Sam Allardyce has said Paul Pogba didn’t have a good World Cup with France and may never reach a consistent level of performance for Manchester United.
Pogba has been criticised for his displays for United in defeats to Brighton & Hove Albion and Tottenham this month.
The midfielder, who re-joined United from Juventus in the summer of 2016, was part of France’s World Cup winning team in Russia over the summer and was on the scoresheet in the final against Croatia.
But Allardyce believes Pogba is “overrated” and may never come good for Jose Mourinho’s men.
“United fans have been waiting for a consistent level of performances from Paul Pogba for so long now,” Allardyce told Alan Brazil on talkSPORT.
“Is it ever going to materialise at 25 now? He is at his peak. You have to hold your hands up and say you have not quite got what you expected on a consistent basis.
“When he plays well, he plays exceptionally well. His goals against Manchester City last season and his performance when he got moved just behind the front man was terrific, but we just haven’t seen enough.
“Everybody said he had a brilliant World Cup for France and I never saw that either. I must have to go to the optician.
“When you are the leading man, you have to be leading every week. Your performances cannot dip on a week in, week out basis.
“You stay consistent and you get the results. You become spasmodic in your performance levels, you are not doing what you are paid for in the end and that is perform consistently at a very, very high level, which every player at Manchester United has to do week in and week out.”
Pogba scored United’s first goal of the season, a penalty against Leicester City at Old Trafford, and followed it up with another spot-kick at Brighton.
But the Frenchman and his teammates failed to find the net against Spurs, losing by two or more clear goals at Old Trafford for the first time since March 2014.
Meanwhile, Allardyce has been out of work since leaving Everton at the end of last season.
Next up for United is a trip to Turf Moor to take on Burnley on Sunday.
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