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Paul Pogba Could Be a ‘Phenomenal Central Defender,’ Says Jose Mourinho
- Updated: October 26, 2016
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes Paul Pogba has all the attributes to be a top-class central defender and has backed the Frenchman to eventually find his form having underwhelmed since his £89 million summer return to Old Trafford.
United broke the world record to buy central midfielder Pogba, 23, back from Juventus in August four years after he left the club to move to the Old Lady.
He has failed to really sparkle in the Premier League since his Red Devils return, but Mourinho insisted he will come good and also backed Pogba’s potential to drop to a deeper position in the future, per Sky Sports’ Andy Burton and Richard Morgan:
He can play in so many positions. The problem is not the position. The problem is not the tactical system. The problem is, in my opinion, somebody that comes from a different style of football and needs this time to be at his best level in football that is really difficult to play, especially for midfield players. […]
He’s a top player and I think he could be a phenomenal central defender. With the quality of his pass, with his aerial game, with his agility in such a big body, for his defensive side of the game, coming from the back with the ball, he would be a phenomenal central defender, too.
Mourinho has fielded Pogba in a number of different positions in the 2016-17 Premier League season, …
