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Man Utd news: ‘PATHETIC’ Paul Pogba slammed by pundit, makes Jose Mourinho claim
MANCHESTER UNITED star Paul Pogba has been slammed by Alan Shearer, who also believes Jose Mourinho deserves more than he is getting from his players.
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Manchester United have had their worst start to a season in 29 years having gained just ten points from their opening seven Premier League games.
In the past week, the Red Devils have drawn with Wolves before being knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Championship side Derby. They were then beaten 3-1 by West Ham at the weekend.
These results have come amid reports of a falling out between Pogba and manager Jose Mourinho with the midfielder being stripped of his captaincy role last week.
Pogba has failed to impress at Old Trafford since returning from Juventus in 2016, though he did help France to World Cup glory this summer.
But Shearer believes he isn’t close to some former Manchester United heroes, and that Mourinho deserves more.
“Paul Pogba is Manchester United’s record signing,” former Newcastle and Blackburn striker Shearer wrote in his column for The Sun.
“Just take that in for a moment and consider all the great players who have played for this club.
“Despite being a World Cup winner, he cannot lace the boots of those whose names will go down in history at Old Trafford.
“He was pathetic again at West Ham and was that bad that Mourinho had to drag him off as he was offering nothing.
“If he is looking to get the manager out then he is doing a much better job of that than playing football, as his team-mates were not much better.
“A manager of Mourinho’s stature and an incredible CV does not deserve this.
“Yet is he blameless? What on earth was he doing tactically in the 3-1 defeat at West Ham?
“Playing a young midfielder in Scott McTominay in a back three with Eric Bailly on the bench.
“If you are trying to make a point about a failure to buy a centre-half in the summer then you do it in better ways than by sacrificing three points.”
Manchester United get a chance to get back to winning ways when they host Valencia in the Champions League tomorrow (8pm).