Neville: Man United Must Sign More Before Pogba Leaves

By Joshua Walters 

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville insists the club should bring in new recruits before they allow Paul Pogba to leave the side. 

The French midfielder has been linked with a move away from the Premier League side after he previously hinted he thinks “is a good time to have a new challenge somewhere else" and Neville believes he should be allowed to move on after the club have replaced him. 

"They don't have to keep any player," Neville wrote in a Sky Sports column.

"Manchester United are a better team when Paul Pogba plays but if players don't want to be at the club–that doesn't mean Pogba, he may want to be at the club – you have to get everybody onside and aligned with where you're going.

"Ultimately, that's the first thing Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer] had to do – to work out who was going to be ready for the club moving forward. I'm still unsure on many players.

"I see the speculation... and it looks like it could be moving all the time. You've got to get players in before you let them go because being armed with the money makes you vulnerable.

"For United, it's all about timing and manipulating and manoeuvring to a point where they know they're going to get players in before letting some go.

"Otherwise they'll become very easy to target in terms of people bumping the money up, which I'm sure they are already." 

Neville who won eight Premier League titles with the Red Devils also admitted it will not be an easy job for the side to sign new players.

"It's difficult to do business, it's not easy," added Neville, who won eight Premier League titles with the Red Devils. "Everyone knows Manchester United want players and price tags will go up. You've got to try and encourage players to come to the club.

"Players don't just jump to sign for any club – they do their homework and get their agents to get to work.

"They probably have 50 meetings before they sign for a club nowadays. Manchester United will be in the pit with the rest of the sharks looking for the big signings."