored that to him."
Valencia made 339 appearances for United across 10 seasons - winning two Premier League titles, an FA Cup, two Carabao Cups and a Europa League - before leaving the club at the end of the last campaign.
Having been part of the fabric at Old Trafford for such a long time, the 34-year-old admitted to seeing things evolve at the club since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013.
But he was impressed with a few of the talents at the club, naming Scott McTominay, Dan James, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial as shining lights of Solskjaer's regime.
"[The club] has changed a little," Valencia said. "I see some positives now.
"I like Scott McTominay, he reminds me of Darren Fletcher. Scott is tough.
"Dan James, I love watching him. Rashford too. Martial could be amazing.”
Tonadklmpu
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Pogba sacked Mourinho and still want to dump Manchester united. hm
wuaacdmpu
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A lunar-tic more like it
Lien_Meizap
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Pogba got everything he needs from Manchester United... his flaw is in his inconsistency...
Filippo04
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Come back to Juve and you'll see he's hole potential
hucenoptu
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Pogba is a virus for united pls scanning from united
hucenoptu
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out pogba from red devils
EmperorPenguin
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BREAKING NEWS:ManUnited have sold Pogba ! ................. But unluckily VAR has overturned the decision.
ishti
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Pogba currently suffers from FRACTURED toe, but that's not the end, he also has FRAGILE ego, BRITTLE relationship with his club, CRACKS on his defensive game, BROKEN desire to stay at the club, SHATTERED image as a team player.. the list is endless.
kapmrsuyz
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pogba captain for the next premier league game get this side to ole
Profnick
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Profnick
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United fans forget that SAF treated Ronaldo like a baby he was never given the hairdryer treatment. in contrast Beckham was constantly hairdried. Players are humans and differ, thus they need to be treated differently
Nepoleona
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Neymar and Pogba is the viruses of footballing world
Neucdnz
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get red of him,his heart is no at MAN UNITED
raynknight
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An all he need to do for that is just to have a better haircut 😊
Yusuf_Tokee
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Oh yeah? Just get this guy out of Manchester United. Currently, he is weighing on the whole squad, causing problems which are uncalled-for... I don't even want him to pollute my Real Madrid side