Paul Pogba’s agent has hit back at Paul Scholes over his criticism of the Manchester United midfielder.
Mino Raiola took to social media after Scholes questioned whether Pogba is the right choice as United captain following Sunday’s 3-2 defeat at Brighton.
“There’s a lack of leaders in the team, that’s why we thought Pogba might be the ideal candidate to be that leader but he wasn’t there [on Sunday]. He had another really poor game. He’s so inconsistent,” Scholes told Optus Sport.
Raiola, posting on Twitter on Tuesday morning, appeared to joke that he would have “sleepless nights” trying to find Pogba a new club.
There has been speculation Raiola has already lined up a move to Barcelona for Pogba after a breakdown in his relationship with United manager Jose Mourinho.
Scholes accused Pogba of going missing during the 3-2 defeat to Brighton on Sunday despite being named captain for a second game in a row, prompting Raiola to come out fighting.
Paul Scholes should become sports director and advise Woodward to sell Pogba. Would be sleepless nights to find Pogba a new club @paulpogba
— Mino Raiola (@MinoRaiola) August 21, 2018
Some people need to talk for fear of being forgotten. Paul Scholes wouldn’t recognize a leader if he was in front of Sir Winston Churchill. @paulpogba
— Mino Raiola (@MinoRaiola) August 21, 2018
“Some people need to talk for fear of being forgotten. Paul Scholes wouldn’t recognise a leader if he was in front of Sir Winston Churchill,” Raiola tweeted.
“Paul Scholes should become sports director and advise Woodward to sell Pogba. Would be sleepless nights to find Pogba a new club.”
Pogba earned praise for his performance during the 2-1 win over Leicester on the opening night of the Premier League season, producing a man-of-the-match display despite returning to training just four days earlier after World Cup duty.
But he was not at his best at the Amex Stadium — something he admitted himself afterwards — leading Scholes to criticise the 25-year-old former Juventus man.
“Myself first, should have done much better, less mistakes, control more the game,” said the World Cup winner.
“This was a bad performance for all of us. It’s wrong we dropped points.
“You have to wake up for the next game and definitely not play like we did [against Brighton].”
United’s next game is against Tottenham on Monday.