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Pogba to leave United


Bangladeshpost
Published : 08 Dec 2020 08:59 PM

Paul Pogba is ‘unhappy’ at Manchester United and should leave in the next transfer window, his agent Mino Raiola said, in comments that may signal the exit of the one-time world's most expensive player, reports AFP.

Raiola said the World Cup-winning France midfielder, 27, needs a ‘change of scene’ after struggling to establish himself under United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

‘Paul's unhappy at Manchester United, he can't express himself any more as he would like to and as we expect of him,’ Raiola told Italian newspaper Tuttosport.

‘He has to change teams, he needs a change of scene. His contract is up in a year-and-a-half, in the summer of 2022, but I think the best solution for all sides is a transfer in the next window.’

He added that Pogba, who returned from a spell at Juventus for a then world record fee of £89 million ($118 million) in 2016, has no plans to extend his contract.

‘The club knows it risks losing him for nothing, as at the moment the player has no intention of extending his contract,’ Raiola said.

‘If anyone doesn't understand, they don't understand anything about football.’

Pogba, eclipsed since the arrival of fellow attacking midfielder Bruno Fernandes, has repeatedly spoken of his frustrations at club level while on international duty.

‘He is in a situation with his club where he cannot be happy, neither with his playing time, nor with his positioning,’ France coach Didier Deschamps said last month.