Paul Pogba has spoken glowingly about Kobbie Mainoo, calling the Manchester United midfielder a player he loves to watch \u2014 and expressing hope that the teenager will enjoy a long, successful career at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
Former Manchester United and France superstar Paul Pogba has added his voice to the growing chorus of praise for Kobbie Mainoo, describing the young midfielder as one of the most exciting young talents in English football right now.<\/p>\n
Speaking in an interview with\u00a0RioMeets<\/em>, Pogba did not hold back his admiration for Mainoo, who has established himself as a key player in United\u2019s midfield despite still being in the early years of his career.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s such a talented kid. He\u2019s still young but so talented, I love to see him playing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 Paul Pogba, via RioMeets<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The former World Cup winner also expressed his hopes for Mainoo\u2019s future at the club where Pogba himself spent two spells, sending a direct message of encouragement to the youngster.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope he will have a great career at Man United.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 Paul Pogba, via RioMeets<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mainoo broke into the Manchester United first team and quickly showed maturity well beyond his years. His composure under pressure, technical ability, and eye for a pass have drawn comparisons to some of the best central midfielders in Premier League history. His age-appropriate development timeline, combined with United\u2019s focus on youth, makes him central to the club\u2019s long-term rebuild.<\/p>\n Pogba\u2019s comments will only strengthen the belief \u2014 both inside the club and among supporters \u2014 that Mainoo is the kind of generational talent Manchester United must build around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paul Pogba has spoken glowingly about Kobbie Mainoo, calling the Manchester United midfielder a player he loves to watch \u2014\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":50274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3756,613],"class_list":["post-50273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-kobbie-mainoo","tag-paul-pogba"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50275,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50273\/revisions\/50275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Kobbie Mainoo: United\u2019s midfield future<\/h2>\n