Football most expensive footballer Paul Pogba has begged manager Jose Mourinho to allow him play a more forward role than he is currently doing for Manchester United.
The 23-year-old who joined from Juventus in the summer has struggled to hit the heights expected at Old Trafford as he has scored just once in six premier league appearances for the FA Cup kings.
Pogba currently plays in a deeper midfield role for the Red Devils as Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Although, he stressed that he is willing to continue in the role and adapt, the Frenchman revealed that why he had a successive spell in Italy was down to the freedom to play in a forward position.
"I try to adapt. I am a player who would rather go forward. The coach gave me instructions, I try to follow them," he told reporters.
"I have to retrieve balls and make defensive efforts. It cost me a bit to play differently, much like [Andrea] Pirlo. I have to play, be there to recover and play more for the team."
Pogba scored a spectacular long range strike for France in the win against the Netherlands during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and he is expected to rekindle the form when Manchester United take on fierce rivals Liverpool at Anfield on Monday.
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