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Mino Raiola says that Paul Pogba wants to stay at #mufc and “win prizes” but believes the club needs to support the midfielder more. [Telegraph]
Raiola: “I think that Paul really went home, Paul could have gone elsewhere. But he really chose with his heart, to go home. Paul is a very, very nice person. #mufc
Raiola: “For example, Paul’s not able to be angry at Ole because Ole treated him so good when Ole was an older player and Paul was a younger player and the respect and the love that he received from Ole means he cannot get angry at Ole.” #mufc
Raiola: “Paul wants to be successful and happy and wants to win prizes and he would love to do that with #mufc.”
Raiola: “Okay there was big interest from Real Madrid and #mufc didn’t let him go. We didn’t make a fuss about it and he didn’t make a fuss about it because I work in accordance with the player.”
Raiola: “You know other players can bring things to extreme but Paul doesn’t like that. So you work differently. #mufc
Raiola: “There was an interest from Real Madrid but they (#mufc) didn’t let him go and I’m sorry because I think that Paul being French then (Zinedine) Zidane is an important factor in French football history.”
Raiola: “But Paul is not the guy I hear about from (Gary) Neville and all the frustrated ex-players who say, ‘he should be ashamed of this, ashamed of that’. Ashamed of what? He is working every day and doing his best.” #mufc
Raiola: “He’s (Pogba) not complaining there is no Champions League. Is he perfect? Nobody is. Is he also responsible for failure? He feels so. If you are in a team you are responsible for failure.” #mufc
Raiola: “#mufc needs a specialist, a sports director, someone between the team, the coach and the owners, someone who can bridge the sides.”
Raiola: “Today you need that specialist because the coach has no time to manage scouts and other tasks and I feel that is lacking at #mufc.”
Raiola: “In truth I look at #mufc and think that they have more an American mentality than a European one. By that I mean that sometimes it seems the club is more concerned about the economic part than the sports part.”
Raiola: “#mufc need someone to connect the economic side and the sports side.”
Raiola: “People think I hate (Sir Alex) Ferguson. I don’t hate Ferguson.” #mufc
Raiola: “At least when Ferguson was there you saw it was his team – the way they played, pro-active, and the players that came in came in with an eye on how to play that game.” #mufc
Raiola: “Is there a better midfielder (than Pogba) in the world? No! #mufc
Raiola: “If you sell Paul Pogba would you buy a better one? No! Where is he? But if you create your identity then maybe you discover that Paul is ideal.” #mufc
Raiola: “If you, say, you want to play with two holding midfielders then where does Paul play? In several positions.” #mufc
Raiola: “So I say, make your identity of what you want your club to be and then find the ‘Lego’ parts for it.” #mufc
Raiola: “Then it’s easy to say, ‘if we play 4-3-3 and one holding midfielder then who is the best to play here and there?’ You need that clarity.” #mufc
Raiola: “A big club chooses the system and then chooses the players. They don’t say, ‘we choose the system because of the players’. And then you say, ‘we create the players’. #mufc
Raiola: “Klopp and Guardiola have a clear thing, of definition, of identity. You know if a player fits them or not. Or you even say different, ‘this is a player for Klopp or for Guardiola’. #mufc
Raiola: “And tell me the player who you would like for Manchester United? You don’t know because you don’t know the definition of #mufc. The identity you don’t know.”
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