JAMIE CARRAGHER blasted Manchester United’s Paul Pogba as the ‘most overrated player I have ever seen in my life’ and urged the club to ‘get rid of him’.
Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola said his time at United was ‘over’ on Monday and insisted the French midfielder, 27, will not sign a new deal before his existing contract expires in 18 months time.
Raiola said Pogba was ‘unhappy’ and urged the Red Devils to sell one of their star assets rather than letting him leave for free, with a January move the best option for all parties in his opinion.
It is not the first time Pogba’s representative has spoken out about his future and Liverpool legend Carragher branded both the player and his agent a ‘disgrace’ on Monday Night Football.
He told Sky Sports: “Get rid! I’ve been saying this for 12 months. The most overrated player I’ve ever seen in my life!
“I think the two of them are a disgrace. We’ll all look at the agent now and ask Pogba what he thinks.
“Agents in this day and age, they are not just agents, they are a parent, a best friend, a financial adviser, they book holidays, they go away with each other.
“Those two will be like that (crosses fingers). He will be Pogba’s best mate. So Pogba will be well aware of what was going to come out of his mouth. And if he wasn’t, he should sack his agent.
“It’s very, very simple. That’s all that needs to happen. I mean I don’t know where he is going to go… who’s going to have him? I don’t get it?”
Carragher was speaking on the same day Raiola said: “I can say that it’s over for Paul Pogba at Manchester United.
“It is useless to go around it.
“Better to speak clearly, look ahead and not waste time looking for culprits: Paul at Manchester United is unhappy, he is no longer able to express himself as he would like and as expected of him.
“He has to change teams, he has to change the air. He has a contract that will expire in a year and a half, in the summer of 2022, but I think the best solution for the parties is to sell in the next market.
“Otherwise, the Old Trafford club, with whom relations are excellent, knows well that they would risk losing him on a free transfer, given that for the moment it is not the player’s intention to extend the contract.
“If someone doesn’t understand it, they understand very little about football. In any case, let them blame me if Paul leaves next summer.”
Carragher went on to suggest United are keen to get rid of the former Juventus star after he slipped down Ole Gunnar Solskjaer‘s pecking order and compared his situation to Cristiano Ronaldo‘s before he left in 2009 but said Pogba wasn’t worth the same ‘hassle’ as the Portuguese superstar.
He added: “Man United want rid of him – don’t kid yourself.
“Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been playing Scott McTominay and Fred in front of him in midfield. And he had to put him in because he was resting players.
“He hasn’t played for a month but he hasn’t been out. He has had an injury but before that he was on the bench. He played because they were resting players for Leipzig. Would you play him now, in Leipzig, on the back of that?
“Remember a few years ago, everyone knew that Ronaldo was going to Real Madrid but United had to put up with it because he was worth the hassle.
“Pogba is not worth the hassle. Get rid of him.
“There are only two clubs better than United and that’s Barca and Real Madrid. And when I say better I mean players (leaving) you can understand as they are the pinnacle of club football. Have to accept that.
“There is no chance in the world that Real Madrid or Barca will buy him. I’ll be flabbergasted again if they come in.
“Maybe a French thing with [Zinedine] Zidane there but I wouldn’t go anywhere near him.”
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