Man Utd: Pogba is a better player than Fernandes says pundit
Graeme Souness has hit back at Paul Pogba after the Manchester United midfielder claimed he "didn't even know" who Souness was. Pogba made the comments about Souness on the official United podcast over the weekend. Former Liverpool midfielder and manager Souness has often criticised Pogba since his return to United from Juventus in 2016.
This season the pundit has questioned Pogba's commitment, with the Frenchman only making seven Premier League appearances due to an ongoing ankle injury.
Speaking on Sky Sports' The Football Show on Tuesday, former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher hit out at Pogba's comments about Souness.
Carragher said: "There's been a story about Paul Pogba this morning and the interesting thing about it, we're quite critical of Paul Pogba, but I think when you're a player you've got to be respectful of certain players with certain opinions at different times and at times you've got to take that criticism on the chin.
"So to come out and say he'd never heard of Graeme Souness I thought really was below the belt."
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"Like I said I'm not someone that watches a lot of [punditry], I watch a lot of football but I don't stay after the game to listen to what they say about 'Why they did this' or 'Why they did that'. I like to focus on football."
Souness' most recent criticism of Pogba was in a Q and A for the Sunday Times.
"Pogba has absolutely everything to be a top player - great athleticism, super technique - but his attitude to the game is the polar opposite of mine," Souness wrote.
"He goes out with one thought in his mind: 'I'm going to show everyone how clever I am today and be the star of the show.'
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"My attitude, the way I was taught, was: 'Go out and work harder than the guy you're in against and see where that takes you.'