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Paul Scholes Says Sir Alex Ferguson Would Not Have Let Paul Pogba Train Alone

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Paul Scholes has said Paul Pogba wouldn't have been allowed to train alone at Manchester United during Sir Alex Ferguson's tenure.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live (h/t TalkSport), Scholes said Ferguson might have taken a different course of action compared to current manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Norwegian allowed Pogba to carry on his rehabilitation from an ankle injury on his own while United's squad travelled to Spain for warm-weather training.

"I don't think it would've gone down very well [with Ferguson]," Scholes said. "Players seem to go off and do their own stuff now.