Signing Pogba Would’ve Unbalanced My Dressing Room – Roberto De Zerbi

Marseille manager, Roberto De Zerbi has come out to explain why the club opted against signing Paul Pogba. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he decided against signing the French midfielder because he did not want to unbalance his squad, and not because he is no longer a great footballer.

De Zerbi added that no one will unbalance his dressing room as long as he remains coach.

His words, “The balance of the dressing room, nobody could change it. Nobody will unbalance my dressing room as long as I am [the] coach. That was not the problem. Pogba is a very great player, but we had to understand where we could use him once he was available to play, in what role, what position.

The more champions there are, the happier I am, that wasn’t it. It was a general assessment and maybe it will change but at the moment we made this decision due to several factors.”

WOW.

Paul Labile Pogba (born 15 March 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus and the France national team. A versatile player, he operates primarily as a central midfielder, but can be deployed as a left winger, attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder and deep-lying playmaker.

Pogba was born in Lagny-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, France, to Guinean parents. He is a Muslim. He has two older brothers who are twins – Florentin Pogba and Mathias Pogba – born in Guinea, who are also footballers and play for the Guinean national team.

Florentin currently plays as a defender for ATK Mohun Bagan, while Mathias most recently played as a forward for ASM Belfort. Growing up, Pogba was a fan of Arsenal.

Primarily a central midfielder, although he is also capable of playing on the left flank, in a holding role, as a deep-lying playmaker, in a box-to-box role, or even as an attacking midfielder.