Manchester United vs Chelsea: Paul Pogba blasts critics for praising N’Golo Kante even though he feels he has more aspects to his game
Record signing claims Blues rival is not held to the same standards and defends his social media antics
PAUL POGBA has attempted to justify his transfer fee by insisting he scores more goals than N'Golo Kante.
The Manchester United star is furious as he believes his Chelsea rival is not held to the same standards.
Pogba has repeatedly been criticised this season and labelled an expensive flop while Kante earns plaudits.
And ahead of Chelsea's visit to Old Trafford, he said: "I've heard Kante is a top, top midfielder, which I agree with. He is a top-class midfielder for what he does. But he doesn't score many goals, does he? They don't speak about this.
"They speak about what he does on the pitch. He gets the ball, he passes the ball and he makes the game. Me, I try to do this.
"I score more goals than Kante but they still say Kante does this and does that. If you want to speak about scoring goals, you should judge every midfielder the same way.
"They only speak about the transfer and about the money. I wanted to say, in real life for a normal person, nobody can be worth £100m.
"But if you go back years ago to Neymar, Gareth Bale, it was crazy. It is just the time, the generation is different.
"In the football world it happens and now it's done, it is finished. The transfer is done, we cannot talk about this anymore. We have to focus on the pitch and speak about football."
Pogba also defender his larger-than-life social media presence - insisting it does not imply he does not care about United.
He added: "That's why we love football, it's not about the money or about the hairstyle or the dancing. We want to see beautiful goals, great tackles, fair play and all this stuff.
"If they want to talk about me, that's fine. There's no problem with that but they cannot compare emojis and haircuts with football. What is on the pitch and what is outside the pitch, we don't mix these.
"I just want to play, whether it's on the right or the left. I give 100 per cent all the time. The most important thing is to be a midfielder first, not scoring goals.
"You have to make the game, make an assist for the team and if you can score it's a plus for the team."