The Ivorian has rejected any suggestion that his teammate is often guilty of “not focusing or fixing what he needs to do”
Paul Pogba is a “very hard worker”, according to Eric Bailly, who claims that only people who do not know the Manchester United star say he does not care about the club.
Pogba has been consistently criticized during his second spell at Old Trafford, with the idea that the Frenchman will not give everything to the Red Devils cause among his efforts for form and fitness.
The 27-year-old has not done much to dispel rumors of a possible move away from Manchester, amid reported interest from Real Madrid and his former club Juventus, but Bailly is -now came out to defend his teammate’s view.
What was said?
“Paul Pogba is always happy, he portrays one image, and if you don’t know him you’d say this guy doesn’t care, he doesn’t focus or settle on what he needs. Bailly told European football journalist Officer Guillem Balague YouTube sianal. “It simply came to our notice then.
“He’s very professional and hard-working. People look and say he doesn’t care, but that’s not true for me. You have to experience it to see what kind of person he is.
“Above all, he’s a really hard worker, a professional player.”
Pogba record at Man Utd
Pogba was just three of the first teams to feature in his first time with the Red Devils before leaving for Juventus in 2012.
The World Cup winner emerged as one of the best midfielders in Europe after a four-year stay at Allianz Stadium before United paid a £ 89 million ($ 126m) transfer fee at the time to bring him back to Old Trafford.
Since then Pogba has shown his full potential for the club to 192 across all competitions, scoring 36 goals and 36 assists along the way.
The French international has also picked up Europa League and League Cup winners’ medals, but has yet to come close to helping the club to end its wait for Premier League or Champions League glory. .
How has Pogba performed this season?
In an ankle case and a bout of coronavirus saw Pogba lose a month of activity in the first half of the 2020-21 campaign, but he returned at the end of November and began to show why United put so much money into the talents. back in 2016.
He scored a stunning winning goal against Fulham and Burnley as the Red Devils rose to the Premier League summit in early January, combining well with Bruno Fernandes in the third final while also assisting by breaking up a play in the middle of the park.
However, Pogba has been absent from slipping out of a 3-3 draw with Everton on February 6, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealing after that that the player will be wearing a co-op. at least another “few weeks” on the elbow.