Michael Owen attracts parallels between the present struggles of Marcus Rashford and Mason Mount to Paul Pogba’s tenure at Manchester United.
Regardless of Mason Mount’s £55 million summer time signing and Marcus Rashford being one of many membership’s high earners, each have confronted challenges this season. Rashford has scored solely twice, whereas Mount is but to open his account for the membership.
Though Manchester United have seen an enchancment in kind, questions linger over supervisor Erik ten Hag, with Rashford’s efficiency and physique language changing into vital speaking factors week after week.
Michael Owen spoke about Rashford:
“He’s been excellent at occasions, but he’s additionally had quiet seasons. We thought he’d bounced again final season and obtained again to his greatest, however this season isn’t going so effectively.”
“We noticed Paul Pogba and Angel Di Maria arrive for large cash previously, and we’re at the moment seeing comparable issues occur with Rashford and Mason Mount,” he advised the Mirror.
Paul Pogba, initially a promising teenager on the membership, grew to become an £89 million signing for Jose Mourinho in 2016. Regardless of spending six seasons at Manchester United, his efficiency solely often matched the heights he achieved at Juventus.
Pogba’s fortunes took a downturn after returning to Juventus in 2022, enduring an injury-plagued first season with simply six Serie A appearances. His 2023/24 marketing campaign got here to an abrupt finish in September as a consequence of a failed doping take a look at, placing him susceptible to a four-year ban from soccer.
