France Coach Didier Deschamps hit back at Michel Platini for criticising Paul Pogba. “We can’t expect him to score like a striker.”
UEFA President Platini said this week that Juventus midfielder Pogba wasn’t a “star” because of his goal-scoring record.
“I don’t ask myself if he can become a star,” Deschamps said in a Press conference.
France Coach Didier Deschamps hit back at Michel Platini for criticising Paul Pogba. “We can’t expect him to score like a striker.”
UEFA President Platini said this week that Juventus midfielder Pogba wasn’t a “star” because of his goal-scoring record.
“I don’t ask myself if he can become a star,” Deschamps said in a Press conference.
“Paul is young, does some very good things and can still improve, but we cannot ask him to have the scoring statistics of a striker. He is not a striker.”
Deschamps was the Coach when Juve were in Serie B in 2006-07 and took them to immediate promotion, so how does it feel to see them in the Champions League Final?
“Personally I am pleased, as I’m fond of the club and am happy to see it back at the top of European football. It had been a while…”