Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho backs Paul Pogba as future club captain
Saturday 14 January 2017 09:23, UK
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has backed Paul Pogba to make a good club captain one day.
Four years on from departing without a first-team start to his name, United brought the 23-year-old back to Old Trafford last summer for a world record fee of £89m.
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The weighty price tag initially appeared to weigh Pogba down but he subsequently hit form and has played a crucial in United's nine-match winning run, which they will attempt to extend when they face old rivals Liverpool in the Sky Live clash on Sunday.
"It is not fair to say a player has to be dominant," said Mourinho.
"He [Pogba] is playing amazingly well, yes. No doubts about it. But the team is also playing well. I am not expecting the team to play really bad and for one player to have all the weight on his shoulders, not Paul, not anyone.
"I expect the team to play well and Paul to be at the level he is playing now regularly."
Mourinho also appears impressed by Pogba's personal qualities, with the France international a charismatic and committed member of the squad.
Those are positive attributes his manager feels could one day see him following in the footsteps of Sir Bobby Charlton, Bryan Robson, Roy Keane and Wayne Rooney by captaining United.
"I think he has the charisma, the ambition, the mentality," added Mourinho.
"He is a good professional. Being so young and with so many ingredients, I think he can."
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