Ex-footballer, Colin Kazim-Richards, has said that Paul Pogba must get his next career move right.
He recently revealed that the French midfielder must rediscover his love for football after his long break from the game.
Speaking during an interview with the press, Colin shared that while a lot of clubs would love to sign the talented footballer this summer, he has to be very careful with his next step.
According to him, Pogba at his best is still a 6-foot-3 player that moves his feet like the best wingers, however, there’s no way he can suddenly go back to his best after being out of football for so long, so he must be ready to ease himself back in.
Colin noted that ex-MUFC midfielder must go to a club where he doesn’t have that pressure to be the main man from the jump, since it will clearly take time for him to get going again.
“Paul needs to find his love for the game, and he needs the game to love him back. That is crucial for wherever he goes next. Without doubt.
For me, Brazil was amazing. Amazing for all facets of the game, from fans to the competitiveness, to the amount of games. I played 80 something games in one year. Then when you play in the continental competitions, the countries that you get to play in and the stadiums, it was unreal. I loved it.
“A lot of Brazilian clubs would love to bring him over because it’s Paul Pogba, but let’s be serious. And this is not a slight on Pogba, because I think he is very underrated. Everybody’s got an opinion about him. He had his ban. If we’re talking about Pogba at his best, we’re talking about a 6 foot 3 player that moves his feet like the best wingers. With vision like Xavi or Iniesta, but with the dribbling ability of the best attackers. It’s not normal, that level of ability.
But he’s not going to be the Paul Pogba that we all know. Not yet, not after the period he’s had out. He needs to go somewhere where he doesn’t have that pressure to be the main man from the first minute, because it’s going to take time to get going again.
He needs to go somewhere that’s going to allow him to become the Paul Pogba that we saw dominate Serie A with Juventus and win World Cups with France. I’m scared that if he went to Brazil, for the amount of money a Brazilian club would have to pay him, the fans’ expectations might be too high,” he said
Colin concluded by saying that Pogba needs a club where he’ll have the time to find himself again, stressing that he cannot afford to make the mistake Dele Alli made when he chose to find himself at Besiktas and failed.
“What I would be saying to him if I was part of his team is: Go somewhere where you are going to find yourself. We’ve seen players try and rediscover themselves in different environments before and it hasn’t worked. Dele Ali. He tried to find himself at Besiktas. Wrong place, wrong place.
I like that he’s taken his time (to decide what to do next). He didn’t just come back and sign for a team straight away. Just took his time. He is probably thinking about getting fit again and joining a club in the summer pre-season. If he does that, he can then acclimatise for six to eight weeks, integrate into the team and it’ll be better for him; easier. I just hope that he does that because, if he can get that chance, the stuff that he can do with a football is crazy,” he added.
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