[Sport] Paul Merson on Paul Pogba: Go and play snooker if you want it to be about you

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Paul Merson believes Paul Pogba would have had knowledge of Mino Raiola's statement about his happiness at Man Utd, and encouraged the Frenchman to "go and play snooker" if he wants the game to centre around him.

Pogba's agent says he "needs a change of scenery" and Manchester United should consider offloading him or face the prospect of losing him on a free transfer because he has no intention of extending his current deal.Merson believes the statement will have come in light of a team registering their interest in Pogba with Raiola, and says things haven't worked at Old Trafford because United aren't dominating games and can't make him the centre of attention.

In light of Raiola saying that Pogba "can't manage to express himself like he wants" at Old Trafford, Merson insists Pogba is part of a team, and that he should play an individual sport if he wants the glory.

"Raiola says the style of football doesn't suit him. He's playing in a football team. He's not a snooker player. He plays with 10 other players. You join a team.Raiola: Unhappy Pogba has to leave Man Utd
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"It's not like Man Utd are the most defensive team you've ever seen. Look at Tottenham! I don't hear Harry Kane and Son moaning. Go and play snooker if you want it to be all about you.

Merson continued: "It just hasn't really worked for him. The lad can play, I've watched him at Juventus and with France, you don't win a World Cup if you can't play.

"When he's played for Juventus, they dominated every football match they played in. They had 70 per cent of the ball, and you're going to touch it 40, 50 times more than you do at Man Utd, so you're going to do three or four more good things in a game.

"When you've got that much talent and you're touching the ball 100 times, you're going to make things happen. But it's not all going through Paul Pogba. Man Utd don't dominate games like Juventus did, and that means he's under severe pressure to make things happen.