Looking at Carrick, Pogba thought for a while and said, "Captain, the reason why I have always pursued the rights of the locker room after returning to Manchester United is that I hope... Manchester United can rise again!"

Um?

Carrick was stunned for a moment, not understanding Pogba's words: "Paul, you are determined to lead the team to rise again. Of course, I support you unconditionally, but your previous actions... I don't agree with you very much. You shouldn't try to change the team's tactical style as soon as you become the captain. That's the scope of authority of the head coach."

Pogba laughed and said, "Captain, aren't we playing an oppressive offensive football now?"

Carrick smiled and nodded: "Indeed, our team's current tactics are no longer the defensive counterattack tactics arranged by the head coach at the beginning of the season, but do you think this is the result of your struggle?"

"Captain, if you don't fight, you will have no goal, no direction, or even that mind. Once things are so bad, in Mourinho's always style, he will definitely turn us Manchester United into a team like Everton and Chelsea. I have played in Italy, so I know very well that no team can defeat Italian teams of the same strength with defensive counterattack tactics. If we Manchester United develop according to Mourinho's ideas, we may be able to regain the league championship, but is that what we urgently need? How many Premier League championships have we won? What really represents our return to the top is the Champions League trophy! That is what we need!"

The Premier League champion...doesn't it matter?

Only the Champions League trophy is what Manchester United needs the most?

Carrick, Yang Xiaozhuang, Rashford and others were a little speechless. Manchester United can play in the Champions League this season because the team won the UEFA Cup last season and got the ticket. However, Pogba was saying... The Premier League championship is not what Manchester United needs most now!?

It's crazy!

This big thorn... is so crazy!

Besides, what does the league championship and the Champions League trophy... have to do with the rights of the locker room?

Pogba sorted out his thoughts before continuing: "I think the complete unification of the locker room has a very critical impact on the performance of one team. Just like in the five years when Barcelona coached at Guardiola, they won the La Liga championship four times and won the Champions League twice in three years. At that time, the Barcelona locker room was unified. They were mainly composed of La Macia youth training players, and everyone surrounded Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, and Busquets, and established a team with completely unified tactical ideas. On the court... they were invincible!"

"At that time, I was thinking, is our Manchester United's youth training level really worse than Barcelona? I don't think it is necessary that we used youth training to succeed ten years earlier than them! Even now, our Carrington's youth training level is very high. You see, young people like Yang and Marcus are constantly emerging, and there are even such young people in the youth training camp. I have known that there are four or five young people with good strength, but will Mourinho give them a chance? It's impossible! He only believes in the stars bought from outside! So most of these young people will be like me, and they can only go far away, and at the end of their careers, they may not have the chance to return to Manchester United to play football. The road I have walked, so I know very well how difficult this road is, I... I'm lucky!"

After hearing Pogba's words, these Manchester United stars remembered the path they had taken in their professional football career. Many people sighed. This path... is really too difficult and too cruel!

Pogba was silent for a moment and continued: "I think a locker room that unified the voices will not only allow our Manchester United youth training camp players to have more opportunities, but also make it easier for the team to achieve results. The most important thing is to allow the team to develop stably for many years, just like Barcelona did. At the beginning, the core of Barcelona was Ronaldinho, but after he left, he handed over the power to Messi, who was just his little brother at the time, so Barcelona has been stable and strong for more than ten years."

"What have we done over the years? Since the old man retired, we have fallen into a trough. After several years, we have not even improved at all. I think this is not just because of the coaches, but also directly related to the inconsistent and lack of unity in our locker room! My idea is that no matter who has the final say in the locker room, everyone must unify their opinions and be firmly united. We must be able to make our own voices and no longer be as scattered as before, which will make us lose our combat effectiveness."

Scattered!?

Carrick instantly understood a lot of things. If he could control the locker room with great effort, Manchester United's performance should not be bad, whether it was Moyes or Van Gaal.

But... Carrick was already old and was about to retire, and his personality was also like a good person, so he would not care about many locker room problems as long as they didn't break out.

Carrick sighed, "Oh, Paul, what do you want to do?"

Pogba really respects the old captain Carrick. Even though Carrick took the blame before, he was discovered by Mourinho, he eventually had to go from behind the scenes to the front stage to compete with Mourinho for the right to the locker room, but he was still very grateful to Carrick.

"Captain, my idea is to make the team focus on Manchester United's youth training. Even if the substitute players are included, at least half of the players from Manchester United's youth training should be required. This will ensure that no matter how many people the head coach of the team buys, it will not lead to chaos in the locker room and a large gang."

Half?

Carrick and Yang Xiaozhuang both nodded slightly. If there are really half of the "Manchester United" players in Manchester United's first team now, then even after joining the team, other players will have to adapt to the opinions of the locker room and will not be able to resist at all.

"But... Paul, if our Manchester United locker room really becomes what you said, there is actually a big problem. If the locker room has too much power, it may cause a gap with the coach, which will affect the team's performance."

Carrick didn't say it clearly, but everyone actually understood that his meaning was that after the locker room had great power, the club's head coach might just take it away as soon as he said he would take it away. In this way, new chaos might occur again.

Pogba laughed and said, "Captain, because the situation you mentioned has a high probability of happening, so we must be cautious when choosing a locker room leader. Look at Messi in Barcelona... Without Guardiola, they are still the top team in La Liga and even European football."

Those here thought about it and found that the fact is really as Pogba said. Guardiola never won the Champions League trophy after leaving Barcelona. Instead, Barcelona just won another Champions League trophy led by Luis Enrique in the last two years, and as for the La Liga championship, they have won it all year round.

From this perspective, it seems... a stable and strong locker room seems to be very important to the stability of the team's performance. After all, Barcelona's example is right in front of you. Even if they keep changing head coaches, the team's performance is always above the level. If the head coach is not very high, they will compete for the league championship. If the head coach is better, they will go directly to win the Champions League trophy.
Chapter completed!