By CHRIS WHEELER FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 04:59 EDT, 9 July 2020 | UPDATED: 05:57 EDT, 9 July 2020
United have been reinvigorated by the signing of Bruno Fernandes in January with Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood scoring 55 goals between them this season.
Pogba laid bare his frustration with United’s tactics two years ago when he publicly called on the team to ‘attack, attack, attack’ under Jose Mourinho, and the Frenchman is delighted that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have rediscovered the club’s DNA.
MailOnline revealed that Pogba is now willing to open talks over a new contract, and United’s £89million record signing is loving being part of such an attack-minded team after recovering from an ankle injury that has plagued his season.
From behind I just enjoy it,’ Pogba told United Review. ‘I’m enjoying just watching Bruno, Rashford, Martial and Mason, who all played the last game, and seeing them score goals. You just keep applauding – it’s beautiful. They make me enjoy football every time.
‘To become a top, top team we just need to forget about the last game. We do it, we play well, we do great but then we forget about it and we think about the next one. We have to always keep having the goal to improve ourselves and never get satisfied with what we did.
‘For example, Martial scored three goals (against Sheffield United), his first hat-trick, then he goes again. You have to carry on. He wants to take another ball home, you know!
‘You have to have this mentality: score a goal and do it again and again. Bruno, Rashy, Mason, hey if you got two goals, great, but go for three. Why not? You have to keep this mentality, keep a clean sheet too. We want to keep working on this and we have the mentality to do it.
‘That’s also the mentality of this club, it’s always been like that. We’re never satisfied with one trophy or one game we win or two games or 10 games, you want more, you always want more. That’s what makes Manchester United the biggest club, for me, in England.’
Pogba also paid tribute to the hard work United’s attack put in pressing as the first line of defence. Solskjaer’s side have only conceded six goals in a 16-game unbeaten run.
He added: ‘There is the defensive work that people don’t talk about, they do it. The pressing, they do it. That’s what you maybe don’t see that much.
‘Fans who know football see that and that’s the difference we have. It’s great to see them at their best.
‘I think it’s about the mentality – the attacking and defending that they do every time – that helps us. It helps the midfielders and the defenders and obviously the talent speaks for itself – the goals and the action and the football, everything.
‘You can tell that the team is improving a lot. We play more as a team than we did before, we enjoy it even more, we defend together, we attack together, and this team is stronger as well.
‘The players who are on the bench or who don’t play every time, when they come on they help the team so the mentality is good and is right. All this together has put us where we are today.’
Pogba suffered an ankle injury early in the season and his comeback in December lasted just two appearances off the bench before he was sent for surgery.
The former Juventus player returned to action last month and has slotted back into a United team pushing hard for a top-four finish and through to the latter stages of the Europa League and FA Cup.
‘Just being back training, touching the ball and doing what I love is amazing; I missed it so much,’ said Pogba. ‘You realise when you’re out for a long time how much you really enjoy playing football and how much you love it.
‘So obviously I’m really, really happy and so blessed to be back and be fully fit now, and I’m enjoying being back with the team.
‘I feel much, much better now. I’ve been training well and the club have been looking after me very well. I’ve been doing some extra work and treatment on my ankle and the rest of my body.
‘And my team-mates as well, they’ve helped me to come back and feel confident. It’s like I never left, the guys still trust in me and always believe in me and that’s helped me a lot as well.’
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