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Published 18:42 30 Dec 2018 GMT
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"I understand that Paul Scholes was a genius," Saha told Sky Sports before United's match against Bournemouth at Old Trafford.
"He had a brain, vision, the consistency of his passing was just brilliant. But frankly, he wouldn't have a go at me for saying physically he was nowhere near.
"He was not fast or very strong, couldn't really dribble past players and all that, but he was consistent. Paul Pogba has everything. He's got the height, he's got the skill, he can score, he can pass as well, he can defend as well.
"Pogba has got that quality to actually be shining on every field. That's what he did at the World Cup."
Saha also suggested that Mourinho, who had a toxic relationship with Pogba, was unable to get the best out him, adding: "You have to have the players with you as well, but we mentioned the actual body language sometimes was not good.
"And he took up positions where he is going too far to protect his defenders and it's a bad sign because he was trying to recover the ball way too deep and he should be pressing high and then you have a player like Pogba dominating because he is able to suck in the opposition and give the ball and freedom to Martial and all those players.
"I couldn't see this and I was really surprised because the quality of Pogba is to actually be able to suck the opposition in, maybe dribble the ball where nobody can be able to touch him, but he wasn't doing it."
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