Critics expecting too much - Pogba

MANCHESTER United's Paul Pogba believes his status as the world's most expensive player ever has unfairly warped expectations.

Having seen the Frenchman slip through their fingers four years earlier, United forked out an eye-watering world-record fee worth up to ?110million (£92.35m) to bring him back from Juventus.

SCRUTINY

Increased anticipation, pressure and scrutiny was only natural after becoming the world's costliest player, so too the way Pogba has struggled to fulfil such lofty expectations.

It has led to criticism that has clearly irked the France star, who laid bare that frustration in his first press conference since returning to United.

"The people are looking at me," Pogba said ahead of tonight's Europa League quarter-final first leg against Anderlecht.

"They judge me for not scoring goals and stuff like this.

"If I was scoring goals, the people wouldn't talk like this but it's football.

"The transfer is something else, on the pitch is something else.

"I am doing a job. I am a midfield player and people think sometimes I'm an attacking player.

"If I was scoring the goals that hit the crossbar, I don't think people would speak like this. But it's football and we just enjoy it, we love it. It's fine."

Pogba has scored seven times for United this season and hit the woodwork on nine occasions.

United captain Wayne Rooney is unavailable in Belgium due to ankle pain.