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Herrera: Pogba can be the best
- Updated: January 2, 2017
Ander Herrera has backed Manchester United team-mate Paul Pogba to become one of the best midfielders in world football.
Jose Mourinho signed the Frenchman from Juventus last summer in a club record £89m deal and Herrera has played alongside him in central midfield in recent weeks, so understands his attributes better than most.
Pogba scored the winner against Middlesbrough on New Year’s Eve and now has four goals and three assists in the Premier League this season and Herrera says he has been impressed with his all-round play and his desire to improve.
“Pogba is a midfielder who has all the qualities,” he told Soccer Special.
“When you are a midfielder you normally have some special qualities but he has everything. He can shoot, head and defend and he can dribble one-v-one, but he’s still 23.
“He’s now in a very good moment but we can be optimistic with him because he can be even better.
“He can be one of the best in the world and he wants to do it. He wants to be it.”
Herrera also praised some of Manchester …
