Paul Pogba reveals why he rejected Manchester United in favour of a move to Juventus
Juventus’ Paul Pogba has explained the reason why he chose to leave Manchester United for the Serie A champions.
The 19-year-old rejected a new contract offer from the Old Trafford club in order to join Antonio Conte’s men this summer.
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“The coach trusted me, but he didn’t play me, saying I was too young. He said my time will come but it never did.
“Despite his 25-year career and despite the fact he was the boss, my objective was to play football and I am impatient.
“Now I want to become a regular starter and become one of the best players in the world.
“To achieve that, there is only hard work and I learnt that alongside the great players at Manchester United.”
“I didn’t go to Juve because I knew I would be part of the starting XI. I have no guarantees from them.
“The coach told me there are a lot of matches to play and he wanted a substitute for Pirlo and Vidal. He didn’t tell me you will play X number of matches.”
Pogba then commented on Sir Alex Ferguson’s statement claiming he lacked respect after leaving United on a free transfer.
“I don’t know why he said what he did,” Pogba said. “A 19-year-old who said no to Ferguson – maybe he took it badly?
“There were things that we failed to agree on.”
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Like everyone connected with United didn’t know the reason why he left already. Him and his parasite of an agent are greedy mercenaries with no real love of the game. His interview is littered with arrogance that I find astounding for a 19 year old nobody who has achieved nothing whatsoever in the game yet. Still he’s a millionaire now and that’s all that’s important to him