Manchester united Coach,
Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho believes the
World Cup environment helped bring out the best in Paul Pogba.
The Manchester United
manager wants the France midfielder to show the same focus and intensity at the
Premier League club.
The 25-year-old, who moved
to United from Juventus for a then world record fee in 2016, lit up the Premier
League with moments of sublime skill.
His inconsistency has,
however, been equally frustrating for the fans.
He was routinely criticised
for his performances for United last season, but stepped up a gear in Russia, marshalling
the France midfield alongside N’Golo Kante and scoring in the final.
His French side were
crowned world champions for a second time.
“I don’t think it’s about
us getting the best out of him, it’s about him giving the best he has to give,”
Mourinho told ESPN.
“I think the World Cup is
the perfect habitat for a player like him to give (their) best.
“Why? Because it’s closed
for a month, where he can only think about football. Where he’s with his team
on the training camp.
“Completely isolated from
the external world, where they focus just on football, where the dimensions of
the game can only motivate.
“During a season, you can
have a big match then a smaller match, then one even smaller, then you can lose
your focus.
“You can lose your
concentration, then comes a big match again,” said the Man United gaffer.
Mourinho said it was easier
for a player to keep improving his game as his side progressed at the World
Cup.
“In the World Cup, the
direction of the emotion, of the responsibility, of the big decisions is always
growing…
“You are in the group
phase, you go to the last 16, to the quarter-finals, to the semi-finals, to the
finals,” he added.
“This feeds the motivation.
This feeds the concentration of a player. So I think it was the perfect
environment for him.
“I think players in the
World Cup, they really feel that extra commitment with a country…
“So they play for the team,
and only for the team, and the team is the most important thing, and they do
everything to try to succeed.
“It’s the perfect
environment for a talented player like him to focus, to fully focus on the
job,” said Mourinho.
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