He is an Interista after all so I think it has more to do about discrediting Juve. Mourinho has played 9 at the back for most of his career so maybe he just meant that Paul will need to become a defender as well
Mourinho is overrated or at the very least outdated. He was average with a star studded madrid and couldn't win a UCL.
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Can I kick this asshat?
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho believes Paul Pogba may already be the world's best midfielder, yet he thinks his goal return ensures he will struggle to challenge Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the top individual accolades.
However, the United boss does not expect to see Pogba breaking Messi and Ronaldo's domination of the Ballon d'Or because his goal haul, which never exceeded 10 in a season at Juve, is not eye-catching enough.
"First of all, when you speak about the best players in the world you go immediately to the ones that score a lot of goals,'' Mourinho said.
"You don't give a gold ball to a goalkeeper. They gave a gold ball to [Fabio] Cannavaro once but because in that season he was captain of Italy, they were world champions, and there were not too many top players.
"[Paolo] Maldini never got a gold ball, [Javier] Zanetti never got a gold ball, top goalkeepers over history don't get a gold ball. You look immediately to the ones that score a lot of goals.
"Can Paul score Ronaldo and Messi goals? Not even 25 percent. I believe in a season he cannot score 20 goals. If to be the best player in the world means to score a lot of goals, that's not the point.
Would like to point out that with Juventus, there's potential for 20 .