Paul Pogba's parting comment to Manchester United proved Roy Keane was right all along

Roy Keane's legacy at Manchester United is depicted as one of three faces on a banner in the Stretford End captioned with the word 'standards.' Paul Pogba's will be that of a maverick midfielder who rarely reached those standards.

Some 10 years after the Frenchman left United as a free agent, he will do so again at the end of this month, as a six-year spell at Old Trafford finally reaches its sorry end. At times, Pogba was unplayable, but for an £89million transfer fee, such infrequent performances didn't cut it, and when discussing him it is much easier to pinpoint 'what could have been' rather than 'what was'.

Whether he liked it or not, he certainly gave his critics plenty of ammunition for them to fire back at him whenever he underperformed. His late agent, Mino Raiola, offered the player to rivals Man City in January 2018 and claimed the Frenchman's United career was "over" in 2020. Pogba publicly said it was "time for a challenge somewhere else" in July 2019.

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The Frenchman always retained plenty of backing from a devoted section of the United following, though his final Old Trafford act was to be serenaded by chants of 'F*** off Pogba' by a large section of the crowd.

This week, Pogba told UNINTERRUPTED that finding happiness would be crucial in his next move, in what seemed like a dig at the way he was treated at United towards the end.

"I just want the best for me. I’m thinking, putting everything together, take my time, and I’m just looking for the best, I want to play football, be myself always, and enjoy what I do," he said. "I need to enjoy what I do because otherwise I cannot perform well. I don’t want to be