Pogba has played at a high level for 3 seasons. But once he took on the responsibility (#10 Jersey and all) of leading this team, he was all over the place. In the meantime, Dybala was quitely chipping in with important goals and had better performances than Pogba in general despite being new to the squad.
Pogba only started to perform better when the team became gelled and had a settled system. It's no coincidence.
It's been the same for France. When given the responsibility, he comes up short yet a barrage of excuses come up to defend him. Its a fact that he was woeful in the Euro's so tell me why are people wrong in speaking the absolute truth? There's a reason why Vidal is more highly regarded than Pogba for Juventus fans because he's arguably carried the team and scored clutch goals when required.
Pogba has had several brilliant moments but he's still awfully lacking in consistency and he's still developing.
That is a bit unfair. As for the NT; Messi and Ronaldo aren't world beaters with their NT's either.
Pogba can still develop further, no doubt about that. But he has been one of the top midfielders in world football for the past three seasons, there is no doubt about that. That is why United paid top dollar for him, the guy's ability and his performances are unquestionable. I can cherry pick periods of any player's career where he was off form for different reasons; that is hardly a valid argument, when you have a player that for the most part has been one of Juventus's top players in the past 3 seasons.
Also, arguments like he can be more consistent, and he still needs to develop further, he hasn't scored against the top teams or generally hasn't been the same in the CL; are all the exact same things people said about C.Ronaldo at that age. Its clutching at straws if you ask me.
Sure those criticisms have an element of truth in them, but they are not unusual for a 23 year old. What is not up for debate, is that he is without question the best midfielder in his age group. People who say Veratti is as good as he is probably don't watch the latter that much. While he is definitely a top talent, he is nowhere near as dominant as Pogba is, and he suffers from the same consistency issues too.