Paul Pogba’s return to Manchester United is already an unmitigated disaster. Or at least that is the impression you might have got from reading some reviews of the Frenchman’s performances in the losses to Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford which have set Jose Mourinho’s side back over the past couple of weeks.
Alongside the plight of Wayne Rooney, the role of Pogba has been perhaps the biggest talking point to come from the ugly run which was momentarily brought to a halt by Wednesday’s EFL Cup win at Northampton ahead of Saturday's clash with Premier League champions Leicester City. But to single out Pogba is to unfairly highlight an issue which is not of the Frenchman’s making at a time when United have far more deep-rooted problems to alleviate.
It was always going to be a tough task to placate all of the critics from day one after United forked out a world record £89.5 million to bring their former youth star back to Old Trafford. Many decided immediately that Pogba was a waste of money, and the first sign of anything other than magnificence was always going to instigate claims that such quickly-drawn conclusions were accurate.
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