Well in terms of #10 at Juventus it bares as much weight if not more so than captain. Besides who else would they give the captaincy to at manure? Their squad lacks leaders as it is in actual fact Pogba is probably the only player with any sort of leadership quality in that squad
Valencia is the real captain, out injured. Any other player who has more seniority then him isn't starting basically. Also they most likely count his 3 years in their youth team as extra experience over rest.
de Gea (8th season), Young (8th season), Mata (6th season), Shaw (5th season), Martial (4th season) have been there longer than him, out of the players that stared today. if we count his lone senior season before he left, hes at 4 seasons, which is still only tied for 5th best out of the players that started today
I forgot about De Gea, he is indeed longest serving starting player after Valencia, Mata too is a senior. Maybe De Gea is a weasel no one would take as Captain? Who knows.
Agree with this. Length of tenure is no indicator of leadership qualities. Whether or not Pogba is that leader I don't know, but it's not too important that the Captain is one of the people that have been there the longest. In fact, sometimes that can be counter-productive, depends on context.
Agree with this. Length of tenure is no indicator of leadership qualities. Whether or not Pogba is that leader I don't know, but it's not too important that the Captain is one of the people that have been there the longest. In fact, sometimes that can be counter-productive, depends on context.