Ex-defender: Man Utd must sell Pogba to avoid looking like ‘idiots’

Former Manchester United defender Paul McGrath thinks the club could look like “idiots” unless they sell Paul Pogba this summer.

There has been intense speculation about the 26-year-old’s Old Trafford happiness and Pogba recently admitted he was considering “a new challenge somewhere else”.

Real Madrid have a long-standing interest in Pogba and Juventus are interested in bringing back the France midfielder, three years after selling him to United for a then world-record fee of £89million.

And McGrath thinks the club must act quickly so that they don’t end up with egg on their face.

“Paul Pogba seems to live in a world of his own, where he thinks he can run Manchester United because he’s so powerful and this, that and the other,” McGrath told Off The Ball.

“And he can’t. [United are] idiots if they let it happen anyway. I’d have him out of the club.

“Paul thinks he’s all things to all people. I think he’s a fabulous footballer.

“That’s the problem I have with him. He’s a fabulous footballer but he’s concentrating on so many other things like silver watches and whatever watches he gets from whichever people.

“But he should be concentrating on playing football because he’s a good footballer. And, if he did concentrate on football, Manchester United would fly up the league.”