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Really? Man Utd legend Neville likens Pogba to Robson

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has again challenged Paul Pogba to prove his quality.

Neville insists that the 26-year-old must now step up and show why he is the talisman of the team.

"Paul Pogba is now the obsession, because he's the biggest player at the biggest club," Neville told the audience at the Off The Ball roadshow. "He's a World Cup winner and it should be a compliment that people are talking about it.

"The best player, the leader, the captain in the team, will stand up and he will take the brunt of the criticism. Just as the manager will and the coach will.

"So when people criticise him or put the pressure on him or apply the pressure to him, it's because he's the best, he's the shining light.

"He's the Bryan Robson of the 80's now. United were in trouble, people hung everything on Bryan Robson, everybody now hangs a lot on Paul Pogba.

"But that's the pressure that he wants, he wants to be the best player in the world. So now go and show us you're the best player in the world."

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