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Manchester United’s Paul Pogba has no positional sense – Johnny Giles by Whizee(m) : 6:48 pm

ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop believes Paul Pogba’s potential will only be reached when he is utilised in his natural position.ESPN FC’s Craig Burley believes Juan Mata is the reliable player Jose Mourinho and Man United can lean on.The FC boys all agree that Jose Mourinho’s recent string of apologies is an insincere attempt to garner more attention.Paul Pogba is presenting a “big problem” for Jose Mourinho and has “no positional sense,” former Manchester United midfielder Johnny Giles has toldNewstalk.Giles, who won the 1963 FA Cup with United while playing under SirMatt Busby, was also critical of Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic after United’s difficult start to the season.”I don’t think Jose Mourinho is convinced about anything that he’s doing at Manchester United,”Giles said. “You’ve got the Rooney problem, you’ve got the Pogba problem, you’ve got the Ibrahimovic problem.”I think Rooney has taken all the publicity on what’s wrong but the big glaring thing that’s wrong is Pogba. Pogba was bought as the complete midfield player. Mourinhosaid he’s the complete midfield player, he can control the game, hecan do this, he can do that. He can’t. He’s a big problem.”I think Ibrahimovic is a problem because, if Ibrahimovic is not scoring a goal a game, he’s not justifying his position. Early on, he was scoring but he hasn’t scored for six matches now and I’m not sure he’s going to score that many goals for Manchester United.”Paul Pogba has struggled to meet expectations since returning to United fora world-record fee.Mourinho initially used Pogba as one of the deeper midfielders but has pushed him forward recently, including in Wednesday’s1-0 winover Manchester City in the EFL Cup, when the France internationalproduced another unconvincing display.Giles said: “I think he needs to find a position where he doesn’t have any real responsibility, a bit like the [Eric] Cantona position when he was playing at ManchesterUnited.”I think he has ability but he certainly doesn’t have the midfielder’s ability to control a game because he has no positional sense.”Mourinho told Sky Sports this weekthatPogba’s problems are “not tactical”and he could play in many positions, adding: “He would be a phenomenal central defender.”
  

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