Gianluigi Buffon has questioned Sir Alex Ferguson’s decision to allow Paul Pogba to leave Manchester United for Juventus in 2012.
The French midfielder looks set to be the subject of Europe’s biggest transfer saga this summer, with Barcelona reportedly offering £58m for his services and Man City planning to make him the highest-paid player in England.
It’s pretty clear Ferguson dropped a b*llock over Pogba, with Buffon now saying: “I have been in football many years but the decision of Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United to not play Pogba and let him leave is one of the strangest I have ever seen.
“After just a few training sessions we saw how good he was. It cannot have been the same player they saw in Manchester – we thought they maybe needed glasses.
“I have never seen a player who is so good at his age, he is so strong, so technically gifted, has exceptional all-round play.”
Pogba, who made up his mind to quit United after Rafael and Park Ji-Sung were preferred in midfield for a 3-2 defeat to Blackburn in December 2011, is set to return for Juventus’ crucial clash against Real Madrid on Wednesday.
And according to Buffon, he could prove the difference in the Italian champions reaching the final.
“Pogba can do things only Pogba can, similar to Messi and Ronaldo. United let one of the top players in the world leave but that has been only good news for us,” he said.
“Of course he will be linked with the teams with big money like Chelsea, Real Madrid, PSG and City, but at the moment he is achieving dreams at Juventus.
“If any team wanted to buy him I would feel sure they would have to break the world record fee.”
