The Pogba Rooney Discussion

After Manchester United thrashed Premier League champions Leicester yesterday my various social media timelines were filled with things like 'Where are the Pogba haters now???' and 'Thats what 89 million gets you!'

The two people that need to be discussed involve a beginning and an end, Paul Pogbas beginning and finally finding his feet and Wayne Rooney's end at Manchester United.

Lets start at the top. Pogba looked sharp yesterday grabbing a goal and playing a part in the build up for Juan Matas goal. He provided nothing of too much note in the second half but the game was already tied up by then so that's pretty irrelevant.

But for £89 million, an amount that seems ludicrous for a player that left the club for so little, you expect him to hit the ground running. Its not like he's a hyped up youth player with little experience, he had been an integral part of Juventus's domination of Serie A over the last few years and is a fully fledged France international with 40 caps. He has shown glimpses of his promise in the early stages of the season but yesterday was the day we saw the player that everyone has been raving about. He looked solid on the ball and his passing was hitting the high standards he has set for himself. Its still very early days in the season and I think we all know Pogba will be bossing midfields up and down the country over the next few months. The price tag will always be a burden but if he plays as well as we have seen over the last couple of years that will be quickly forgotten.

Now on to Wayne Rooney, has he finally been found out? Personally I feel he has not been at the top of his game for years. Some United fans will defend him to the death and point out his scoring record for both club and country. Others are very aware and very vocal of how poor he has been. He looks clumsy when he's on the ball and a yard or two off the pace. Ideas of trying to play him in the centre of midfield instead of upfront in some last ditch attempt to save his career are not working. As he sat on he bench at Old Trafford yesterday he watched his team mates dominate a game of football like they haven't done for weeks, coming on in the 83rd minute to make a cameo appearance. Its really down to Mourinho to make the call at club level, which he did yesterday and it seemed to pay off, and Allardyce at national level to realise that the record goal scorer and captain has never really performed at the big stages and maybe its time to look elsewhere. Every players career slows down and maybe Rooney needs to look elsewhere to see out the last few years of his.