'He is not the finished deal': Mike Phelan hails Paul Pogba's improvement under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as he suggests Manchester United midfielder was 'very cautious' under Jose Mourinho
* Mike Phelan has praised Paul Pogba's improvement under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
* The Man United first team coach suggests Pogba is not yet 'the finished deal'
* Phelan believes Pogba was 'very cautious' during Jose Mourinho's tenure
* The 56-year-old insists the Frenchman in 'maturing all the time' under Solskjaer
Manchester United first team coach Mike Phelan has praised Paul Pogba's improved form under new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The 56 year-old also implied the Frenchman is among a number of players who have been afforded more freedom to be creative since the departure of Jose Mourinho in December.
However, Phelan insists there is more to come from Pogba who has scored nine goals in 19 appearances since Solskjaer's arrival.
'I think that happened to quite a few players, they probably drew into themselves a little bit and were very cautious,' Phelan told Reuters.
'Paul had a spell where all the eyes were on him and delivery of his best wasn't there all the time, the consistency.
'Now we are trying to apply ourselves to Paul's game. Ole has done a terrific job at helping Paul through certain spells and he has embraced that. He is maturing all the time.'
Mike Phelan has praised Paul Pogba's improvement under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Man United first team coach suggests Pogba is not yet 'the finished deal' and believes he was among a number of players who became 'very cautious' under Jose Mourinho
The 26 year-old has scored 22 goals in 88 Premier League appearances for the Red Devils.
'He is not the finished deal even though everyone looks at him and sees a World Cup winner already but he is not the finished deal, there is still a lot more to come and that is the exciting bit about United,' Phelan added.
'There are players there who haven't achieved for the club what they need to achieve and we want to make sure that they relish that experience, embrace the opportunity to win things at Manchester United.'
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