MONACO -- Paul Pogba has told ESPN FC that Manchester United
can win the Premier League this season, insisting that Jose Mourinho's
team have no reason to be "scared" of any of their rivals.
United
currently sit top of the Premier League table having recorded
successive 4-0 victories in their opening two league games against West Ham and Swansea.
For
the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement as manager in 2013,
the 20-time English champions appear capable of sustaining a prolonged
title challenge this season.
But although Pogba admits
that any number of teams can win the title, the £89 million midfielder
believes that United are good enough to have the mentality of targeting
the top spot this season.
"I'm pleased and happy that we
have started really well, but it is not finished yet," Pogba told ESPN
FC in an exclusive interview in Monte Carlo. "It is just the start of
the season.
"The biggest challengers? We are our own
rivals and we think about ourselves first. But we don't have to be
scared of anyone in the league because we know we are a strong team as
well. We know we can do great this season.
"I
hope [we can win the title]. Every team is strong, like when Leicester
won it two years ago and nobody expected it, so you don't know what's
going to happen.
"We started very well, but we can end up bad and we don't want this. We want to be focused from game to game."
Pogba
has scored in both victories against West Ham and Swansea after being
released to play in a more attacking role following the £40m arrival of Nemanja Matic from Chelsea.
And
the former Juventus man admits that Matic gives him greater licence to
roam forward in the knowledge that the Serbia international will cover
in midfield.
"I am mostly an offensive player and I think more about attacking," Pogba said. "But he [Matic] will be more defending.
"We can switch, but we match a lot and in those two games, I have been more forward and he has stayed back.
"That
helps me more be myself. I still do the defensive part, but now I can
go forward more and help the strikers. I like to be in front of the
goals too.
"He helps me and I enjoy it, yes."
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