Sir Alex Ferguson called @MinoRaiola a twat and a shitbag years ago, if you needed further evidence of him being a genius. The man’s a visionary 🙂 
Falling out with Scholes is something that @MinoRaiola and Mourinho have in common. Some of Scholes’ comments are unnecessary. But when Pogba wears the armband, plays like he did on Sunday, and admits that his attitude wasn’t right, Scholes is correct to question his leadership.
Having seen the likes of Keane and @GNev2 captain the teams he’s played in, Scholes knows all about what a leader looks like. He’s played in teams with leaders all over the pitch. Pogba certainly can emulate that, as he showed with France, but he was a let down vs Brighton.
We’ve seen @MinoRaiola’s tactics before, like with Streford and Rooney. When you can add millions more to your fortune by forcing a transfer, immoral agents often do what is best for them, not what is best for the player. Raiola’s behaviour is desperate.
Pogba in 2015 (as a Juve player): “I'm impatient. The coach had faith in me but didn't put me on. He said that I was too young. He said 'your time will come' but it never did. It didn't come. But it does not mean I will speak ill of Manchester United. I love the club.”
Pogba in 2016: "I just came back to Carrington. It was like I’d just come back home. I just went for a holiday, looks like I went for a holiday. I’ve come back home, I’m happy. I think it’s destiny, I would say it’s destiny. My mum told me I would come back here."
Raiola in 2016: "Zinedine Zidane wanted Paul Pogba at Real Madrid, but five or six other clubs were after him too. I went to meet him in Miami to get him up to speed. He explained to us what he wanted. Manchester is his home."
Pogba in Dec 2016: "I have United in my heart. It’s my house. When I left I always knew that I would come back. For me, it’s just normal. It’s like I went on holiday and just came back. Seriously."
Lukaku in 2016: "When everything was signed, I’ve never seen him with that look on his face. I’d never seen him so happy. This return to United, it had nothing to do with money. He was telling me about his dream to return to United. That’s when I understood what it meant."
Pogba in 2017: "Real Madrid came to me and I was thinking to go there, and I was thinking to go to United too. But I always felt it in my heart. My heart told me to come back here, I don’t know why, I didn’t know what was going to happen. But I did it, and I don’t regret it."
Pogba in 2018: "Am I more French or Mancunian? To be honest, I’ve been how many years outside France? I have the passport and the French ID but the English driving licence. I’ve been in the academy, loving the club – when you’re Mancunian once, you’re Mancunian forever."
Pogba in August 2018: "I always love this club. I love the club. I came in the academy, I grew up. I came from the academy, I played for the first-team. For me, it was a dream come true.”
. @MinoRaiola earned £25m from Pogba’s move to United. Could be even more for the next transfer. The sooner @paulpogba realises his agent doesn’t have his best interests at heart, the better. How can he be OK with someone disrespecting the club like this on his behalf?
If Pogba wants to leave for Barca next summer, so be it. Can’t blame him for wanting to increase his chances of winning the CL. But he needs to play well to make that happen, not have an agent making his career in to a pantomime.
Pogba will be staying put, for now at least, but it's going to be a long season ahead thanks to drama Raiola, Pogba and Mourinho have created: pdy.pr/djSUEb @paddypower
