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Speaking to BBC Sport, ex-Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has urged his former club to allow Paul Pogba to leave this summer.
What did he say?
Reports in recent weeks have suggested that Real Madrid are very keen on taking him to Spain after the France World Cup winner declared that he wanted a “new challenge” earlier this summer.
Now, Schweinsteiger has insisted that United should only have players who are totally committed to the cause and that they shouldn’t stand in the way of someone who had expressed a desire to leave.
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He said: “If a player wants to leave the club, you shouldn’t stop him. You need players who are 100% into the club and care about the club, that’s the only way you can survive at the top level and have success. Paul is a great player, he is just looking for a team where he can play the same style that he does with the France national team, so if you give him that kind of team around him, he would be happy at United.”
Commitment
As Schweinsteiger says, there’s no doubting that Pogba’s abilities on the football pitch can be second-to-none. The Frenchman can turn a game on its head like he famously did against Manchester City at the Etihad in April 2018. But at United, those instances have been few and far in between.
Had the 26-year-old not come out and said he wanted to leave, then there would be no conversation over whether Pogba should be allowed to go. In a largely indifferent campaign for both himself and his team, the midfielder still managed 16 goals and 11 assists; not bad for someone who came under heavy criticism.
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But the moment he admitted it could be time to move on from Old Trafford, it was in United’s best interests to allow him to walk out the exit. Having players still in the team who have publicly suggested that they don’t want to be there does nothing for team morale, and effectively becomes an unnecessary pantomime. The Red Devils would do well to heed Schweinsteiger’s words this summer.
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