John O'Shea: Paul Pogba leaving Utd is best for both parties

1 June 2022; Assistant coach John O'Shea during a Republic of Ireland U21's press conference at FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

John O’Shea hadn't long left Old Trafford for Sunderland by the time Paul Pogba made his senior debut for Manchester United against Leeds in the Carling Cup but he’d already seen the young Frenchman’s potential as he rose up through the ranks.

Pogba joined in 2009 from Le Havre and returned in 2016 to serious acclaim after a successful four-year spell with Juventus, but it never really happened for him at his old digs and news yesterday of his impending exit came as no surprise.