Justin Cider
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Just think he was a badly thought out signing Mourinho probably thought he could mould him into something he wasn't willing to be and when that relationship broke down things never really got back on track.
I think he liked Ole and respected him but he just didn't want to be here anymore and then the injuries started to hit.
Ever since Bruno came he's felt like a spare part to me at that point it was clear the club were moving on from him as the leader of this team and he should have gone but Covid kind of knackered that plan so it's just become this long drawn out distraction. With the benefit of hindsight they really should have done the deal to move him on at the end of Ole's first season summer 2019 just called it quits with him and planned for a future without him.
He's 29 year old and he leaves Man Utd no better than he was at 23 when we signed him I don't think that's just down to him I think everyone has to carry some of the blame. I do think a lack of strong leaders around him at Utd didn't help Scholes called it said he's a player that the other players need to keep on at in games that's ok at 23 but by 29 you should be the one leading.
It was van Gaal that set the move up, he(Pogba) had one foot in the door before Mourinho even arrived. Those two were never gonna get on.