Former Juventus player and France International, Paul Pogba has praised the influence of the new signing, Nemanja Matic, explaining that partnering with Matic allows him to bring out his best.

Ever since the Serbia international joined the Manchester team for reported £40 million from Chelsea, he has seem to influence the team style of play.

Pogba and Matic have since been paired in the central midfield ever since his arrival.

The first season performance of Pogba was not close to the £89.3m price tag placed on him, but he believes pairing with Matic will help him show more of his qualities.

"I am mostly an offensive player and I think more about attacking," he told ESPN. "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."

The starting two games of the team have shown the authority they command, which is making many to predict them as the team to win the premier league season after their last winning in 2012-13 season.

However, Pogba claims his team will not be self-satisfied, saying that there are no closest rivals to fear.

"I'm pleased and happy that we have started really well, but it is not finished yet. It is just the start of the season," he said.

"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."

Their next game will be a visit to 2015-16 champions Leicester City, the last season's game ended 4-1 in favour of Manchester United.


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