Judi Online - Paul Scholes
has admitted his decision to come out of retirement in 2012 may have
caused Paul Pogba to join Juventus - but he doesn't believe Manchester
United should buy him back.
The
midfielder had decided to hang up his boots in May 2011 but reversed
his decision the following January with United in the grip of an injury
crisis.
In
the end, Scholes retired for good in May 2013, having surpassed 700
appearances for United and having added another Premier League winners'
medal.
But the
former England international concedes that his decision to return
affected Pogba's chances of making the step up from the Under 21 team to
Sir Alex Ferguson's senior squad.
Having
made just seven first-team appearances for United, Pogba left in the
summer of 2012 to seek greater opportunities at Juventus and has since
matured into a world class midfielder valued at upwards of £60m.
Writing in The Independent, Scholes said: 'Given the choice, and on the right terms, United would rather have kept him than not.
'Would
it have been any different if I had not come back for that last 18
months? I think my return to the team, and the game time Paul got, was a
small part of it.
'From
United's point of view, it is always difficult to tell just when a
young footballer is going to mature into a first-class professional
ready to play at the highest level, but the story of how Pogba slipped
away from United has more than one strand to it.'
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add, however, that at the time he returned to the United team, Pogba
wasn't showing the form that would soon transform him into a top class
player.
He
had been playing for the reserves and also in a handful of League Cup
matches, but did not look like securing a regular first-team place
despite the injury crisis.
Scholes,
who won 11 Premier League titles and two European Cups while at Old
Trafford, praised Pogba's dedication to improving his game and revealed
the pair practised 50-yard passes after training.
'He was absolutely desperate to make it as a footballer, and he grabbed every chance he had to learn,' Scholes said.
'He was a
very good footballer: technically excellent, and he knew how to strike a
ball. He spoke to me about improving his range of passing.'With United manager Louis van Gaal set to
be given another large transfer kitty this summer, there has been
speculation that Pogba could be returning to Manchester.
But Scholes believes such a move would be against United's principles.
'As
for United, I don't feel they should go back to sign Pogba for the sums
being talked about having lost him for the compensation payment,'
Scholes said.
'I
understand that Chelsea did the same when they bought back Nemanja
Matic from Benfica, but his fee was nothing like the numbers quoted for
Pogba. It would feel wrong to me.'
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