‘Get Messi for Pogba replacement at Man Utd’

Paul Pogba with Lionel Messi

Former Manchester United player, Willie Morgan thinks Jose Mourinho should sell Paul Pogba and buy Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.

It seems everyone has had their say on Pogba and Mourinho‘s relationship over the last couple of days after the Portuguese coach stripped the Frenchman of his vice-captaincy.

Then on Wednesday the pair seemed to clash on the training ground after Man United were dumped out of the Carabao Cup the night before.

And Morgan thinks the business Mourinho has done in the transfer market has been “diabolical” and thinks Pep Guardiola would have done better with the same squad.

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Morgan told Love Sport Radio : “Mourinho’s buys have been diabolical and the way he wants them to play football, not just now, this is since he came, all that defensive football, hoping for a breakaway – that’s not what I want to watch and it’s not what Manchester United fans want to watch.

“If he was winning and he was getting away with it, you could say ‘at least he’s gone the right way’. But he’s not and it’s the standard of player [that is the problem].

“I advocated Mourinho coming. I thought he’d be great and I thought he’d come and say ‘okay, this is Manchester United, this is how they play’ and join in. But he’s reverted to probably why he got the sack at Chelsea and the sack at Barcelona. He’s reverted to that. But you can’t blame him completely.

“He’s brought in [players] who he thought would be alright, they’re not. It’s not for lack of trying from the manager’s point of view. As a manager, if you’re sat there, you’re relying on your players. It’s soul-destroying if they’re not doing it for you because at the end of the day, you’re responsible.

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“The players that are there now would not be there under Pep Guardiola.

“I think Pogba will go because you cannot have that festering behind the scenes. There will be pockets with him, pockets against him… you just can’t have it. Something has got to give and I think he will go.

“And hopefully, he’ll buy Lionel Messi and then we might have a chance!”