MANCHESTER UNITED legend Paul Scholes has revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson would never have let Paul Pogba train separately from the rest of the squad like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has.
French midfielder Pogba is currently hard at work at the Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex in Dubai while his teammates are doing warm-weather training in Marbella.
Paul Pogba headed to Dubai during the winter break while his teammates were in SpainCredit: Instagram
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes claimed Sir Alex Ferguson wouldn’t have let that happenCredit: Getty – Contributor
The 26-year-old has been out of action for United with an ankle injury following a brief Boxing Day appearance against Newcastle.
SunSport revealed Pogba is using the £36,000 AlterG anti-gravity treadmill to boost his recovery as he hopes to return to the pitch next month.
However, former midfielder Scholes has revealed that Ferguson wouldn’t have allowed such treatment of a player during his legendary reign.
He Robbie Savage on BBC Radio 5 Live: “I don’t think it would’ve gone down very well.
“Players seem to go off and do their own stuff now. When I was there, our manager wouldn’t have allowed that type of thing to happen.”
Ferguson, who famously sold David Beckham and Roy Keane after high-profile fall outs, was also the one who allowed Pogba to leave Old Trafford on a free transfer to Juventus in 2012.
Players seem to go off and do their own stuff now. When I was there, our manager wouldn’t have allowed that type of thing to happen
Paul Scholes
And Scholes is not the first former player of his that has claimed the Scot would have dealt with the Frenchman differently than other managers since his return to United four years later.
Yet World Cup Winner Pogba is not the only player not joinining Solskjaer’s men in Spain, with new signing Odion Ighalo forced to stay in England.
The former Watford star, 30, has been kept separate from his new United team-mates after arriving from China in January amid fears over the coronavirus.
Ighalo was signed on loan from Shanghai Shenhua until the end of the season but Scholes admitted that he doesn’t see him starting many games.
He added: “I don’t think he’s a signing for the long term. I think his scoring record in China is very good but is it that credible? I don’t know.
“He is an out-and-out centre forward, I don’t think United have an out-and-out centre forward. He’ll play with his back to goal and he might bring players into play.
“It’s good to have an extra body but when you’re united you want an extra body with quality and he’s got that to prove. He’ll bring something different. I don’t see him starting many games.”
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Man Utd star Paul Pogba is among the players using anti-gravity machine to battle back from injury
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
