TVC E. Paul Scholes believes Manchester United’s world record signingPaul Pogba is “all over the place” since completing his £89m move from Juventus as the club slumped to a second consecutive defeat in the Europa League clash with Feyenoord.
The former United midfielder watched on from the sidelines as United suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat at De Kuip, with Tonny Vilhena scoring the decisive goal 11 minutes from time to get the Dutch side off to a dream start. It leaves Jose Mourinho’s side reeling from a second loss in as many matches following last weekend’s defeat in the Manchester derby, and Pogba has come in for extra criticism after both matches for losing his positioning.
art of the week in which he claimed he “felt sorry” for Pogba’s midfield partner Marouane Fellaini, and Scholes has echoed his former England teammate’s comments by adding that he doesn’t see Pogba playing in a designated position.
“It’s been a little bit of a struggle for him so far,” Scholes said on BT Sport. “Tonight, again, wasn’t his best performance. I think it will come. It’s still very early days.
“I don’t really know what position he’s playing at the minute. Has he got a position? Has he been told to play where he wants?
“He seems to be a little all over the place at times. I think he’s trying to do too much on the ball.
