Marcel Desailly, a Chelsea icon, has slammed Manchester United’s Paul Pogba, dubbing the France World Cup winner ‘lazy’ and ‘cheating’ after the Red Devils lost 1-0 to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 second leg on Tuesday.
Pogba replaced Bruno Fernandes midway through the second half but struggled to make an impression as Ralf Rangnick’s side failed to level Renan Lodi’s first-half header.
Atletico Madrid qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals by defeating Manchester United 2-1 on aggregate at Old Trafford.
“You can’t compare Paul Pogba to Fred, McTominay, or Matic in terms of quality,” Desailly told beIN SPORTS.
“But he’s lazy, and if you give him the opportunity to be a playmaker behind Ronaldo, he’ll take advantage of it.”
“When he’s on his game, he’s terrific.” When he doesn’t do well offensively, he hasn’t gone to what everyone expected, but he will cheat a little bit and not drop back.
“He cheats a little bit and doesn’t help defensively in the midfield,” Desailly said.
