Only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are worth £100million price tag and not Pogba, claims Paul Scholes
Paul Scholes believes his former Manchester United teammate is not worth £100million, and this price tag is only justified for a player like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Manchester United are in the advanced stage to complete the deal for French International, with Real Madrid are likely to miss out on a Juventus midfielder, but Scholes feels that his former club are making big risk by spending world record fee for him.
Only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are worth £100million price tag and not Pogba, claims Paul Scholes
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He was a very talented player,” Scholes told reporters when discussing Pogba’s fledgling United days. “I played with him quite a lot.
“If you ask me, at that time his agent was asking for a lot of money for a player who did not play first-team football except once or twice.
“Okay he has gone on to great things and there was a massive improvement in him. I just don’t think he is a player worth £100m-plus right now.
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“For that money, you would need a player who scores 50-plus goals a season, like Ronaldo or Messi. Pogba is not there yet.”
I haven’t seen much of Mkhitaryan but he seems to be a good player,” he said.
“With Ibrahimovic, he was playing at PSG and there were a lot of chances created and it was easy to score in that league.
“Is the United team as good as the PSG team? Not yet, maybe it will be. So in this league he will have to do a lot himself to score goals.”
Scholes admitted that he is impressed with City’s new signing Gundogan: “He is a very good player if he can stay fit,” he added. “I have seen a lot of him with Dortmund. He has had a lot of injury problems but he can be fantastic if he can be fit.
“[Buying Gundogan] for about €20m – that’s a steal, these days.”