Man Utd player Paul Pogba proved himself a leader at the World Cup but was not name-checked as a potential skipper by Jose Mourinho.
It was a summer Paul Pogba will never forget.
Silencing his critics throughout the World Cup and scoring a goal in the final; raising the Jules Rimet trophy aloft in the Moscow rain with his proud mother and brothers beside him; dabbing with the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee Presidential Palace…
It was also the summer where the United midfielder stepped up in Les Bleus‘ dressing room to help a young squad become immortal – forever known as World Cup winners.
Before the quarter-final win against Uruguay, the 25-year-old gave a rousing speech to his team-mates, telling them they were going to go ‘all the way’ and to fight for team-mates like Blaise Matuidi, who were on the bench.
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It was a similar story in those precious minutes before the final clash with Croatia nine days later.
“We know we lost a final [in Euro 2016]. We know it. We feel it here [points to heart]. It’s still in our heads,” he told his team-mates.
