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#1 Zlatan wants United to let Paul Pogba leave

Ibrahimovic and Pogba played together for 2 seasons at Manchester United

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has advised his former club to let Paul Pogba leave this summer. Speaking ahead of the MLS all star game, where he partnered old team mate Wayne Rooney, the Swede said that there's no point holding on to a man who wants to leave.

I think if [Paul Pogba] wants to leave, it makes no sense to keep him.

You let him go and if he wants to be somewhere else, that's where you let him go.

The dressing room is where the players respect each other, they're professionals, they understand each other's situations.

Zlatan also said that no club wants a player in the team who doesn't want to stay, because it is hard to understand if the person would be committed enough to the overall cause.

Who worries more is the club and the management, because you don't want a player in your club or in your team that doesn't want to stay.

Because then you know they will not give 100% or 200%, or he does that and he still doesn't want to stay. So it's a tricky situation.

What is best for the club? That's what you have to look that.

When Zlatan speaks, every else listens. But will Solskjaer?

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