Jose Mourinho has said new signing, Paul Pogba is currently one of the best, if not the best, midfield player in world football.
The £89m Frenchman, who has only trained for 11 days, has been selected by Mourinho to make his second debut for Manchester United for the Friday Night Football game against Southampton.
However, Mourinho is not expecting Pogba to break Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s domination of the Ballon d’Or because of his goal-scoring record, which never exceeded 10 in a season at Juventus
“First of all, when you speak about the best players in the world you go immediately to the ones that score a lot of goals,” Mourinho said.
“You don’t give a gold ball to a goalkeeper. They gave a gold ball to [Fabio] Cannavaro once but because in that season he was captain of Italy, they were world champions, and there were not too many top players.
“[Paolo] Maldini never got a gold ball, [Javier] Zanetti never got a gold ball, top goalkeepers over history don’t get a gold ball. You look immediately to the ones that score a lot of goals.
“Can Paul score Ronaldo and Messi goals? Not even 25 per cent. I believe in a season he cannot score 20 goals. If to be the best player in the world means to score a lot of goals, that’s not the point.
“He is one of the best midfield players, maybe I could say the best midfield player in the world.”
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