‘Paul Pogba needs to use his brain’ – Paul Scholes delivers brutal verdict on Man Utd star

That is according to Manchester United legend Paul Scholes.

After struggling for United last season, Pogba was an instrumental figure for France as they won the World Cup.

But despite Pogba’s success, his United manager Jose Mourinho was far from effusive in his praise for the midfielder.

The 25-year-old is set to miss the start of the season as he recovers from the World Cup.

And Scholes has questioned whether Pogba has what it takes to help United win the Premier League next season.

“Paul needs to find a consistency, I think,” Scholes told beIN SPORTS.

“You look at his game – he can be brilliant one week and not so good the next week.

“He seems to be a player you get a performance out of him one in every three or four games.

“If you’re going to win leagues, it’s not enough.

“He needs to become that commanding player he was at Juventus.

“He was part of a set structure at Juventus. He knew every week what position he was going to play, who he was going to play with.

“I don’t think that helps him at United because I’ll be amazed if the same team has been named twice in a row and the same formation, there doesn’t seem to be a set way of where it’s going and that could possibly work against him.

“But there’s no doubt the lad has real quality, he’s shown it at this World Cup. He can play, he’s such a strong lad – such a strong player – such a fit lad, he can run, great technique as well, great ability.

“But he needs to use his brain a little bit more to become a top footballer.”

Mourinho will be hoping Pogba takes his World Cup displays into the new season when he returns from holiday and hopes the midfielder is at his best for the entire campaign.

“I don’t think it’s about us getting the best out of him,” the Portuguese said.

“It’s about him giving the best he has to give. I think the World Cup is the perfect habitat for a player like him to give the best. Why? Because it’s closed for a month, where he can only think about football.

“Where he’s with his team on the training camp, completely isolated from the external world, where they focus just on football, where the dimensions of the game can only motivate.

“During a season, you can have a big match then a smaller match, then one even smaller, then you can lose your focus, you can lose your concentration, then comes a big match again.”