Evra believes former teammate, Paul Pogba, comes under unfair scrutiny for his image when more time should be spent discussing his qualities on the pitch. “The problem with Paul is that his image is getting bigger than his football,” Evra said. “People are criticising him – about his hair, about his style, about his fashion. We never talk about his football…”
Pogba hit a deflected winner as Les Bleus opened their Russia 2018 campaign with a 2-1 victory over Australia, but FIFA have belatedly marked the strike down as an own goal from Socceroos defender Aziz Behich. But Evra believes this happened because Pogba is involved.
“I would like to know if Messi or Ronaldo or Neymar scored the goal would they take it away from them? That is just my point of view.”