‘Pogba still has plenty to prove’

Arsenal legend Ian Wright says Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba still has something to prove in the Premier League and suggested that his impressive performances at the World Cup may have given him a false sense of security.

The Frenchman appeared to open the door to a potential Old Trafford exit on Thursday as he admitted that he doesn’t know where he will be in the “near future”.

Barcleona and Juventus are both understood to be interested in the World Cup winner, but speaking on ‘The Debate’, Wright urged Pogba to truly prove himself on English soil.

Paul Pogba’s first half vs Germany by numbers:

Tackles – 0
Interceptions – 0
Dribbles – 0
Shots – 0
Key Passes – 0
Dispossessed – 2
Pass Accuracy – 77%
WS Rating – 6.21

Full player ratings — https://t.co/YfL1IRtbjk pic.twitter.com/1gQJ7Ma0I5

— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) September 6, 2018

“He’s a great player, and he’s a World Cup winner. He has come back and has proven that he is that guy. But if Paul Pogba left in January, and we looked back at his Premier League CV, would you say he has been brilliant here? He still has a lot to prove!” he insisted.

“I think he’s fantastic, that picture of him dabbing with the World Cup is brilliant, it’s going to be iconic, but at the same time, in the Premier League he hasn’t done it properly, consistently enough yet.

“Coming back with a World Cup medal has given him a false sense of security, in thinking that: ‘I’m bigger than this now.’ We need to see more from him and what he’s capable of doing.”

The relationship between Pogba and United boss Jose Mourinho has become strained of late, but Wright believes that would quickly be resolved if the France international was to up his game.

“I think what’s happening is two massive egos, and [neither] of them are backing down right now. I think Paul Pogba is the person who could just really blast this out of the water by playing well,” he explained.

“But if he continues to play like he is playing, where we’ve seen a little bit of it, not enough of it, and we’re not seeing it consistently enough, Mourinho would be well within his rights to say: ‘We’re not getting enough!’

“But then you have Ed Woodward saying: He’s our man, he’s our talisman, you have got to play him!”