What is a "dressing room posion"? How do you describe it? And who said this?
Toxic personality. Downs tools. Fosters a negative work environment. Most people have had these types on our teams.
Who said it? Mourinho said it. He fell out with players before but he ne never singled out any player so clearly the way he did Pogba. Former players who have contacts within the dressing room all saying the same thing. Getting Raiola to make destabilizing statements again and again during critical moments of their seasons.
There is a reason United fans can't stand him. They've lived with his antics for 6 years.
Trust me I really hope he turns this around for our sake. His raw talent is incredible. But don't let that optimism cloud your judgment of how he has been for 6 years now. If he retires today, no one will remember him as a leader, neither at Juve nor France nor United. His legacy will be of a toxic player who couldn't be arsed most of the time and wasted his incredible talent.
Can he change that? Totally! I hope that's exactly what he does here and maybe that can be a motivator. But let's not pretend he has been a leader thus far. It's his biggest weakness actually