Three players Jose Mourinho should sign to get the best out of Paul Pogba

Nemanja’s Matic’s arrival last summer was supposed to free Paul Pogba. It only half worked. Early in the season Manchester United were treated to the very best aspects of the Frenchman, a galloping, creative, dynamic force on the football pitch. But more recently, the freedom afforded to him has left United looking over-exposed and vulnerable in the middle of the pitch.

That is partly Jose Mourinho’s fault, using four adventurous players ahead of his midfield duo. But Pogba – who by his own admission ‘feels most comfortable on the left’ of a midfield three – does not want to simply sit. Nor should he, given how effective he is in the final third and particularly when in transition.

For now, Mourinho has had to make a point to Pogba by dropping him, but in the longer term United will likely revert to the 4-3-3 formation that their manager used so effectively earlier in his career. What has stopped him… Read the full story

from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/11/three-players-manchester-united-manager-jose-mourinho-should-sign-to-get-the-best-out-of-paul-pogba-7295053/
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