Wayne Rooney has disclosed that Paul Pogba can become an ‘incredible’ player for Manchester United.
According to Rooney, the French man can bring his best if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer allows him to make more runs into the box.
The World Cup winner has made just seven Premier League appearances this season due to injury.
The French international has reportedly return to training, as he was spotted training at the local park in Cheshire along with Martial, Lindelof and Pereira.
Man Utd signed Pogba for £89 million from Juventus in 2016.
‘You ask any striker or central midfielder and they will tell you one of the hardest things to deal with is a centre back who comes out with the ball,’ Rooney wrote in his column for The Times.
‘Another nightmare is the Frank Lampard type, the midfielder who runs past you: with Frank, when the ball went wide you knew he would be off, sprinting into the box and he was one of those about who Fergie would say: ‘This player is not a one-man job — you have to pass them on.’
‘He would say that about some you wouldn’t imagine: Stephen Ireland was one, Jermaine Jenas another, purely because they were willing to run beyond your midfield and with those players there’s going to be a crossover movement from when your central midfielder is dealing with it to when your centre back is.
‘One lapse of team concentration in that moment and the best – like Lampard – punish you.
‘That’s why I would love to see Paul Pogba playing deeper and attacking the box the moment the ball went wide.
‘He would score more goals and with his good feet, his athleticism, he would be an absolute nightmare.
‘I would use him in that role – it’s one where, if he developed in it, he could be incredible.’
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