‘Pogba Will Wonder: Am I The Only Player On The F*cking Planet?’

Paul Pogba’s “strange” spat with Liverpool legend Graeme Souness will have the Manchester United midfielder asking “am I the only player on the f*cking planet?’, says Dimitar Berbatov.

Former United striker Berbatov is baffled as to how things got this far, telling Betfair of a childish dispute: “With Souness and Pogba, I find it all a little strange, but when someone constantly criticises you, of course you are going to snap.

“Even if it is good criticism, if it is constantly aimed at you and it doesn’t matter what you are doing, at some point you are going to be like: ‘Wait a minute, am I the only player on the f*cking planet here?’ It doesn’t matter who the other person is, you are going to say something back and defend yourself, like what Pogba is doing, it’s normal.

“There were lots of things that used to p*ss me off when I played, if I had a bad game or I didn’t score I would look in the newspaper and there would be someone saying sh*t things about me. You read comments, you hear people talking about you and then, when you have a good game and score a couple of goals, it’s a ‘coincidence’ or it was ‘against a weak opposition’ and stuff like this.

“Of course that gets you thinking, for some people no matter what you do, it is never enough. You try to not pay attention to these things, but it is impossible to do, especially nowadays with social media, you are surrounded with opinions. It was the same for me and my colleagues, there was always someone that didn’t like us.

“I have also experienced being a pundit. I liked doing it and maybe I will do it again. I always try not to be too judgmental because I have been there and I know how it is, of course I can easily rip into some players and say this, this and this so that it makes for better TV viewings, but I know how difficult it is at times. I

“It might not look like a player is putting that much effort in but people don’t see behind the scenes, so I try to be a voice of reason, even when some players probably do deserve a bit more criticism. I know that every self-respecting footballer, who wants to grow and develop, will know straight away if they don’t play well and they don’t need anyone to tell them.”