Ah stop
He was shite
united fans are gas cunts๐
Naw, he was playing with bangg average players purchased for inflated fees. Every midfielder who has played for Manchester United for the last 15 years has struggled.
Attitude, tactical awareness and an ability to keep it simple when needed are a key part of any great player. Iโd know fuck all about it but the likes of Mourinho would
He was playing with lads like a shot Matic for most if it, no pace or movement or hold up play ahead or him, no wingers of any note. An unsettled defense.
He was consistently excellent for Juve playing with Pirlo. Reached a UCL final and won the league 4 or 5 times. Got cleaned in a UCL final by Modric in 17โ, came back and dominated him in a World Cup final in 18โ and won.
Everywhere else he was bar Manchester United, he was generally very good to excellent. He was a unique player to be that size and to move with that dexterity while having excellent albeit flashy technique.
Man United made him look worse than he was in terms if game intelligence due to the limitations of the players around him. With France in the 16 and 18 final runs, he was incredibly tactically disciplined playing with Matuidi and Kante in a team that played a countering style.
But sure generally great players look even better or at least very good on shite teams. Thatโs how they get their move to a bigger team. United finished 2nd in the PL a couple of times while he was there but he was still terrible more often than not and almost always in the big games, CL etc. He was always doing the Macarena with Lingard too
Nobody was second that year really. Team sport, even Messi took some right hidings in Europe in his later Barca years, fives and sixes.
Rice to me at Arsenal is looking unbelievable in that structure they have. Top 3 midfielder in the world. Couldnโt get on the ball in the Europa Conference final in June. Its funny.
Ah stop
He was still west hams best player though for a few years and stood out enough to be wanted by a number of big clubs. Nobody wanted to go near Pogba after the scutter he churned out year after year for united.
He went back to Juventus. He had huge problems with injuries by then anyway.